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Durham Stands in Solidarity with Arizona Immigrants

by Chris Liu-Beers 06-28-2010
Last week the City Council of Durham, NC voted to suspend city-funded travel to Arizona in response to the passage of SB 1070. According to one local
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Adjusting to an Inter-racial Adoption

by Aaron Taylor 06-28-2010
A few weeks ago I traveled to Ethiopia to pick up our adopted son, Isaac. Isaac was abandoned as a n
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Friday Links Round-Up

by Jeannie Choi 06-25-2010
Here's a little round-up of links from the web you may have missed this week:
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Wanted: A Strong Dose of Bipartisan Civility

by Sheldon C. Good 06-25-2010
"How good and pleasant it is when the people of God live together in unity" (Psalm 133:1). Yes, and how ugly it is when we don't.
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Wendell Berry Protests Coal's Influence in Kentucky

by Bryan Farrell 06-25-2010
Renowned Kentucky farmer, poet, essayist, and environmental writer We
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Beyond Camelot: Britain's Un-American Austerity Program

by LaVonne Neff 06-24-2010
Our British cousins have come up with an economic policy that could not be more different from what we Americans have been doing for decades. I rather like it.
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Time for Some Angry Work

by Bill McKibben 06-24-2010
I'd say Barack Obama's long and often tenuous honeymoon with progressive Americans took what looks like a lethal blow in spring 2010.
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'No Stranger to Danger': RIP Quaker, Lawyer, Indigenous Peace Warrior Waratah

by Jarrod McKenna 06-23-2010
Sad news for so many of us in the peace and human rights movement this morning to hear our friend Waratah Rose Gillespie has passed away.
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