Nate Van Duzer

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Calling All Drug Dealers

by Nate Van Duzer 12-28-2009

Does this sound familiar? A poor, minority community experiences high levels of violence and drug dealing. A predominantly white police force sweeps in and arrests many offenders.

Health-Care Reform: Check the Facts

by Nate Van Duzer 08-13-2009

If you have paid attention to the health-care reform debate at all, you know that there is a lot of bad information out there.

Update an Obsolete Poverty Line

by Nate Van Duzer 07-17-2009

Last week the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a study analyzing the effectiveness of our country's safety net programs.

Demand an Exit Strategy for Afghanistan

by Nate Van Duzer 06-11-2009

In a March interview with 60 Minutes, President Obama declared about the esc

Stop Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling

by Nate Van Duzer 02-18-2009

It was very humiliating to be handcuffed in front of my family's business, in front of customers and neighbors.

Building Bridges

by Nate Van Duzer 02-01-2009

Healing U.S. relations with the Muslim world.

Israeli-Occupied Territory on Capitol Hill

by Nate Van Duzer 01-16-2009

A year ago I heard a Palestinian diplomat describe Capitol Hill as "Israeli-occupied territory" in a speech given at Georgetown University.

Fighting Predatory Lending in Ohio

by Nate Van Duzer 10-24-2008

We are all witnessing the effects of a greed-driven and debt-ridden economic system. A timely case study of how to reform our economy at the grassroots level is on the ballot this election season in Ohio.

Common Ground With the Muslim World

by Nate Van Duzer 09-26-2008

What do Madeleine Albright, Richard Armitage, Ingrid Mattson of the Islamic Society of North America, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Muslim imam, a Catholic bishop, a retired Li