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Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico

February 15, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, Obama Leave a comment

It’s been a long and contentious eighteen years since the first Dream Act was introduced in Congress in 2001. The issue of providing a

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senators

Former U.S. Senators urge colleagues to defend democracy in a “dangerous era”

February 6, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Democracy, Protest/Resistamce, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

A stunning and unprecedented moment occurred on December 10, 2018, when forty-four former senators – among them, thirty-two Democrats, ten Republicans, and two Independents

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tariffs

Protest letters: Economists try to educate Trump on perils of tariffs

February 6, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Economy, History, Protest/Resistance, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and  economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open

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Super Bowl

Washington Post Super Bowl Ad: A powerful message on freedom of the press

February 4, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil liberties, Constitution, Media Leave a comment

Amid oh-so-clever ads for beer, cars and snack foods, one Super Bowl LIII ad stood out yesterday—the sober message presented by the Washington Post:

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New York

New York votes in unified government and goes full-on progressive

February 2, 2019 Renee Shur 2018 Election, Democrats, States Leave a comment

Elections matter. If there’s any doubt about why, take a look at what’s happening right now in New York State. In the 2018 election,

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Gillette

Gillette Vs. Tucker Carlson – by Adam Levin

February 1, 2019 Adam Levin 2020 Election, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Since the Clinton era, the Democratic Party has been increasingly reliant on white-collar professionals who may be progressive on social issues but are uncomfortable with “big government” and wealth redistribution.

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immigration

Zero tolerance for Trump’s cruel immigration policies

February 1, 2019 Renee Shur Children, Immigration, Trump One comment

On December 8, 2018, seven-year-old Jakeli Caal, a Guatemalan refugee who endured a grueling journey with her father to seek asylum in the U.S.,

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Nicolle-Steve

Let’s not demonize Howard Schultz, rather help him do no damage

January 31, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Electoral College, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

So, if Howard Schultz wants to run as an independent in 2020, I will beg to differ with other progressives and say that it’s okay, but with a major caveat.

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Kamala, don’t forget why Hillary lost

January 29, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Candidates, Kamala Harris, Politics, Trump voters Leave a comment

Harris was speaking to an audience stacked in her favor. What was missing was representation of the voters that Hillary Clinton seemed to forget in the 2016 presidential election. The white blue-collar Reagan Democrats who were Donald Trump’s margin of victory in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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montreal

The Montreal Protocol: Saving Earth’s vital ozone layer

January 29, 2019 Renee Shur Climate Change, Environment, Science, Technology Leave a comment

In 1985, three British scientists working at the British Antarctic Survey stunned the world when they discovered that at certain times of the year

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  • Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico
  • Former U.S. Senators urge colleagues to defend democracy in a “dangerous era”
  • Protest letters: Economists try to educate Trump on perils of tariffs
  • Washington Post Super Bowl Ad: A powerful message on freedom of the press
  • New York votes in unified government and goes full-on progressive
  • Gillette Vs. Tucker Carlson – by Adam Levin

Science & Technology

Lima beans, the scientific method, and saving the planet

Do you remember your first brush with the scientific method? For most

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E. Coli

Trump delays farm-water testing. Americans get E. Coli

Donald Trump is making us sick—and I mean that literally. Some food

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Banned

Seven words now banned at the Centers for Disease Control

If you work at the Centers for Disease Control—the nation’s top public

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apps

Apps for refugees: merging technology and humanitarianism

These days, there’s an app for just about everything—even for being a

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Deleting science from EPA’s Office of Science and Technology

The EPA’s Office of Science and Technology [OST] no longer includes the

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