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Fannie Lou Hamer’s “Is This America?” Question, 44 Years Later (by Burns Strider)
By
Paul Raushenbush
The Democratic National Convention in Denver has been soaring, stressful, emotional. The Clintons have rocked the house and taken great steps in uniting the Party. Joe Biden (and his mom) has reminded us that little boys in working class Catholic neighborhoods can be whatever they want to be in America. The faithful of the Democratic…
Beyond Roe? New study shows abortion rates lowered by public policy
By
David Gibson
In a new study that could recast the seemingly endless debates over abortion and Roe v. Wade, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good yesterday released a new study that, according to the news release, is the first study of its kind to look at the “long- and short-term effects of public policy on the abortion rate over a twenty-year period.…
The High Priests Gathered to Praise the Dems-but the Prophets Were Missing
By
Michael Lerner
For all the media chatter about how far we’ve come since the Democratic Convention in Chicago,1968, or the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr‘s. “I Have A Dream Speech,” if you were expecting that the words of the prophets had moved from the subway walls and tenement halls into the mainstream of the Democratic Party…
The Greatest Show on Earth?
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Sister Joan Chittister
In the interest of full disclosure, as they say, I will admit my collusion with showmanship at the very beginning of this article: The fact is that I watched the opening night of the Democratic Convention from 6:00pm to midnight. But I’m not sure what I saw or what it had to do with whether…
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