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After Attack on Rabbi Lerner’s Home: What you Can do to Help?
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Michael Lerner
The media once again has failed to cover attacks on the Left from the Right. This time it came in the form of an assault on the home of Tikkun Magazine’s editor Rabbi Michael Lerner. Lerner had announced that Tikkun would give the prestigious Tikkun Award for Human Rights at Tikkun’s 25th anniversary celebration in…
The On-Going Call for Justice in Vieques
By
Eric Sapp
Following CNN’s evocative 2-part primetime series on the health crisis in Vieques last month, there has been an on-going buzz in the media and blog community about the issue. Over 60 participants recently joined a press call with scientists and the mayor of Vieques providing updates on research into heavy metal poisoning on the island and outcome…
World’s Religious Leaders Mourn the Obama Escalation in Afghanistan
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Michael Lerner
Many of the world’s religious leaders in attendance at the Parliament of World Religions taking place in Melbourne, Australia, are in partial mourning for the dream of a new world that President Obama promised, and decisively torpedoed in his announcement of major escalation of military forces in Afghanistan. For political activists, the issue is often framed…
Close Guantanamo Bay – One Step Closer
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Paul Raushenbush
One of the President Obama’s first promises was that he would close Guantanamo Bay. Closing Gitmo, which has been become a worldwide symbol of American abuse and intertwined with the horrors of Abu Ghraib, has been supported by military leaders and civil liberty activists alike. But once the rubber actually hit the road, cowardly representatives in…
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