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Judeo-Christian values? How about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights instead?

November 24, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Democracy, Foreign Policy, History, Human Rights, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

Following the attacks in Paris, Republican Presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich said that he wants to set up an agency with a

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Avaaz: Global, progressive activism in your inbox

April 26, 2012 Renee Shur Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Education, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Leave a comment

Do you suffer from progressive-cause fatigue? Does daybreak reveal an inbox bursting with entreaties from progressive politicians and causes pitching the cause-du-jour and pleading

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Of human rights, water rights and the rights of Mother Earth

December 15, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Environment, International Leave a comment

When Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft and gain acceptance for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [UDHR], she started something big. Adopted by the fledgling

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What Republicans & Democrats can agree upon

February 26, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, Obama, Politics 2 comments

The current lack of bi-partisan cooperation in part reflects a polarity of ideas, but also a distressing amount of “boys and girls behaving badly.”

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