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Category: Politics and Current Events
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Many have cast the young protesters in Ferguson, MO, as dangerous and reckless and not living up to the legacy of the civil rights movement. In fact, according to Jeanne Theoharis, they are following in the footsteps of civil rights icon and lifelong activist Rosa Parks.
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Immigration expert Aviva Chomsky reveals the true history behind the mass migration of undocumented Central American children to the US. Chomsky is the author of several books, most recently ‘Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal.’
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Beacon authors offer a forceful rebuke to the bombardment and occupation of Gaza as a path to long-term regional stability.
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In an excerpt from ‘Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East’, Rashid Khalidi shows how easy it is for language to become a tool of the oppressor, disguising reality and propagating unjust biases.
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‘Ethical Chic’ author Fran Hawthorne on the teacher tenure conundrum, and why the recent Vergara v. California decision could further erode worker protections everywhere.
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The last speech that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered was passionate, tragically prophetic, and reflected his deep commitment to helping the working poor.
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Chris Stedman is the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. He tweets at @ChrisDStedman. This post originally appeared at Religion Dispatches. The debate over Humanist chaplains in the military continues this week with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins offering several of the most common sentiments held by those who…
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Mark Winne is the author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty and Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture. From 1979 to 2003, Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues…
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An excerpt from All Souls that illuminates the life of one of the witnesses for the prosecution in the Whitey Bulger trial.
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