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Believe We Can Transform America - introduction


02/18/2010
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Believe We Can Transform America - a framework for dialogue, strategy and action


01/27/2010
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Concept summary of framework components


02/18/2010
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Articles and commentary -updated 3/5/10


05/01/2009
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Excerpts from articles and commentary updated 3/5/10


10/22/2008
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"Hope" Has Been a Bust, It's Time for Hope 2.0 by Arianna Huffington


01/23/2010
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Believe We Can Transform America - outline


02/16/2010
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Excerpts - Change


02/04/2010
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'On a Mission From God': The Religious Right and the Emerging American Theocracy by Maureen Farrell


01/23/2010
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The Weird World of Occult America — How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation


01/30/2010
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At $1.5 Million a Day, Health Sector Lobbying Far Outpaces Oil & Gas by Dan Eggen


01/04/2010
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Glenn Beck Assails Obama and Progressives with Holocaust Imagery by Eric Burns


01/30/2010
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The Worst of the Pain by Bob Herbert


02/10/2010
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Why are liberals so condescending? by Gerard Alexander


02/10/2010
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Howard Zinn: People's President & American Patriot by Rory O'Connor


01/30/2010
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How America's Demented Politics Let the GOP Off the Hook for Their Giant Mess by Bill Moyers and Thomas Frank


01/23/2010
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The 'Devastating' Decision by Ronald Dworkin


01/30/2010
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Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy by Henry A. Giroux


01/03/2010
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The Politics of Lying and the Culture of Deceit in Obama's America: The Rule of Damaged Politics by Henry A. Giroux


11/02/2009
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The Pluralism Problem by Brendan Sweetman


01/30/2010
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In poll, Republicans gaining political ground on Obama by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen


02/10/2010
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A Responsible Man by Robert B. Semple, Jr.


01/30/2010
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The Manhattan Declaration - To Every Thing there is a Season by Rev. Bresciani


01/02/2010
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The Uh-Ohs: A Decade of Conservative Failure by Terrance Heath


01/30/2010
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02/15/2010
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Losing the Narrative Battle: Progressives Need to Turn Pro by Tom Sullivan


02/04/2010
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Environmental groups at odds over new tack in climate fight by David Fahrentold


11/06/2009
Some favor playing down threat, focusing on bill's positives
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G.O.P. Group to Promote Conservative Ideas by Jackie Calmes


02/04/2010
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The Internet vs. Obama by Robert White


02/10/2010
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Supreme Court ruling calls for a populist revolt by E. J. Dionne Jr.


01/30/2010
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02/12/2010
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Large Portion Of GOP Thinks Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll by Sam Stein


02/04/2010
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Excerpts - Spiritual Politics


01/06/2010
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A party both united and divided by Jon Cohen and Dan Balz


01/04/2010
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The Twelve Tribes of American Politics by John Green and Steven Waldman


01/04/2010
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A Fearful Price by Bob Herbert


12/08/2009
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What Do Levi Johnston, Evangelicals and Oprah Have in Common? They All Blind Us to What Really Matters by Chris Hedges


12/08/2009
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In Search of Education Leaders by Bob Herbert


12/08/2009
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America Without a Middle Class by Elzabeth Warren


12/08/2009
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The Billionaires Behind The Hate


12/08/2009
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Heaven for the Godless? by Charles M. Blow


01/07/2010
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The Future of Faith with Dr. Harvey Cox


10/28/2009
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The Politics of Cohesion by David Brooks


11/03/2009
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Comeback conservatism by Christian Hines


11/03/2009
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The Commercial Republic by David Brooks


11/03/2009
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Religion and the crisis of moral authority by Muqtedar Khan


11/03/2009
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Religious leader promotes 'green' causes by Michelle Boorstein


11/03/2009
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Let’s Get Fundamental by David Brooks


11/04/2009
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Ike’s Other Warning by Max Blumenthal


11/04/2009
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License to Wonder by Olivia Johnson


11/06/2009
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What Independents Want by David Brooks


11/06/2009
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Pew Poll on Obama at almost 100 days: Approved of, but even more liked


04/30/2009
by Eric Black
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Progressivism Goes Mainstream by John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira


05/07/2009
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The Creative Class as a Catalyst for Progressive Change by Stephen McGovern


05/07/2009
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From Now on, Equality Needs to Be Our Organizing Principle by Johann Hari


05/07/2009
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Obama Stands Firm on a Sweeping Agenda by Peter Baker


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President Barack Obama - selected speeches and statements


05/01/2009
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Building a Culture of Trust in Politics by Joe Brewer


05/04/2009
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The Decline (and Fall) of the G.O.P.? by Robert Brent Toplin


05/04/2009
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Obama and Pragmatism - thinking through values by Robert Reich


05/07/2009
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Barna Survey Examines Changes in Worldview Among Christians over the Past 13 Years


05/07/2009
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Corruption Is Dangerous to Your Health by Robert Borosage


05/07/2009
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Lobbyists Profit From Power Shift In Congress - As Democrats Get Jobs, Republicans Stay On by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum


05/07/2009
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Barack Be Good by Paul Krugman


05/07/2009
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Ending the Hidden Agenda Behind Tax Cuts by Joe Brewer


05/07/2009
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Hidden Biases by Shankar Vedantam


05/07/2009
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
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The Political Brain by Drew Westen


05/07/2009
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Why The GOP Can’t Abandon The ‘Southern Strategy’ by Joe Murray


05/11/2009
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Appreciation: Daniel Patrick Moynihan by Jessica Reaves


05/11/2009
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Luntz to GOP: Health reform is popular by Mike Allen


05/11/2009
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FDR at Madison Square Garden, 1936


05/12/2009
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The Future of the American Dream by William Greider


05/13/2009
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The Spirituality of Parenting - Krista Tibbett


05/13/2009
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Judging the next 100 days by Georgie Anne Geyer


05/13/2009
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A Faith for The Nones by Michael Gerson


05/13/2009
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Telling Our Nation's Story, truthfully - Commentary by Phyllis Stenerson


05/13/2009
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Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation


05/13/2009
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The Progressive Tribe and Improving the World by Joe Brewer


05/15/2009
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Obama's remarks at the Arizona State University Commencement, May 17, 2009


05/18/2009
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Obama's Speech at Notre Dame Commencement, May 17, 2009


05/18/2009
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Commencement Address by Vice President Joe Biden at Wake Forest University


05/19/2009
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Commencement Address - excerpts - by Vice President Joe Biden at Wake Forest University


05/19/2009
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Progressives Take Back the Flag


07/04/2009
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Outrageous: We're Done with Greed


07/04/2009
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"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains


07/08/2009
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The Two Faces of New Atheism


07/08/2009
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Death at the Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue


07/08/2009
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Radical Right - The Very Real Threat Of Extremism


07/08/2009
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Right-Wing Terrorism Must Be Stopped


07/08/2009
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The Coming End of the Culture Wars


07/24/2009
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Boiling the Frog


07/24/2009
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Romney religion speech and presidential election put the focus on American values by Phyllis Stenerson


05/07/2009
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A cautionary tale for Democrats in power by Howard H. Baker, Jr.


05/11/2009
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These policy solutions are a slippery slope by George Will


05/11/2009
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Will Bunch Reveals a Reagan Legacy Haunted in Myth by Bill Hare


05/11/2009
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Incisive accounts of the Democratic and Republican parties - book reviews by David Noyola


05/11/2009
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Left Needs Soul Searching


07/24/2009
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What Would Dumbledore Do?


07/24/2009
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Are we dumb and getting dumber?


07/24/2009
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Commencement Address by Paul Hawken


07/24/2009
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Raising the Bar


07/28/2009
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Give Me That Small Screen Religion


07/28/2009
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Science Is in the Details


07/28/2009
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Roosevelt: Edward Smith


09/05/2009
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5 Ways to Build a Fascist-Proof America by Sara Robinson


09/05/2009
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Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop by Natalie Angier


09/05/2009
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The belief that the wealthy are worthy is waning by Michael Hiltzik


09/28/2009
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Meeting of Pope Benedict XVI with Academic Community, Prague


09/28/2009
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Pope Benedict XVI's Discourse to Civil Authorities and the Diplomatic Corps


09/28/2009
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It’s Easy Being Green by Paul Krugman


09/28/2009
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How Race Turns up the Volume on Incivility by Drew Westen


09/28/2009
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Elevating Science, Elevating Democracy by Dennis Overbye


09/28/2009
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Rethinking Capitalism: How Very Enterprising By Steven Pearlstein


10/02/2009
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Where Did ‘We’ Go? by Thomas Friedman


10/02/2009
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Ephemeral Comfort of Conservatism by Charles M. Blow


10/03/2009
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The Public Imperative by Roger Cohen


10/05/2009
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The Politics of Spite by Paul Krugman


10/05/2009
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Inequality as Usual by Ross Douthat


10/05/2009
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What America needs is a good enemy by Gregory Rodriguez


10/05/2009
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Gratitude for our soldiers and peace makers, accountability for our decision makers by Phyllis Stenerson


10/06/2009
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U.S. most admired country globally: survey


10/11/2009
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How Would the Right Know It's Wrong?


10/11/2009
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The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize citation - complete text


10/11/2009
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Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, January 17, 1961


10/11/2009
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Obama's Nobel remarks


10/11/2009
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Pew Global Attitudes Project - Obama's Nobel Prize


10/11/2009
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Quotations of American presidents about world diplomacy - Washington through Obama


10/11/2009
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Obama Speech in Berlin, Germany, July 24, 2008


10/11/2009
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How Books Have Shaped U.S. Policy by Michiko Kakutani 2003


10/13/2009
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Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? by Chilton Williamson Jr.


10/18/2009
Pragmatism and partisanship combine to stifle the spirit of independent thinking in America
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Obama's Inaugural Address


01/20/2009
January 20, 2009
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Old, True and Radical by E. J. Dionne Jr


01/22/2009
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Obama Signals Need for a Sharp Break From the Past by Dan Balz


01/22/2009
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Obama Family Values by Joel Kotkin, Forbes.com


01/22/2009
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It’s Not Going to Be OK by Chris Hedges


02/05/2009
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Elvis Has Left the Mountain by Thomas L. Friedman


02/05/2009
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Stumbling on Their Sense of Entitlement by Steven Pearlstein


02/05/2009
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For 30 years Republicans have lied about the role of government. Now Obama's got to tell the truth.


02/05/2009
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Grass-Roots Activists Mobilize


02/05/2009
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Amid Anger Over Economy, Obama Looks For Right Tone


02/05/2009
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Mutual Obligation and the American Social Contract


02/05/2009
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Fetishizing off-center centrism


02/05/2009
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Ward Three Morality by David Brooks


02/05/2009
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The Action Americans Need by Barack Obama


02/05/2009
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Obama Says Faith Shouldn't Be Used to Divide


02/05/2009
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On the Edge by Paul Krugman


02/07/2009
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A major difference between conservatives and progressives by Glenn Greenwald


03/26/2009
Salon.com, March 24, 2009 (including updates II and III)
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Obama Gets Personal About Education


03/26/2009
By Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, March 10, 2009
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State of American Political Ideology, 2009


03/26/2009
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A Moderate Manifesto by David Brooks


03/26/2009
New York Times, March 3, 2009
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Published "Letter to the Editor" from Phyllis Stenerson responding to Brooks' article


03/26/2009
reprinted in the Minneapolis StarTribune, March 9, 2009
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Learning How to Think by Nicholas D. Kristof


03/26/2009
New York Times, March 26, 2009
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John Hope Franklin, A Maker of History


03/26/2009
1915-2009
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America Is in Need of a Moral Bailout by Chris Hedges


03/26/2009
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AIG Bonus Scandal Spotlights the Bankruptcy of Wall Street's "Greed is Good" Values by Robert Creamer


03/26/2009
HuffingtonPost.com, March 15, 2009
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Left of Center-Right by E.J. Dionne Jr.


03/26/2009
Washington Post, March 12, 2009
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It's Time to Mobilize Obama's Army for a Values Revolution


03/26/2009
by Gil Troy, History News Network
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Network of Spiritual Progressives-Minnesota


04/02/2009
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Progressive Network


04/02/2009
Organizations working to create a just and sustainable world
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It's Never Too Late, A Beyonder's Story


04/06/2009
by Dr. Berenice Bleedhorn - a memoir and tribute to Dr. Paul Torrance, her mentor in creativity research and education
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Bee Bleedorn - background information


04/06/2009
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Never Too Late: A Beyonder's Story - Foreword by Phyllis Stenerson


04/06/2009
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Bee Bleedorn - biography


04/06/2009
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Invitation for Book Signing and Advocacy to Honor Bee Bleedorn and her new memoir


04/08/2009
from Minnesota Creatives, friends of Bee Bleedorn
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Obama’s Remarks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce


04/08/2009
March 10, 2009
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Changes in Worldview Among Christians


04/10/2009
Barna Survey Examines Changes in Worldview Among Christians over the Past 13 Years
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Blame for Downturn Not Fixed on Obama


04/10/2009
6 in 10 Back His Handling of Economy
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A New Faith and Politics Fight: Religious Progressives Vs. the Religious Left


04/10/2009
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The Religious Left - Evangelicals on the left promote acceptance, social justice and equality


04/10/2009
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When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy - The Making of a Religious Naturalist


04/10/2009
By Chet Raymo
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Gingrich Stepping Up Defense of Religion in the Public Square


04/10/2009
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Elegy for a Toxic Logic


04/10/2009
by Rebecca Solnit
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The Culture Warriors Get Laid Off


04/10/2009
by Frank Rich, New York Times, March 15, 2009
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More Evangelicals, More Atheists


04/10/2009
American Religious Identification Survey
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04/10/2009
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The End of Christian America, Newsweek


04/12/2009
by Jon Meacham
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Newly Catholic Gingrich links religion and liberty


04/12/2009
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Is Political Rebound Ahead for Christian Right?


04/12/2009
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04/12/2009
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Faith Isn't Under Fire-followup


04/13/2009
The difference between Christianity and 'Christian America'
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A Resilient Christianity


04/13/2009
by E.J. Dionne Jr.
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The Progressive Conscience in Action by Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite


04/13/2009
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04/13/2009
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Newsletter 4-13-09


04/14/2009
Saga of America's Struggle Over Religion and Politics, New Chapter
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How to Raise Our I.Q.


04/16/2009
by Nicholas D. Kristof
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What Values will Bind the President's Council on Faith Based Initiatives?


04/16/2009
By Paul Raushenbush
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In Obama’s Election, a Textbook Case of History in the Making for Students This Fall


04/16/2009
by John Eligon
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Awake and Sing! by Frank Rich


04/16/2009
What have we learned from this decade’s man-made economic disaster?
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Dr. Berenice Bleedorn - A Tribute


04/17/2009
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How religious thought lights up your brain


04/17/2009
by Michael Gerson
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The Great Divide


04/22/2009
by Bill Bishop, Austin American-Statesman, May 22, 2005
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Perhaps politics is just an echo


04/22/2009
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Red Faith, Blue Faith (response to Newsweek story) by Michael Gerson


04/24/2009
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Reclaiming America’s Soul by Paul Krugman


04/24/2009
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A Declaration of Progressive Principles


04/25/2009
Drafted online by the members of The Principles Project and adopted March 1, 2005
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights


04/25/2009
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The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank


04/25/2009
Reviews
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Lizard Brains by Joyce Marcel


04/25/2009
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What Kind of Country? by Gary Dorrien


04/25/2009
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Government has been spreading the wealth for many decades


04/25/2009
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Stop Being Stupid by Bob Herbert


04/25/2009
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Lincoln's Wisdom and Darwin's Theory by Phyllis Stenerson


04/26/2009
February 12, 2009
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Saga of America's Struggle Over Religion and Politics, New Chapter by Phyllis Stenerson


04/26/2009
April 13, 2009 - ProgressiveValues.org Newsletter
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Change in the New Year


04/26/2009
January 1, 2009 - ProgressiveValues.org Newsletter
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Happy Days Are Here Again by Phyllis Stenerson


04/26/2009
January 20, 2009 - ProgressiveValues.org Newsletter
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Making Federal Jobs Cool Once Again by Fred Hiatt


04/27/2009
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Ironies of 'a Devout Non-Ideologue' by E.J. Dionne Jr


04/27/2009
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More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops by Laurie Goodstein


04/27/2009
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With Rivals Ahead, Doubts for CNN’s Middle Road by Bill Carter


04/27/2009
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Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster by Norman Solomon


04/27/2009
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Who Are We? by Phyllis Stenerson, March 30, 2005


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter
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Network of Spiritual Progressives - report from the national conference


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter, May 2006
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We the people - Constitution Day - September 17, 2007


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter
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Progressive Democrats of America Meet for Summit


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter
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04/27/2009
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Moving forward from September 1 by Phyllis Stenerson


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter
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A Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer by Phyllis Stenerson


04/27/2009
ProgressiveValues.org newsletter - October 6, 2008
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Progressive Vision and Principles from George Lakoff


04/28/2009
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The American Creed, a spiritual and patriotic primer by Forrest Church - Excerpts


04/28/2009
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Sermon on separation of church and state including segment by Phyllis Stenerson, July 2006


04/28/2009
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Science of Mindfulness - Jon Kabat-Zinn


04/29/2009
Interview with Krista Tibbett on Speaking of Faith April 17, 2009
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Redux Anti-Intellectualism by Stuart Whatley


04/29/2009
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How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America by Terrence McNally


04/29/2009
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10 Unsolved Mysteries Of The Brain by David Eagleman


04/29/2009
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Evangelicals on the left promote acceptance, social justice and equality by Robyn Hyden


04/29/2009
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The Science of Visualization by Srinivasan Pillay


04/29/2009
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Framing - Basics


07/19/2005
Introduction to the vocabulary and concepts of framing
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Gore's Speech on Constitutional Crisis


01/24/2006
The complete text of a speech by former Vice President Al Gore delivered at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. on Monday, January 16, 2006. Joining Gore were a broad range of public policy leaders including conservative former Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia. (Bolding and italics have been added by the editor to facilitate scanning of key points).
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It's The Personality Organization, Stupid!


01/24/2006
by Frank R. Morris
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Progressive Justice Principles


01/24/2006
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Politics with Heart - Spiritual Progressives


04/01/2006
Minnesota Women's Press, Vol 21, No 26, March 22-April 4, 2006,
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Liberals Call for Spiritual Values in Public Policy


05/28/2006
The Voice of America
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Religious Liberals Gain New Visibility - A Different List Of Moral Issues


05/28/2006
Washington Post, May 20, 2006, page A1
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The left finds its voice


06/25/2006
June 17, 2006 - StarTribune - Faith and Values section
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Poll Conducted for Aspen Ideas Festival Shows 'American Dream' Unreachable for Most Americans


08/09/2006
from The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado - July 6, 2006
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Spiritual Progressives conference is a union of hope


11/26/2006
A young, fast-growing network of interfaith liberals will gather next Saturday in Minneapolis
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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For


11/27/2006
"Poem for Women of South Africa" by Alice Walker
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For America's Sake


01/08/2007
by Bill Moyers
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Join The Parade For We The People


01/30/2007
by Thom Hartmann, published on Monday, January 29, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
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It's time to stop acting out of short-term self-interest and start building a better tomorrow.


02/04/2007
StarTribune - OpEd by John Foley - February 4, 2007, Page AA1
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The Real Patriots


02/04/2007
By Bob Herbert, Op-Ed Columnist,
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The Religious Right's Era Is Over


02/22/2007
By Jim Wallis in TIME magazine
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Discovering What Democracy Means by Bill Moyers


02/22/2007
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A New Vision: The Speech I Want the Democratic Nominee To Give by Theodore C. Sorensen


07/03/2007
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Renewing the Promise of America - a sermon


07/03/2007
by Phyllis Stenerson
delivered at First Universalist Church, Minneapolis, MN - July 1, 2007
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Renewing America's Promise - commentary by Phyllis Stenerson


07/03/2007
Minneapolis, MN - July 3, 2007
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Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's Statement on the Articles of Impeachment delivered July 25, 1974


07/25/2007
Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives, during the impeachment hearing of President Richard M. Nixon
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The Constitution - commentary, background and quotations


09/18/2007
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The Constitution - Commentary, quotations and background


10/11/2007
by Phyllis Stenerson
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My Vision of a Compassionate Future by The Dalai Lama


11/10/2007
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Whatever Happened to "We the People"? by Thom Hartmann


11/26/2007
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The Land of Optimism Is in the Dumps, But Refuses to Accept How It Got There - from The Guardian, UK


11/26/2007
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US Income Gap Widens, Richest Share Hits Record


11/26/2007
by Karey Wutkowski, published on October 12, 2007 by Reuters
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We Need Candidates Who Are Really Religious by Sister Joan Chittister


11/26/2007
published on September 7, 2007 by National Catholic Reporter
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Selected Quotations


11/28/2007
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12/01/2007
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Progressive Democrats of America


12/01/2007
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Network of Spiritual Progressives-Minnesota


12/01/2007
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Books - recommended reading


12/02/2007
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12/02/2007
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Network of Spiritual Progressives


12/02/2007
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Progressive Values - examples of ways in which progressive values can be expressed


12/02/2007
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A Spiritual Covenant With America


12/02/2007
from the Network of Spiritual Progressives
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No Freedom Without Religion?


12/07/2007
There's a gap in Mitt Romney's admirable call for tolerance.
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Politics of Race and Religion


12/07/2007
Moral Issues Leave Black Evangelicals Torn Between Parties
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Evangelical Democrat Stirs the Pot in Mississippi


12/07/2007
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The Evangelical Crackup


12/07/2007
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Conscience Voters


12/07/2007
by Carol V. Hamilton
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Faith in Public Life


12/07/2007
New Online Database Documents Resurgence of Progressive Faith Organizing
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The Religious Left is Left Out by the Commercial Media


12/07/2007
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The Aquarians and the Evangelicals


12/07/2007
How left-wing hippies and right-wing fundamentalists created a libertarian America.
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Democrats make religious push - Praying for Your Vote


12/07/2007
Democrats take advantage of voters' lapse in faith in the GOP
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In Europe and U.S., Nonbelievers Are Increasingly Vocal


12/07/2007
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See How They Love One Another


12/07/2007
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Going beyond God


12/07/2007
a interview with Karen Armstrong
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Thinking Internationally - Acting Locally


12/07/2007
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Romney backs faith, policy over doctrine


12/07/2007
By NEWS SERVICES, published in StarTribune
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Text of Mitt Romney's Dec. 6 speech


12/07/2007
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Romney's speech on his faith and politics, 2-6-08 plus eight perspectives


12/07/2007
Original text of Romney's speech and eight perspectives plus the text of John F. Kennedy's speech on religion
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Romney: Some Beliefs Are More Equal than Others


12/09/2007
by Juan Cole
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What Iowans Should Know About Mormons


12/09/2007
by Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Romney Seeks to Defuse Concerns Over Mormon Faith


12/09/2007
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Romney Speech Reflects Inaccurate Understanding Of Church-State Relations


12/09/2007
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
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Mitt Romney's call for tolerance praised, but will it appeal to a traditionally intolerant group?


12/09/2007
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He's a Mormon. He's a Christian. So?


12/09/2007
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John F. Kennedy's Speech on Religion - 1960


12/12/2007
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The Secret Library of Hope - 12 Books to Stiffen Your Resolve by Rebecca Solnit


12/19/2007
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American Values and Presidential Elections


12/19/2007
by Phyllis Stenerson
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After years spent injecting religion into US politics, right-wing pundits are afraid they may have gone too far


12/20/2007
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Archbishop of Canterbury blames mankind's greed for endangering the environment


12/27/2007
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The success of candidates depends at least as much on network dynamics as it does on the quality of the candidates


12/31/2007
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What can the next president do to revive a sense of common purpose?


12/31/2007
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Faith and Politics: Rules of the Game


12/31/2007
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Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama both say they can bring red and blue states together. But how?


01/05/2008
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Barack Obama's Victory Speech After Winning the Iowa Caucus


01/05/2008
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01/15/2008
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Change: Martin Luther King, Jr., British Petroleum and Precinct Caucuses


01/15/2008
A look at how change happens
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Presidential Politics Through Spiritual Eyes


01/15/2008
By Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Progressive Christians Respond to Neo-con Fundamentalism


01/15/2008
By Gary Vance
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In Obama we Trust: US elections 2008: Barack Obama represents a progressive religious tradition in America that may act as a counterweight to the religious right


01/15/2008
by Gordon Lynch
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Coloring Public Opinion?


01/15/2008
By Gregory Solman
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Totally Spent


02/13/2008
by Robert B. Reich, Op-Ed Contributor, New York Times, February 13, 2008
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When God Splits His Vote


02/13/2008
by Deepak Chopra
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Public Intellectuals, Inc. by Jeffrey R. Di Leo


02/13/2008
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Interview with Jim Wallis, author of "The Great Awakening"


02/13/2008
by Rebecca Rosen Lum
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A More Perfect Union - Obama 3-18-08


03/19/2008
Barack Obama's speech on race in America - Philadelphia, PA - March 18, 2008
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Worldview and Framing - a synopsis


02/04/2005
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There is No Tomorrow


02/04/2005
by Bill Moyers
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The American Creed


02/04/2005
by Forrest Church
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God's Politics


02/06/2005
by Jim Wallis
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Unitarian Universalist Association


02/08/2005
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Bill of Rights


02/15/2005
The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution
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The Declaration of Independence


02/15/2005
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The Constitution of the United States with Amendments


02/15/2005
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United Nations Millennium Declaration


02/28/2005
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Democracy or Theocracy? Source materials and references


05/10/2005
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I Have a Dream - King - 8-28-63


03/19/2008
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Living on the Ice Shelf, Humanity's Melt Down - by Mike Davis


06/26/2008
reprinted from www.TomDispatch.com with introduction by Tom Englehardt
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Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be Running Out of Luck by Bill Moyers


06/26/2008
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The Philosophy Behind the Words by George Lakoff


08/26/2008
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Hate Talk Can Get People Killed by Phyllis Stenerson


09/01/2008
July 31, 2008
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Workers' Labor Day scorecard: Bad news on pay, unemployment, the minimum wage


09/01/2008
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Hard Times Hitting Students and Schools


09/01/2008
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Understanding Bushonomics: How We Got Into This Mess In the First Place


09/01/2008
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Igor Volsky
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The Coming Activist Age


09/01/2008
by David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times, July 18, 2008
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Know-Nothing Politics


09/01/2008
by Paul Krugman, Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times, August 8, 2008
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Rhetoric and reality - New York Times, 9/05/08


09/10/2008
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The Real John McCain


09/10/2008
New York Times Editorial, September 5, 2008
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Does the Truth Matter Anymore? E. J. Dionne,


09/10/2008
Washington Post, September 10, 2008
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Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention by Jim Kuhnhenn


09/10/2008
Associated Press, September 3, 2008
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Commentaries by Phyllis Stenerson


09/11/2008
with links to full text
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Playing Fair With Kids by Phyllis Stenerson


09/11/2008
published on CommonDreams.org 10/12/07
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Does McCain Still Agree with Reagan that Government is the Problem? by Arianna Huffington


09/30/2008
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The Palin Choice and the Reality of the Political Mind by George Lakoff


09/30/2008
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Obama and the Palin Effect by Deepak Chopra


09/30/2008
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Fueling the Fire of Real Change by Chris Hedges


09/30/2008
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A Cure for Greed by Eduardo Porter


09/30/2008
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Main Street Before Wall Street by David Korten


09/30/2008
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The Power of Negative Thinking by Barbara Ehrenreich


09/30/2008
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Palin’s American Exception by Roger Cohen


09/30/2008
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Absence of Leadership


09/30/2008
New York Times Editorial
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Democracy Means We Must Hear From Leaders in Time of Crisis by Rabbi Arthur Waskow


09/30/2008
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Courage, Wisdom in an Age of Fear by James Carroll, Boston Globe, Oct. 20, 2008


10/21/2008
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Bill Moyers interviewing William Grieder


07/31/2008
July 18, 2008
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Guided by An Invisible Hand by Joseph Stiglitz


10/21/2008
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America's Foundational Documents


10/21/2008
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Ideology Takes a Breather, Maybe by Jared Bernstein, October 19, 2008, HuffingtonPost.com


10/21/2008
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Barack Obama for President, New York Times Editorial, October 24, 2008


10/24/2008
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A Matter of Life and Debt by Margaret Atwood


10/24/2008
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Redistributing Wealth To The Rich. The Progress Report


10/24/2008
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Obama and the War on Brains by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times


11/23/2008
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Eight Years Is More Than Enough, New York Times Editorial


11/23/2008
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Pollsters Debate America's Political Realignment by Robert Kaiser, Washington Post


11/23/2008
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America has embraced the values of progress by Gordon Brown, The Guardian, UK


11/23/2008
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Coming Soon: The 21st Century by E. J. Dionne Jr.


01/01/2009
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Optimism We Can Believe In by Frank Cooper III


01/01/2009
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The Coming Capitalist Consensus by Walden Bello


01/01/2009
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Time to Reboot America by Thomas L. Friedman


01/01/2009
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New Poll Shows 63% Are Already Hurt by Downturn by Michael A. Fletcher and Jon Cohen


01/01/2009
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Pollsters Debate America's Political Realignment by Robert G. Kaiser


01/01/2009
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A New Year of Change by Phyllis Stenerson


01/02/2009
Progressive Values Newsletter January 1, 2009
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Inequality crisis bad for all of us


01/09/2009
– faith in government not gone, yet
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10 Reasons to be Hopeful about 2009, and 3 Reasons to be Terrified


01/09/2009
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A City Looks To Its Moral Compass in Lean Times


01/09/2009
Alexandria Hires an Ethicist To Help Decide Budget Cuts
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Obama And the Rise of Secular Spirituality


01/19/2009
by Deepak Chopra and Dave Stewart
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Magic and Realism by Roger Cohen


01/19/2009
New York Times, January 15, 2009
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Politics and religion: A closer walk


06/26/2008
by Jeff Strickler, reprinted from the Star Tribune, June 23, 2008
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One World Government? Globe may not be big enough. by Dana Milbank


11/12/2009
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Books - recommended reading


11/13/2009
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Poll - Conservative & Progressive Religious Activists Surveys


01/08/2010
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Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals by Michael Luo and Laurie Goodstein


01/04/2010
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In his slow decision-making, Obama goes with head, not gut by Joel Achenbach


01/04/2010
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Excerpts - Paideia


01/06/2010
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For Consumers, the Responsibility Revolution by Richard Stengel


11/25/2009
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The GOP according to KOS by Mark Silk


02/10/2010
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How to Get Our Democracy Back - If You Want Change, You Have to Change Congress by Lawrence Lessig


02/12/2010
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Obama Needs to Take His Inside Politics Outside by Albert R. Hunt


02/01/2010
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The Big Theories Underwriting Society Are Crashing All Around Us -- Are You Ready for a New World? by Terrence McNally


01/30/2010
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Excerpts - Reason


01/06/2010
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Education: From Condescension to Respect by Michael Roth


02/12/2010
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Share Is Liberal, Intellectual Condescension Really the Problem? by Glynn Wilson


02/13/2010
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What Does the Manhattan Declaration Really Mean? by Tobin Grant


01/04/2010
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The religious left - An old tradition for a new day. by Daniel McKanan


01/08/2010
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Obama’s Health-Care Speech: Hope Over Fear by Jim Wallis


11/02/2009
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Media Reform Needed to Preserve Democracy by Phyllis Stenerson


06/26/2008
National conference held in Minneapolis
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Media Reform Needed by Phylls Stenerson for Uptown Neighborhood News


09/11/2008
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Gloom, but Not Doom - NY Times Editorial


01/01/2009
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Senator John McCain - background information


08/18/2008
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A Nation Transformed By Women from the Center for American Progress


10/19/2009
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A Fair Shake for Those Who are Not Already Rich and Powerful by Bob Herbert


05/07/2009
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These days, people are disposable by Henry Greenspan


09/21/2009
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What Have We Done to Democracy? by Arundhati Roy


09/28/2009
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Screaming Joe Wilson: Newt Gingrich's Frankenstein by Lorelei Kelly


11/02/2009
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Making sense of the conservative worldview by Doug Muder


01/08/2010
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01/30/2010
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Telling the World a ‘Big Story’ -Conversation with Karen Armstrong by Laurie Patton


02/01/2010
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Excerpts - Worldview


01/06/2010
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Racist by Sonia Scherr


02/13/2010
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Tea Party Movement Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right by David Barstow


02/16/2010
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01/08/2010
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Dick Armey Is Back on the Attack by Michael Sokolove


01/02/2010
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The Tragedy Of Hope by Andrew Sullivan


01/05/2010
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Change I Can Believe In by David Brooks


11/03/2009
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Why fundamentalism will fail by Harvey Cox


11/12/2009
A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside
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Paranoia Strikes Deep by Paul Krugman


11/12/2009
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Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left Prism by Arianna Huffington


07/15/2008
published on July 14, 2008 by the Huffington Post
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Make federal agency performance an issue


06/26/2008
Editorial in StarTribune, June 22, 2008
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Democracy or Theocracy?


05/18/2005
Progressive Thoughts e-newsletter of May 9, 2005
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail - King - 4-16-63


03/19/2008
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. - April 16, 1963
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The New Untouchables by Thomas Friedman


10/22/2009
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Excerpts - Faith and Values


01/06/2010
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The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell By Andy Serwer


12/08/2009
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Cornel West on Truth and Paideia


11/16/2009
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Who's afraid of freedom and tolerance? Why are fundamentalists so frightened by liberal family values? A look at competing worldviews by Doug Muder


01/08/2010
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Unitarian Universalist and related perspectives


02/15/2010
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What fuels the grass-roots rage by E.J. Dionne Jr.


02/12/2010
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Where's The Movement? by George Lakoff


02/01/2010
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The Futurist Weighs In, Part Two by Sara Robinson


02/12/2010
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Ironic Provincialism by Paul Rasor


01/08/2010
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How We Talk About the Environment Has Everything to Do with Whether We'll Save It by George Lakoff


11/16/2009
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The Protocol Society by David Brooks


01/04/2010
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Surviving the Media Circus, Without Becoming the Clown


11/01/2009
by Barry Levinson
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The Self-Correcting Presidency by Ross Douthat


11/02/2009
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Strategy for the Next American President


07/31/2008
World Politics Review, July 24, 2008
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Caritas in Veritate: Spiritual Trumps Secular in Encyclical


07/24/2009
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The PolicySpeak Disaster for Health Care by George Lakoff


09/05/2009
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Happy Birthday, America! and many more?


07/02/2008
by Phyllis Stenerson
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Charter for Compassion to unify, inspire and bring compassion back into the hearts of society update 1-7-10


12/06/2008
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A Long Way Down, New York Times editorial


09/21/2009
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What do neocons have to do with Obama? by Jacob Bronsther


10/28/2009
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Excerpts - Vision


01/06/2010
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The Values Question by David Brooks


01/04/2010
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Bill Moyers: a thoughtful voice amid the din by Neal Gabler


01/04/2010
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Without a movement, progressives can't aid Obama's agenda by Harold Meyerson


01/09/2010
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The Source of Corporate Power by Robert C. Koehler


02/01/2010
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Global economic crisis also values crisis - Davos poll - by Tom Henegan, Religion Editor


02/01/2010
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Excerpts - Transformation


01/07/2010
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How Christian Were the Founders? by Russell Shorto


02/12/2010
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The Futurist Weighs In, Part 1 by Sara Robinson


02/12/2010
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Summary - America


02/15/2010
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UF study recasts political ‘God gap’ theory with details of a religious left


01/10/2010
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Excerpts - Our World


01/06/2010
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Changing the World by Bob Herbert


10/28/2009
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No longer conservative about his religion by Dana Milbank (re Gingrich)


11/12/2009
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07/11/2008
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Barack Obama's Speech on Final Primary Night, June 3, 2008, in St. Paul, MN


06/26/2008
(As Prepared for Delivery, from Obama web site)
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Making Choices - A Spiritual Skill


07/31/2008
by Sister Joan Chittister, July 28, 2008
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A New Religious America - How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation by Diana L. Eck


05/07/2009
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Building Global Justice: We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For by Jim Wallis


11/12/2009
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A Date With Scarcity by David Brooks


11/03/2009
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A courageous call for civility by E.J. Dionne Jr.


12/08/2009
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Republican Death Trip by Paul Krugman


11/02/2009
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The Behavioral Revolution by David Brooks


11/02/2009
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Excerpts - America


01/06/2010
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The religious left - An old tradition for a new day.


11/19/2009
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Excerpts - Progressive Movement


01/10/2010
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Summary - America - Government


02/15/2010
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02/02/2010
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Obama administration struggles to get the message out by Dan Balz


01/10/2010
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Conservatives Are Waging a War on Empathy -- We Can't Let Them Win by George Lakoff


11/16/2009
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“With Malice Toward None” by Chairman Jim Leach, National Endowment for the Humanities


12/08/2009
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All the President’s Zombies by Paul Krugman


11/02/2009
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What We Can Learn from Conservatives About Winning in Politics By Sara Robinson


11/02/2009
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Stacking the Deck Against Kids by Bob Herbert


12/08/2009
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Look away, Dixieland by Sidney Blumenthal


05/11/2009
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2010 Threat to Democrats Comes From Three Directions by Dan Balz


10/22/2009
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5 Myths About Value Voters by Dick Meyer


10/24/2008
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Obama and the Progressive Base by Normon Solomon


07/10/2008
Published on Thursday, July 10, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
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At the Vatican, a Democrat Who Gets It


07/24/2009
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Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory by Joshua Holland


09/21/2009
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The Religious Wars by Nicholas Kristof


12/08/2009
Followed by "A Truce in the Religious Wars?" By Kristof
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Seven Suggestions for Barack Obama to Stay True to His Vision by Arianna Huffington


07/15/2008
published July 2, 2008 by the Huffington Post
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A Defining Moment by David Brooks


11/02/2009
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The healthy-deregulated-capitalism myth just keeps resurfacing by the Rev. Gordon C. Stewart


11/02/2009
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Excerpts - Democracy


01/06/2010
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Exit Mr. Kaine - Virginia's 70th governor and the politics of decency


01/10/2010
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02/03/2010
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02/15/2010
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Excerpts - Liberty and Justice for all


02/12/2010
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If you think 2009 was fun, just wait until '10 heats up by Dick Polman


01/10/2010
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Mr. President, It's Time to Fight by Bill Moyers


11/02/2009
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Progressive Values Dominant-- But Need to Rebuild Trust in Effectiveness of Government Action by Julie Berro


11/02/2009
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Challenging the Crowd in Whispers, Not Shouts by Robert J. Shiller


11/02/2009
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Meltdown: Images of What We Lose When the Glaciers Disappear by Helena Christensen


12/08/2009
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Glenn Beck's Hotline to Nowhere by Thomas Frank


11/06/2009
The White House has no obligation to correct willful ignorance.
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The Passion of the Right by Charles M. Blow


11/14/2009
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Citoyen Consumer


06/26/2008
Disengagement, disempowerment and corporate media bias by Rich Broderick
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Happy Days are Here Again! lyrics and link to music


01/20/2009
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Another Country by Mark Mellman, New York Times, 9-17-08


10/21/2008
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Why We Need New Ways of Thinking by Barry Boyce


07/31/2008
from the Shambhala Sun, September 2008
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Network of Spiritual Progressives - 2006


05/07/2009
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How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party by Sean Wilentz


11/12/2009
A president driven by ideology. A Congress rife with corruption. A political party hellbent on a "permanent majority." A leading scholar examines the radicals who hijacked the GOP — and wrecked the longest conservative ascendancy in American history
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Biblical principles should guide Christian involvement in social change by Ken Camp


11/06/2009
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In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’ by Robert Pear


12/08/2009
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Our Three Bombs by Thomas Friedman


11/02/2009
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Are Progressives Depressed or Too Privileged to Produce Social Change? Or Are We Just Failing to Organize Effectively? - response by Phyllis Stenerson to question from Don Hazen, AlterNet


01/12/2010
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Excerpts - Politics


01/06/2010
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Only Empathy Can Save Us: Why Jeremy Rifkin's The Empathic Civilization is This Month's HuffPost Book Club Pick by Arianna Huffington


02/04/2010
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Cassandras of Climate by Paul Krugman


01/07/2010
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Summary - Politics


02/15/2010
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Excerpts - Communications


02/12/2010
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Obama, the anti-Churchill? by Fareed Zakaria


01/04/2010
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Is This About Health Care or Spiritual Care? by Deepak Chopra


01/03/2010
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Antichrist Sabotage of America! by David J. Meyer, Last Trumpet Ministries


01/13/2010
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2009 Nobel Peace Prize citation, Obama's response and quotations from US presidents about global relations


10/30/2009
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Three R's and a Why by Andrea Batista Schlesinger


09/21/2009
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The Spectacle of Illiteracy and the Crisis of Democracy Henry A. Giroux


09/21/2009
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It’s Brand New, but Make It Sound Familiar by Mary Tripsas


12/08/2009
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Constitution chronology and basic information


05/07/2009
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The Off-Brand Presidency by Timothy Egan


04/30/2009
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Capitalism's Reality Check by E. J. Dionne Jr.


07/11/2008
Washington Post
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Just Democracy by Katrina vanden Heuvel


07/12/2008
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Chanukah & Christmas: When Hope Triumphs Over Cynical Realism by Rabbi Michael Lerner


05/07/2009
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Faith and Reason - Bill Moyers


04/30/2009
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How Radio Wrecks the Right by John Derbyshire


12/08/2009
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Money-Changers in Democracy's Temple by William S. Becker


11/12/2009
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More Poetry, Please by Thomas Friedman


11/01/2009
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Something in the Air by Drew Zahn


01/13/2010
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'Yes, We Can' -- The Magic Behind Obama's Message by Steven Rosenfeld


01/03/2010
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Excerpts - Narrative


01/06/2010
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Summary - Power


02/15/2010
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"Spellcasters": The Hunt for the "Buy-Button" in Your Brain by World Business Academy


01/23/2010
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The Geezers’ Crusade by David Brooks


02/04/2010
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Why Fanaticism Can Be a Good Thing by Rebecca Solnit


01/04/2010
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America the Traumatized: How 13 Events of the Decade Made Us the PTSD Nation by Adele M. Stan


01/03/2010
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Tea Parties begin to think strategically by Mark Hemingway


01/13/2010
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11/02/2009
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An Economy of Faith and Trust by David Brooks


11/03/2009
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Obama's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech


12/11/2009
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A Better Future for All


05/07/2009
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05/07/2009
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Why Change Happens: Ten Theories by Sara Robinson


06/26/2008
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Chicago Tribune Endorsement of Barack Obama


10/24/2008
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Obama's critique of Bush's Holy War by Mark Silk


12/12/2009
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12/12/2009
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Disaster and Denial by Paul Krugman


12/14/2009
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The Moral Math of Climate Change - Interview with Bill McKibben by Krista Tippet


12/14/2009
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Darwin’s God by Robin Marantz Henzig


12/14/2009
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The Social Animal by David Brooks


12/17/2009
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Getting Covered - by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs


12/17/2009
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A Dangerous Dysfunction by Paul Krugman


12/21/2009
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The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker by Davd D. Kirkpatrick


12/21/2009
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Peace on earth, good will to all by Phyllis Stenerson


01/02/2010
Newsletter December 23, 2009
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A Perfect Storm? by Michael Tomasky


01/02/2010
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The Other Education by David Brooks


01/02/2010
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Real moral values - Articulating a liberal religious moral vision by Rev. William G. Sinkford


01/14/2010
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America's founding faiths - Competing visions of divine order and sacred liberty divided America's founders and its religious communities by Rev. Forrest Church


01/14/2010
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A Theology for the 21st Century by Forrest Church


01/15/2010
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01/15/2010
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Lift Every Voice and Sing


01/15/2010
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Quotations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


01/15/2010
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Society as the Subject of Redemption: The Relevance of the Social Gospel by Gary Dorrien


01/18/2010
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Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving by Nicholas D. Kristof


01/18/2010
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Economic Rights, Then and Now by Susan Feiner


01/18/2010
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Seeking a Cultural Revolution: From Consumerism to Sustainability by Matthew Berger


01/18/2010
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How Corporate Personhood Threatens Democracy by Tom Stites


01/18/2010
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The 21st Century: In God's earthquake, Domination—or Community? by Rabbi Arthur Waskow


01/18/2010
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What Obama can learn from Reagan by E.J. Dionne?, Jr.


01/18/2010
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01/21/2010
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01/21/2010
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01/22/2010
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Summary - Spiritual Politics


01/22/2010
Believe We Can Transform America
A Framework for dialogue, strategy and action – a work in progress
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Summary - Progressive Narrative


01/22/2010
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Summary - Worldview


01/22/2010
Believe We Can Transform America -
A framework for dialogue, strategy and action - a work in progress
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Summary - Worldview - Compare


01/22/2010
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How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House by Naomi Klein


01/23/2010
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01/23/2010
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Excerpts - Human Family


01/23/2010
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02/18/2010
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Summary - Change


02/18/2010
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Summary - Citizen Participation


02/18/2010
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Summary - Communications


02/18/2010
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Summary - Culture


02/18/2010
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Summary - Democracy


02/18/2010
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Summary - Economics


02/18/2010
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Summary - Faith and Values


02/18/2010
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Summary - Government


02/18/2010
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Summary - Human Family


02/18/2010
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Summary - Liberty and Justice For All


02/18/2010
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Summary - Narrative


02/18/2010
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Summary - Paideia


02/18/2010
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Summary - Peace and Justice


02/18/2010
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Summary - Planet Earth


02/18/2010
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Summary - Reason


02/18/2010
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Summary - Sustainability


02/18/2010
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Summary - Transformation


02/18/2010
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Summary - Vision


02/18/2010
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Convention With A Fringe On Top from The Progress Report


02/19/2010
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Pence urges conservatives to utilize 'our moment' to gain political power by Dan Balz and Philip Rucker


02/19/2010
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Goldwater, the John Birch Society, and Me by William F. Buckley, Jr.


02/19/2010
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The Economic Elite Have Engineered an Extraordinary Coup, Threatening the Very Existence of the Middle Class by David DeGraw


02/21/2010
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Obama, Tea Parties and the Battle for Our Brains by George Lakoff


02/22/2010
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The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin


02/23/2010
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Excerpts - Power


02/24/2010
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Articles - Our World


02/26/2010
One human family, living together on planet earth with justice, peace and sustainability
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Articles - Worldview


02/26/2010
The way we see the world and our place in it, our philosophy of life
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Articles - America


02/26/2010
Culture, Economy/capitalism, Government, Education/Science/Health, Religion/Spirituality, Community Organizations
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Articles - Democracy


02/26/2010
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Articles - Politics


02/26/2010
Change, Communications, Political Process, Power
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Articles - Spiritual Politics


02/26/2010
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Articles - Progressive Narrative


02/26/2010
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Articles - Progressive Movement


02/26/2010
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Articles - Transformation


02/26/2010
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Challenging the Radical Right - UUA Statement of Conscience


02/28/2010
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Beyond Religious Tolerance: The Challenges of Interfaith Cooperation Begin with Us


02/28/2010
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Moral Values for a Pluralistic Society


02/28/2010
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The Enthusiasm Gap by Robert Reich


03/02/2010
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Idealism, Conscience And The Spiritual Left by William Horden


03/02/2010
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Tea Party: Everything you know is wrong by Sara Robinson


03/02/2010
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It Is Happening Here by David Sirota


03/02/2010
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This is Your Story - The Progressive Story of America. Pass It On by Bill Moyers


03/02/2010
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Let’s exemplify 3 C’s for the new decade - Civility, Compassion, Courage


03/02/2010
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Prayer Warriors and Palin Organizing Spiritual Warfare to Take Over America by Bill Berkowitz


03/02/2010
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Excerpts - Spiritual Politics - conservative religious extremism


03/02/2010
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Democrats ought to be ticked off, too by Nick Coleman


03/07/2010
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Why We Need to Have Empathy for Tea Party Lunatics by Michael Bader


03/07/2010
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Time for a U.S. Revolution – Fifteen Reasons by Bill Quigley


03/07/2010
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The Escalating Price of Politics


03/08/2010
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The Mess We’re In: The Challenge of Melodramocracy by Wim Wenders


03/08/2010
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America at the Crossroads: The Inner Life


03/08/2010
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Our Politics May Be All in Our Head by Nicholas Kristof


03/08/2010
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