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Valerie Edwards
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Contemplative teacher and practitioner in the progressive, mystical Jewish tradition.
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End Presidential Revenge: Support Miles Taylor's Legal Defense
Join over 200 bipartisan leaders in defending democracy. Support the legal fund opposing presidential retaliation against whistleblowers like Miles Taylor. Stand up for constitutional rights today.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
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April 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Where do Trump's loyalties lie? Why, with Vladimir Putin, of course - His Heart Belong to Vladi!
April 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Electric tricycles empower women in rural Zimbabwe
YouTube video by africanews
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April 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hands Off! Thousand Oaks · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** We are fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and da...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Boy Starts Nonprofit and Recycles 625,000 Batteries by Age 15 With Hundreds of Youth Joining in
Nihal Tammana started the nonprofit, Recycle My Battery, and now, at 15 years old, he has already recycled over 625,000 batteries.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
The court also ruled that Ecuador must honor the results of a 2023 referendum, in which voters chose to stop oil operations in that region.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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apnews.com/article/meth... end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denom...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Jet Engine Exhaust is Turned into Electricity to Power Dallas International Airport
JetWind has realized that all that engine force wasted during pre-flight checks is like the strong winds needed to power a turbine
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February 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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21 U.S. DOGE Service staffers resign over a refusal to 'jeopardize Americans' sensitive data,' letter says
The joint resignation letter was addressed to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and uploaded to a webpage called WetheBuilders.org.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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In the Amazon, One Woman's Ingenious Canopy Bridges Are Helping Monkeys Cross the Road Safely
Abra and Reconecta won the 2024 Whitley Award for Nature in honor of her work protecting the region's primates.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Donald Trump Brings Back “Degenerate Art”
The president’s obsession with cultural control is evidence of a continued fascist creep, and not just another joke exercise in narcissism.
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February 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to m...
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February 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Rabbi Rami teaches us that we may not be able to completely avoid the toxic effects of the kool-aid, but we can at least arm ourselves with a reminder that the kool-aid causes the insanity
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A Mark of Sanity
A little over two centuries ago, Reb Nachman of Breslov, the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov who founded Hasidic Judaism, shared this parable with his Hasidim:
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February 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Pope rebukes Trump administration over immigrant deportations and appears to aim directly at Vance
The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.
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February 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Trump: US will ‘take over’ Gaza, ‘own’ it, develop it, then make it an ‘international’ area
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February 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Ai Weiwei Speaks Out On DeepSeek's Chilling Responses
The Chinese-owned AI chatbot’s refusal to answer questions about the dissident artist and activist is “quite telling,” Ai said in a statement to Hyperallergic.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again
Trump's initial job approval rating is similar to what it was at the start of his first term, reaffirming his position as the lowest-rated new president since 1953.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution
President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in Arizona.
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January 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM