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•  What Candidates Talk About When They Talk About Inequality

  By jward199 on September 24, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Americans are deeply worried about wealth and income gaps. But the issue evinces only confusion on the campaign trail. By Eric Alterman  Were it not for Trumpmania, we might be using this endless election season to discuss the fact… Read More ›

• Charge Of The Knights

  By Ecantados on September 24, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  wherefore do I see those come the chosen knights to lead the charge? horses, galloping, charge, brilliant in armor covered in ruby red blood wavering in trepidation, lost compassion wanders the darkened bypaths amid the flowering greenery, seeking love is… Read More ›

• Ukraine Seeks To Blunt Russia’s UN Veto Power

  By konigludwig on September 16, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Ukraine has stepped up its effort to restrict Russia’s use of its veto in the UN Security Council, which Kyiv says has enabled the Kremlin to block international action to punish Moscow for “aggression.” In a resolution unanimously adopted on… Read More ›

• Creativity, Scuplture And ….Driftwood Art

  By Ecantados on September 16, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  I love Art, I love horses when the two are combined I am in ecstatic!    The driftwood art sculptures are some of the outstanding combinations and can be seen here.  This one in particular is a scene that captures the… Read More ›

• The Real War on Women

  By Ecantados on September 16, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  More than 1,600 Women Murdered by Men in One Year, New Study Finds More than 1,600 women were murdered by men in 2013 and the most common weapon used was a gun, according to the new Violence Policy Center study… Read More ›

• Anti-gay KY Clerk’s Case a New Twist on ‘Right to Work’

  By fada1 on September 12, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  There’s a difference between ‘right-to-work’, which limits agreements between workers’ unions and employers, and First Amendment restrictions on government in matters of religion, speech, expression, association and so on. For conservatives, though, rights are rolled up into one, giant “freedom”… Read More ›

• We’re missing the point about Syrian refugees

  By konigludwig on September 10, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The solution is not opening up Europe’s borders; it’s defeating ISIL and removing Assad from power. By Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Europe and the Middle East are looking at a million refugees needing help today. This figure could easily escalate to… Read More ›

• The Great Debate: Same Sex Marriage

  By Ecantados on September 5, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Since, I like probably many more are probably tired of the arguments back and forth about same sex marriage, I thought I’d add some information to the discussion and see what comes out: what is being overlooked or maybe just… Read More ›

• Black Lives Matter

  By konigludwig on September 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The meme “All Lives Matter” is yet another effort to undermine legitimate calls to end antiblack police practices that characterize far too many interactions between police and citizens of color. Covered with a veneer of neutral and inclusive language, this… Read More ›

• American devotion to order over justice must end

  By konigludwig on August 28, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  We need to disrupt the legal and political system that expects people of color to shut up and women to behave By Chaumtoli Huq Last summer, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, I stood on the sidewalk in Times… Read More ›

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