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Teaching the reality of climate change, one classroom at a time

May 2, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science 3 comments

You wouldn’t think that it would be controversial for a journalism professor to come to high schools in the Midwest to discuss his reporting

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An open letter to Trump from the rest of the world

April 20, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Activism, International Leave a comment

Right now—right this minute—while you’re wracking your brain trying to make sense of how it can possibly be that so many of our fellow

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Trump rally

How progressives can constructively engage Trump supporters

April 19, 2016 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Ideas, Progressive people One comment

If you read one think piece aimed at breaking down the Trump phenomenon, I highly recommend Jonna Ivin’s essay on coming to terms with

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Landfill fire

STL landfill fire nears collision with radioactive waste: What’s next?

April 18, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Cities, Energy, Environment, History, Missouri region, Nuclear weapons 4 comments

What happens when a landfill fire meets a radioactive waste dump?  St. Louis, Missouri, may be the first metropolitan area to find out. In

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Phyllis Schlafly: Back in the news, and in my memory

April 13, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Longtime conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is in the news again. This time, it’s because she has committed the cardinal sin–in the purist conservative rule

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Dispatch from the gun culture

April 13, 2016 Willy Kessler Guns, Missouri region, Violence Leave a comment

You’ve no doubt heard the refrain that good guys with guns are necessary to protect us all from bad guys with guns. This statement

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When hate hits home: A Muslim-American’s story

April 12, 2016 Hafsa Human Rights, Missouri region, Women, Youth issues 5 comments

“Al-lah, Al-lah!” Go home, you filthy terrorist!” At least, those were the words I think I heard. To be honest, I sort of shut

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MO legislator wants names of women who’ve had an abortion

April 11, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, Reproductive rights, Republicans Leave a comment

If you had an abortion in Missouri between 2010 and 2015, you’re on Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer’s hit list. Schaefer, a Republican, demanded

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Trump applies his usual logic to the United Nations

April 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, History, International, Politics, United Nations One comment

I can see why perhaps Donald Trump has little love for the United Nations. After all, since its inception in 1945 and his birth

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Eye In the Sky: The moral choices of drone warfare

April 3, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film, War Leave a comment

“Eye in the Sky,” is not your typical war movie. Director Gavin Hood has created a military thriller without firefights, bombs, ear-shattering explosions or

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  • An (Updated) Honest Preview of the 2022 Midterms
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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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