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Author: Renee Shur

Renee Shur lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Mayors vs. illegal guns

February 15, 2011 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, Violence Leave a comment

Another senseless mass killing has put the issue of gun control and illegal guns front and center in the public debate.  Sadly, we’ve been

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Queer the census

April 10, 2010 Renee Shur Civil Rights, Politics Leave a comment

For many in the LGBT community, the 2010 census marks the beginning of a not-so-quiet revolution in a push for greater official recognition.  Activists

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Caveat donator. Charity ratings help you give wisely.

March 29, 2010 Renee Shur Charity & Justice Leave a comment

It has been said by poets, philosophers, and psychologists that the charitable impulse is the highest expression of the human capacity for compassion. When

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What the other “public option” can teach us

March 17, 2010 Renee Shur Good government, Health care, Infrastructure Leave a comment

Community-owned-and-operated utilities are among America’s longest-running “public options.” So before writing off the healthcare public option completely and seeing it consigned to the junk

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Putting the hybrid buyer in the driver’s seat

March 8, 2010 Renee Shur Energy, Technology, Transportation 2 comments

Thinking of buying a hybrid? Confused by the slick advertising claims and uncertain about which vehicle will deliver the goods? Help is on the

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Infrastructure: 100 years old and counting

February 25, 2010 Renee Shur Infrastructure 2 comments

See below for updated information in light of late February, 2010 blizzard in Northeast. Ninety-six years ago, in Cleveland, Ohio, the Great Lakes Storm

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