... lives and beyond supporting slow legislative battles to impose environmental restrictions, even as corporations and the rich come up with ever new ways to exploit the planet and declare unconstitutional any serious attempts to impose environmental responsibility on corporations. And tell us exactly how...

... consciousness applied to contemporary economic realities. Read Duncan’s book together with Peacebuilding and one can get a renewed sense of hope. The writers assembled in this collection are serious and recognize the enormous challenges faced by those who seek to mobilize Catholicism as a political force...

...Christina Tan ( christinatanart.com ) Climate change poses a serious challenge to Christian theology—how do we make sense of our role in this disaster while continuing to understand ourselves as an “abode of God’s active love”? ...

...Dave Cutler ( davecutlerstudio.com ) The Left is hanging by a thread because of its reliance on foundations and rich donors. What would it take to persuade leftists to self-finance radical work in a serious way? Illustration by Dave Cutler. ...

... important than the learning experience. Getting our kids to wear uniforms, or at least conform to an appropriate dress code, teaches them that serious things, like learning, must be taken seriously. It conveys to girls that they should carry themselves in a dignified manner...

... tion to our nation’s serious health care crisis. This entire health reform process occurred under the shadow of the previous attempt to pass significant health legislation. President Obama made this his signature issue, and so for his administration failure...

... textures, new registers to explore, new ways to mix the colors of the language. Whatever nonchalance he may affect when he discusses his approach to writing, the signs of a struggle are abundant, and the seriousness of his purpose cannot be doubted. These are poems that won’t stop squeezing new life...

... population was multiplying exponentially, the proportion of prisoners suffering from serious mental illness was also expanding. There are now ten times as many prisoners with serious mental illness behind bars as there are in state and federal psychiatric hospitals. I have had the privilege of appearing...

... these to regard with regime of Bush the crimes a level at high in the participated Gates the general, attorney of the consists membership The problem. lies a serious very therein Staff...

.... whether he can actually fight for them in the ins and outs of Amer­ No wonder, then, that we feel that this is a time for great rej oic- ican politics. He is almost certain to use his bully pulpit, starting ing, and also a time for serious reflection and planning. We hope with his Inaugural Address...

... environmental restrictions and corporate taxes, and enacting more evil. They have already succeeded in the Right’s primary goal: to undermine trust in government. Oy. All of this is deplorable, and it needs to be challenged. In order to make any serious impact, the liberal and progressive forces need...

..., the more inequality has grown.” Frank makes clear that Democrats have not been more politically successful largely due to their commitment to the ideology of the capitalist marketplace rather than to serious populism. Christopher Hayes tells us that to change our society, we need to distinguish between...

... and everyone re­ take to heal and transform lated to every reader of Tikkun). IN A TIME OF C O N F L I C T S ! the world? One, but it has to Humor involves a transfer of frame be really, really funny. from serious to not serious, result­ Paul Lewis sets...

... soldiers in the first month of his administration and then another 30,000 nine months later, all without a serious public debate about the mission and goal of the war, which has led to the American toll of 1,140 dead and 3,420 seriously wounded, as well as 24,000 killed or wounded Afghans...

..., defying the human/animal boundary; he is unceasingly sarcastic and satirical yet profoundly serious, ultimately defying the boundary between what is serious and what is absurd. This form reaches the powerless, such as small children and old people, who are expected to be passive and are objectified...

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