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Category: Activism
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David Chura is happy to see people speaking up for kids in prison, but the fact is: those kids are still in prison.
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Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock writes about the Occupy movement and its relationship to the Obama campaign and presidency.
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A student at a Tennessee high school alleges that his principal verbally and physically assaulted him for wearing a T-shirt that supported the school’s Gay/Straight Alliance.
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Chris Stedman calls for his generation to reject apathy — about politics, but also about religion.
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As we celebrate National Coming Out Day, dozens of LGBT groups are “coming out” against a federal program that places thousands of LGBTQ people and communities at risk of violence and violations of our human rights.
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The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a courageous leader of the civil rights movement, died today at the age of 89. You can read his obituary at the New York Times or at the Washington Post. In Rev. Shuttlesworth’s memory, we share the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: There was one threat to the reign of white supremacy in…
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“With extraordinary grace and clarity, Anita Hill weaves the story of her family with that of other American families struggling to find and define homes for themselves. What emerges is a powerful story of our nation’s ongoing quest for equality of opportunity, viewed through the eyes of the people who have been deeply engaged in…
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The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is the bookseller's voice in the fight against censorship. Founded by the American Booksellers Association in 1990, ABFFE’s mission is to promote and protect the free exchange of ideas, particularly those contained in books, by opposing restrictions on the freedom of speech; issuing statements on significant free expression…
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Chris Stedman’s work as an interfaith activist has been largely defined by a single question: “Wait — you do interfaith work, and you’re an atheist?!”
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Even in Hawaii, it’s hard to ignore poverty and hunger. Mark Winne talks about some Food Rebels who are trying to make things better in paradise.
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