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How Can We Fight Rape?
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence, women, world )

Kit
- 63 days ago - socialistworker.org
The emerging movement against rape and sexual assault is a welcome sign that people are fed up with violence against women--and a society that produces it.
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Another Young Rape Victim of Football Players Bullied
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, environment, family, government, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence, women )

Kit
- 63 days ago - alternet.org
Connecticut 13-year-old is sexually assaulted by 18-year-old athletes, then taunted on social media.
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Iraq, Sandy Hook and America -- William Rivers Pitt
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 63 days ago - truth-out.org
There is a certain miasmic symmetry to the fact that America passed the ten-year anniversary of the onset of the Iraq war in the same week that the assault weapons ban went down to dirty defeat in Congress with nary a vote passed.
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Video: Hillary Clinton Supports Marriage Equality
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, gayrights, GoodNews, humans, law, media, politics, religion, rights, sadness, society, safety, usa, violence )

JL
- 65 days ago - action.hrc.org
Now that she has left office and can speak publicly about the issue that is so important to all of us, Hillary shares her experience as Secretary and what she learned while representing our country around the world, and what she has come to believe.
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Portman Inspires Other Republicans to Stop Speaking to Their Children ~~ Andy Borowitiz
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, gayrights, HUMOR, politics, religion, society )

Kit
- 66 days ago - newyorker.com
I have gathered my caucus and told them, if your kids are going to tell you something that's going to cost you the next election, it's better to nip that situation in the bud, said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Just stop talking to them altogether
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The Little-Known Secrets About Math and Science Education
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, religion, rights, safety, society )

Kit
- 67 days ago - takepart.com
Teacher preparedness is lacking in these core subjects--especially in elementary schools. If the United States wants to excel in science and math education, we have a long way to go.
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Do You Know What PINK Smoke Over The Vatican Means?
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, ethics, women, world, rights, religion, sadness, safety, society, humans, interesting, family, freedoms, media )

JL
- 67 days ago - upworthy.com
These Catholic women released pink smoke over the Vatican to protest the church's ban on female priests. Not only does it send an important message of equality, it also looks really freaking cool.
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Sacred Earth: Faiths for Conservation
Society & Culture  (tags: animals, climate-change, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, globalwarming, green, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, pollution, protection, politics, Sust )

JL
- 68 days ago - worldwildlife.org
Many of the most important conservation places in the world are sacred. Sites like the Amazon, South Dakota's Black Hills, and the Mekong River are deeply rooted in local spiritual and cultural traditions.
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New Pope Or Not, Americans Are Losing Their Religion
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, media, religion, rights, society )

Kit
- 69 days ago - alternet.org
The number of Americans who claim no religious affiliation has more than doubled since 1990, study says.
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From Public Transport to the Popemobile: Bergoglio's Journey to Top of Church
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, religion, Pope, Argentina, Catholic, world )

Rosemary
- 71 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- For the first time in the modern era, a non-European was elected Wednesday to lead the church as pope. Stepping into that historic role is Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, who will be called Pope Francis. He is the first pontiff from Sou
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CNN Vatican Analyst: Pope Francis' Name Choice 'Precedent Shattering'
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, Catholicism, Cardinal Bergoglio Pope, ministry, religion, poor, St. Francis of Assisi, symbolism, Vatican )

Rosemary
- 71 days ago - cnn.com
Pope Francis chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi because he is a lover of the poor, said Vatican deputy spokesman Thomas Rosica. "Cardinal Bergoglio had a special place in his heart and his ministry for the poor, for the disenfranchised
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Pope Candidate Axed Over Trashy Facebook Photos~~ Andy Borowitz
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, HUMOR, religion, society )

Kit
- 71 days ago - newyorker.com
Cardinal Bonifacius Steuer had been on the shortlist to replace Benedict XVI as Pope, but his fellow cardinals abandoned him after the startling emergence of the photos, which chronicle Steuer on a seventy-two-hour nonstop-party rampage--> **HUMOR**
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Mob Torches Dozens of Pakistani Christian Homes
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, health, humans, law, media, murder, news, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, women, world )

Rahman
- 74 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Hundreds of people in eastern Pakistan rampaged through a Christian neighborhood Saturday, torching dozens of homes after hearing reports that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam's prophet.
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Care About International Women's Day
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, celebrity, children, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, gayrights, government, law, media, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence, world, women )

Kit
- 77 days ago - policymic.com
Today marks the 101st anniversary of International Women's Day. Although the status of women worldwide may look significantly different today than it did in the early 1900s when the holiday was first established, now is an opportune time -->
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Muslim Man Is Shown Trampling the Child of Christian Parents. But Let's Keep Giving Money to the Muslim Brotherhood, Right Obama
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, crime, death, americans, activists, murder, society, safety, religion )

Evelyn
- 80 days ago - pinterest.com
Muslim man is shown trampling the child of Christian parents. But let's keep giving money to the Muslim Brotherhood, right Obama?
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