Peace
Charting the path to a nuke-free world
April 14, 2009Just days after Barack Obama pledged, during his first international trip as president, that the U.S. will “seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons,” six U.S. environmental and nuclear policy organizations issued...
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Letter from a soldiers mother: The war is not over
April 12, 2009I was standing in line at the bank when I heard a customer ask the teller if her son was home from Iraq. The teller responded that he was not home in her house, but he...
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Ive Always Paid My Taxes
April 11, 2009Lyrics by Santa Cruz WILPF Raging Grannies; adapted by Sunny Armer of the NYC Metro RGs Tune: The Yellow Rose of Texas I’ve always paid my taxes, I paid them right on time, I never even...
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Afghanistan: A road map for progress
March 23, 2009Congressional Progressive Caucus to host series on foreign policy options WASHINGTON—Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva and Rep. Lynn Woolsey announced an ongoing series of forums that will engage members of Congress in discussions about...
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Six years of war brings call: Bring troops home, rebuild America!
March 22, 2009BALTIMORE—“I didn’t protest the war in Iraq in order to see us take a detour into Afghanistan.” So said the Rev. Heber Brown, pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church to a near-capacity crowd, March 19, sixth...
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