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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 2212 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3113 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Women Lead Defense of Maldivian Democracy (Updated)

    MARCH 10, 2012 11:56AM

    By profkeck


    Topics: politics, news, feminism, belief/religion, equality, women's rights, gayoom, dictator, democracy, waheed, elections, voting, human rights, contraception, protest, mohamed nasheed, coup, maldives, islam, extremism, muslim, international women's day, flogging, hillary clinton, condoleeza rice, michelle obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 4959 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2345 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Can Occupy and the Tea Party Agree About Something?

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 12:29PM

    By Mark Sentesy


    Topics: economy, open+call, occupy america, ows, wall street, corporation, democracy, voting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2144 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Democracy for Sale

    JANUARY 20, 2012 9:07PM

    By C Berg


    Topics: open call, occupy the courts, cedar rapids, iowa, movetoamend.org, democracy, political

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 735 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Dr. King's Dream and Voter ID

    DECEMBER 30, 2011 5:49PM

    By Jeff J.


    Topics: politics, race, justice, fairness, democracy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 908 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Vaclav Havel’s Passing & 1st Anniversary of Arab Spring

    DECEMBER 18, 2011 2:05PM

    By M Toubin


    Topics: arab spring, democracy, vaclav havel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3434 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    OWS: A 21st Century Revolution (Updated)

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 4:06PM

    By profkeck


    Topics: paul rosenberg, andrea schmidt, glenn greenwald, feminism, gay/lesbian, politics, environment, economy, protest, democracy, wall street, bill maher, vandana shiva, paul krugman, earth democracy, feminism, now, tea party, vietnam war, ows, occupy wall street, patriarchy, open call, occupy america

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1238 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Occupy Wall Street, West Coast Style

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 9:48PM

    By Tony Wang


    Topics: occupy wall street, protest, san diego, democracy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 3608 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why My Generation Should Care About Occupy Wall St

    OCTOBER 3, 2011 9:02PM

    By Juan Ruiz


    Topics: 2011, 1968, college, youth, social conscience, direct action, social movement, democracy, inequality, occupy wall street

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2604 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief

    AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 981 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    WI: For the People

    APRIL 27, 2011 9:43PM

    By Noahvose


    Topics: unions, budget bill, collective bargaining, politics, democracy, harsdorf, voter rights, recalls, wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2134 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Boiling the Middle Class

    MARCH 10, 2011 9:20AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: budget, chris christie, citizens united, collective bargaining, corporate power, defense, deficit, democracy, education, koch industries, medicare, middle class, politics, protests, scott walker, social security, subsidies, taxes, unions, washington, wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 863 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Dilemma of Action or Inaction in Libya

    MARCH 9, 2011 10:38AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: justice, freedom, government, huntington, wave, democracy, libya

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2736 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Why Wisconsin is Vital

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 12:31PM

    By Michael Kelly


    Topics: 2012, democracy, gov walker, president obama, sen. hatch, speaker boehner, unions, wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 883 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Orange Reflections on Egypt

    FEBRUARY 14, 2011 3:39PM

    By Mary Mycio


    Topics: tahrir square, arab world, democracy, orange revolution, obama, politics, egypt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1033 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Egypt: Fruit of the Poisonous Olive Tree

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 10:22PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: egypt, democracy, united states, iran, government, middle east, religion, dictator, dictatorship, shah reza pahlavi, dissidents, israel, mullah, saddam hussein, iraq, riegle report, anthrax, botulism, kuwait, george bush, hosni mubarak, muslim, jimmy zuma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1410 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    The Ghost of Ronald Reagan

    FEBRUARY 2, 2011 6:12PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: ronald reagan, reagan, centennial birthday, reagan birthday, presidents, the fog, john carpenter, today show, willard scott, aristocracy, america, current affairs, government, spending, economics, democracy, gipper

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 4348 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Is Democracy Breaking Out in the Middle East?

    FEBRUARY 1, 2011 11:39AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: the middle east, democracy, tunisia, sudan, egypt, jordan, turkey, iran

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