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Facebookers, Unite! Help MADRE Win the Causes Challenge Facebookers, Unite! Help MADRE Win the Causes Challenge

MADRE, the women's rights organization, has joined a contest to raise funds for its work protecting women's rights workers in Afghanistan, where as I'm sure you know many have be...

Oct 15, 2009 / Blog / Katha Pollitt

Confessions of an AIPAC Veteran Confessions of an AIPAC Veteran

Tom Dine, for thirteen years head of AIPAC, now works for a two-state solution and on improving US-Syrian relations.

Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Helena Cobban

American Jews Rethink Israel American Jews Rethink Israel

The Jewish push for peace is surging through the grassroots, but leaders and policy-makers are still turning a deaf ear.

Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss

New Rules for Schools New Rules for Schools

The most effective way to fight violence in schools is not the widespread "zero tolerance" model. Thankfully, Clayton County, Georgia, may have the perfect solution.

Oct 14, 2009 / Editorial / Amy Bach

ICE Program Under Fire ICE Program Under Fire

287(g), the Department of Homeland Security program that empowers local police, like notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to detain undocumented immigrants, is under scrutiny.

Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Jessica Weisberg

My Response to Rush: It’s the Racism, Stupid My Response to Rush: It’s the Racism, Stupid

The real reason Limbaugh is losing his cool is that his dream of owning an NFL franchise is going up in smoke.

Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Gay Activists Split on Obama Gay Activists Split on Obama

At this past weekend's National Equality March, fury, or at least frustration, with the president trumped hope. On four key gay rights reforms, the administration's support is deci...

Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Eric Naing

Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform? Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform?

Is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to a discussion of a public option?

Oct 14, 2009 / Video / GRITtv

Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth

The healthcare debate has become a convenient distraction from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.

Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Don’t Ask, Don’t Get Don’t Ask, Don’t Get

A grassroots group for LGBT activism, born at last weekend's National Equality March, plans to push Obama harder than established gay rights groups will.

Oct 13, 2009 / Feature / Daniel Chandler

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