Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Federal Prisoners, But What About Leonard Peltier? Indian Country Today In response to a long list of violations by the United States, in the winter of 1973, AIM took up arms against the U.S. and made their stand at Wounded Knee – the massacre site…
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Canada wildfire could double in size as mass evacuations continue “Unseasonably hot temperatures, extremely dry conditions and winds of up to 70km/h (44 mph) helped fuel the fire’s spectacular growth to 101,000 hectares – an area more than 10 times the size of Manhattan, and up from just 10,000…
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Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94 “The legendary anti-war priest Father Daniel Berrigan died today at 94. He was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright and lifelong resister to what he called “American military imperialism.” Along with his late brother, Phil, Dan Berrigan played an…
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RIP Prince.
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We should pause to reflect on the world-wide resonance of the story of Inky, a beautiful and indefatigable octopus who knew all drains lead to the sea. We all know, at the most base level, that any enclosure – be it barren or resplendent — is captivity. And must be…
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The Week In Wildlife, Guardian (13)
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The Danger of a Runaway Antarctica “Now comes another scary prediction: If carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels continue unabated, the vast West Antarctic ice sheet could begin to disintegrate, causing the sea to rise by five to six feet by the end of the century, destroying coastal cities and…
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Easter remains the most pagan of all the Christian holidays, unable to fully detach the foundation story of death/rebirth from the natural symbols which mark the Spring: the Hare, the Egg, the Lamb, the Lily. The Stone, rolled away. Western religious traditions have tried mightily to center the human as…
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