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Violence Against Women Act – Sign Petition

Violence Against Women Act – Sign Petition

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Please, join me in supporting the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by signing the 700women.org petition. It’s simple and important – and will only take you a minute. Click here: http://www.700women.org/ Every day 700 women are assaulted by their intimate partners–and four are murdered. In September, Congress will consider the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which is the most important legislation ever enacted to protect women from domestic violence and sexual assault. If it is…

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Crawford Vigil Goes On

Crawford Vigil Goes On

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Cindy Sheehan needs our help! Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, California, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, traveled to Crawford, Texas with hundreds of anti-war activists to confront President Bush at his Crawford ranch. Sheehan wants to ask Bush, “Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?” and demand a speedy withdrawal of troops in Iraq. During their march in the 100 degree heat, the protesters were forced into a ditch teeming…

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Navigating the Minefield of Teaching Evolution

Navigating the Minefield of Teaching Evolution

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Understanding Evolution This is a very good introduction to evolution, intended to help teachers navigate through the current minefield. “Do you believe in evolution?” is a question often asked of biology teachers by their puzzled students. The answer is, “No, I accept the fact that the Earth is very old and life has changed over billions of years because that is what the evidence tells us.” Science is not about belief—it is about making inferences based on evidence. The alleged…

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Unable to Mourn, Unable to Care

Unable to Mourn, Unable to Care

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Now that more than two thousand of our side, and who knows, really, how many thousands of the other side (the ones who start counting seem to end up dead fairly often), it’s a good time to review a basic lack in the President, who was put into office through the judicial activism he claims to deplore. This President, simply, doesn’t care. Bush stole the 2004 election – E L Doctorow’s statement Ringing even more truthfully today than it did…

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Christian Paradox, or, Hypocrisy Incarnated

Christian Paradox, or, Hypocrisy Incarnated

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The Christian Paradox (Harpers.org) Check out this excellent excerpt from Bill McKibben’s article in the August 2005 edition of Harper’s Magazine. The basic point is that although the overwhelming majority of Americans profess to be Christian, the USA is the least Christian in its behavior (compared to other “developed” nations). A few nuggets: “In 2004, as a share of our economy, we ranked second to last, after Italy, among developed countries in government foreign aid. Per capita we each provide…

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US Secret Jails in Yemen?

US Secret Jails in Yemen?

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BBC NEWS | Americas | US challenged over ‘secret jails’ Two Yemeni prisoners have claimed they were held in secret, underground US jails for more than 18 months, Amnesty International has said. The human rights group has called on the US to reveal details of the alleged secret detention of suspects abroad. Amnesty has said it fears the case is part of a “much broader picture” in which the US is holding prisoners at a network of undisclosed locations. The…

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