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On Gaza, Oaxaca, and the assault on human rights
What we are seeing with the attack on the Turkish flotilla to Gaza and the attack of aid relief workers heading to Oaxaca is an assault on basic humanity. It is not defense of borders; it is not...
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Where is home?
In BFP’s recent post Helen Thomas, she reinforces the solid point that Israel is a settler nation founded on the land of Palestinians. She also points to the irony of progressives calling Thomas’...
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poor people aren’t supposed to want nice things.
I don’t know if you guys received the memo; but poor people aren’t supposed to want nice things. All rags-to-riches (or rags-to-bitches, if you want to get all Boondocks about it) stories start with...
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think twice.
this post is going to be a little didactic. think twice before you laugh at antoine dodson. i know everything is supposed to take a backseat to short-lived fame and exposure. but how would you feel if...
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we can share our endorphins
The phrase “blogging effort” is a perfect one. Blogging takes so much out of you and is a second job. You can’t blog if you don’t care. You can’t blog if you don’t care enough. You can’t write if you...
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Talking about a revolution…
When you see photos like these, what do you think about? These pictures make me think of change; for me, they encapsulate democracy. They are the start of securing rights that help us all live, and...
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Home Ec: Do It for the Kids (Not Just the Fat Ones)
The New York Times published an op-ed by Helen Zoe Veit about bringing home economics back into the public school curriculum to combat obesity among young people. It’s one of those ideas good in...
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I remember
I remember when I was afraid to start statements with “I feel” because someone once told me that was a womanly construction and it betrayed a weakness in the speaker’s ability to articulate their...
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Things I’ve Been Doing
Followers of the blog (hi, if you’re still out there) have seen I haven’t updated my blog in ages, and occasionally I make excuses about why I’ve been absent. But the biggest reason I’ve absented...
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Danger
Is it unreasonable of me to fear that I’ve forgotten how to care for others in learning to care for myself? In the past, when I’d write about different issues, I tapped and depleted reserves of energy...
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