Francis: A pastoral pope, slipping conservatives’ grasp “Francis, a Jesuit priest and master politician who defies, and despises, narrow interpretations, seemed to be once again
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Watch Pope Francis’ historic address to a joint session of Congress
This morning, Pope Francis became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to address a joint session of the United States Congress. In his beautifully framed speech, firmly rooted in humanity’s universal progressive values, he urged Congress to act to address income inequality, the climate crisis, and immigration. He also called for the abolition of the death penalty.
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Fire at Planned Parenthood’s Pullman health center determined to be arson
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest’s facility in Pullman, Washington (the home of Washington State University) was severely damaged by fire earlier today. Fire investigators have now concluded the blaze was deliberately set, no doubt by right wing militant extremists who want to destroy the organization.
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Father of murdered journalist blasts NRA, promises unceasing fight for sensible gun laws
And I know the NRA, I know what their position is going to be. I can hear it now. They’re going to say, ‘Oh, gee,
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McAuliffe: “We cannot rest until we have done whatever it takes to rid our society of preventable gun violence”
As we reflect with heavy hearts on this tragedy, it is appropriate to begin to ask questions about how we can prevent these senseless events
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Everytown, Moms Demand Action respond to on-air murder of journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward
It should not be normal in this country that people are shot and killed while doing their job, or studying in class, or watching a
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Sorry, Republicans: I’m an anchor baby, and I’m not going anywhere “The party’s presidential candidates want to deny birthright citizenship to people like me because
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This summer camp just churned out eighty young progressive activists
This summer camp just churned out eighty young progressive activists The Los Angeles Times profiles Dream Summer, which it neatly describes as “an annual program
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NSA spying relies on AT&T’s ‘extreme willingness to help’
NSA spying relies on AT&T’s ‘extreme willingness to help’ “The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the
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IT’S GONE! Confederate battle flag, pole removed from South Carolina statehouse
IT’S GONE! Confederate battle flag, pole removed from South Carolina statehouse It is a historic day in South Carolina, where a contingent of troopers from
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Leading cryptographers oppose FBI’s desire for built-in backdoor to bypass encryption
Leading cryptographers oppose FBI’s desire for built-in backdoor to bypass encryption A group of elite cryptographers today released a paper concluding that any laws requiring
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South Carolina lawmakers begin debate on Confederate battle flag
You couldn’t repeat it today, what was being said then about the fact that we were going to be going to school with black children…
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President Obama eulogizes victims of Charleston hate crime
President Obama traveled to the College of Charleston in South Carolina today to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on June 17th, 2015.
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Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito suddenly realize they’ll be villains in Oscar-winning movie one day
Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito suddenly realize they’ll be villains in Oscar-winning movie one day The Onion has taken aim at the Supreme Court’s most conservative
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Love wins at the Supreme Court
Love wins at the Supreme Court Above is Freedom to Marry’s thirty-second nationwide TV ad — “Love Won, We All Won” — celebrating the country’s
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In wake of hate crime, South Carolina Republicans decide to respond to calls for Confederate battle flag to come down
If you want to credit anybody here, credit the families of the victims and the church members who displayed Christianity and love… The politicians followed
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Oops, there he goes again: Rick Perry calls Charleston hate crime an ‘accident’
This is the M.O. of this administration… Anytime there is an accident like this, the president is clear: He doesn’t like for Americans to have
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Jon Stewart’s response to the hate crime in Charleston: No comedy, just powerful commentary
Jon Stewart opened last night’s episode of The Daily Show with commentary in place of comedy following a white supremacist’s terrorist attack on a black
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Despite mourning, South Carolina’s Confederate battle flag remains at full staff
Charleston’s newspaper of record reported earlier today that the government of South Carolina has kept its Confederate battle flag – a symbol of the state’s
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Before mass murder at Mother Emanuel, a long history of attacks in Charleston
Before mass murder at Mother Emanuel, a long history of attacks in Charleston South Carolina’s capital city has an ugly history of racially-motivated violence, writes
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The damage Rachel Dolezal has done
A white person identifying strongly with African Americans and African American culture is not a problem at all. The more the merrier in understanding who
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