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Charlie Chaplin film fest evokes lessons for today

July 19, 2011 By Victor Grossman

Eighty years after his visit to Berlin, Charlie Chaplin's 80 films continue to make audiences laugh and think.

Campaign presses oil tax to save California public schools

July 18, 2011 By Luis Rivas

A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.

Are republics democratic?

July 18, 2011 By Thomas Riggins

If we live in a country where some citizens' votes count more than others - in other words, in which "one person, one vote" is really not the standard - how can we claim to be...

Eric Cantor: GOP drama queen with an agenda

July 18, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

Cantor's most cruel political grandstanding came after the terrible tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds this year. Cantor proclaimed that he would block all federal relief funding for the suffering people of Joplin...

Gay-Straight Alliance president: “Make Michigan better” for all

July 13, 2011 By John Rummel

As a member of a “minority” group, “one thing you realize, you can’t get anything done unless you have support of some of the majority.”