Thursday, July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON AND THE REDSKINS

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by James Penha The Map Is Not the Territory: Parallel Paths—Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish Fleeing European horrors, God...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

THE ALL-TOO COMMON CORE

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by David Southward Son, you must learn to take a side and cling to it with stubborn pride. Your options are narrowed down to two. ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

3 MONTHS, 200 NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS

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by Paula Schulz In the 3 months since 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, 11 parents have died. The town of Chibok is just 1 village c...
Monday, July 28, 2014

CLIMATE CHANGE

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by Joan Colby The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty–Six Views of Mount Fuji), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1831–33. Katsu...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

IF THEY SAY "JEW"

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by Michael Fisher if they say “jew,” or if they say “muslim” if they say “greedy,” or if they say “dirty” today is my birthday...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

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by Phyllis Wax Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas Jun...
Friday, July 25, 2014

UNJUST KIDDING

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by Charles Frederickson Image source: CKNW Gaza offspring 3 wars old Shrapnel unexploded debris littering strand 4 youngsters quicks...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

EBOLA

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by Michael Shorb The deadly Ebola virus that’s killed more than 600 people so far in West Africa may have been smoldering there for ye...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

TRANSLATOR TO ROOM 17

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by Kristin G. Kelly Adam Kwasman (R) @AdamKwasman “Bus coming in. This is not compassion. This is the abrogation of the rule of law. #...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

AN IMMIGRANT'S JOURNEY

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by Austin Alexis Immigrant children at Ellis Island gather around a toy horse in 1920 (NYC Vintage Images). Source: T he Atlantic ...
Monday, July 21, 2014

ILL

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by William Aarnes     He feared he was becoming ill when, reading the news of the crime, he could not only see the words ...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

WE LAY WASTE

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by Ruth Maassen “We are the asteroid now.” --Elizabeth Kolbert We tell ourselves the tale of Gaia, a budding girl with flower...
Friday, July 18, 2014

SAME AULD LANG SYNE

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  by Gil Hoy Ukraine Gaza Tidings as worn out as a tree with 200,000 whorls--- You disemboweled our first-borns, we’ll de...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

INDISCRIMINATE CONTINUOUS TERROR: THE OCCUPIER’S IRONY

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by Charles Frederickson After cease-fire talks failed, Israel said it intended to put an end to “indiscriminate continuous terror.” Hea...