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Do you feel that women participate equally in the responsibilities and rewards of all aspects of the nation’s governance, economic activity, social and cultural institutions and family?
Share your opinion (and see what others think) by taking the short poll from Care2.com and Legal Momentum!
And yes, it’s most likely intended to introduce you to [...]

Here’s an interesting list from AlterNet - their ten most popular stories of the year. ALterNet is a great resource, although a couple of the stories surprised me.
They also have the top ten most discussed (which leans hard on 9/11), the top ten Iraq myths, the top ten outrageous right-wing comments of 2006, the [...]

Republican Pete Hoekstra, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has criticized Bush for hiding more surveillance programs from Congressional oversight. The NY Times has published his criticism of Bush on this matter.
On Fox News Sunday, Hoekstra said that a whistleblower came to him with several more spying operations that were in danger of being abused [...]

In the previous post, I made mention of the language of the sacred. If the government decrees that the flag is sacred, does that violate the separation of church and state?
As may be, it’s actually going to come to a vote in the Senate. We may only be able to sit and watch our government [...]

In April 100 years ago:
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”
–Teddy Roosevelt.
(April 19th, actually [...]

Interesting to see it from another point of view: this one from the front page of the leading Russian paper (and website) Pravda.
The USA’s National Debt Clock can’t keep up with Bush’s spending - Pravda.Ru
Front page / World / Americas
30.03.2006
The USA’s national debt is increasing by $2.43 billion everyday. People expect the state debt [...]

Here are some of the progressive actions that you can take today. Please consider each of these carefully, and take action if you agree.
Oppose Attack on Iran
Join Gold Star Families for Peace, CODE PINK, Progressive Democrats of America, Democrats.com, Traprock Peace Center, Global Exchange, Velvet Revolution, Democracy
Rising, Truthout, OpEdNews, Backbone Campaign, Consumers For Peace, [...]