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Bishop to skip Notre Dame commencement over Obama
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:52 PM EDT (idsnews.com)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Roman Catholic bishop whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame says he will boycott President Barack Obama's May 17 commencement speech at the Catholic school because of Obama's support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research.
Washington Times - Obama may overturn abortion rule
Seeded on Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:05 PM EST (The Washington Times)
President Obama has began the process of rescinding a last-minute rule by George W. Bush that strengthened legal protections for health care workers who refuse to perform abortions because of religious or moral objections.
IU moves to 11th in donations nationwide
Seeded on Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:55 PM EST (idsnews.com)
IU ranked 11th in Total Voluntary Support among all U.S. colleges and universities for the 2008 fiscal year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Education.
Indiana flirts with coal catastrophe | The Bloomington Alternative
Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:50 PM EST (bloomingtonalternative.com)
The spill of coal fly ash from a holding pond in Tennessee on Dec. 22 dumped 1.1 billion gallons of sludge, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Honor the dead, light a candle for the living | The Bloomington Alternative
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 8:32 PM EST (bloomingtonalternative.com)
Insights from Deema Dabis' blog feature at the Bloomington Alternative, "Dancing with Fire in Palestine." This installment focuses on the conflict in Israel and the voiceless struggle of the Palestinian people.
Medical pot backers say LA raids betray Obama vow
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 8:14 AM EST (Reuters)
Several recent federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in California have betrayed President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to halt such busts if elected, medicinal cannabis advocates said on Wednesday.
Crucifixes and Cigarettes
Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:30 PM EST
The sun filters through colored windows staining the sheets of dust deep reds, blues, and yellows. My footsteps echo on the floor. Runners of carpet snake up and down the aisles, cutting-up the tile floors into neat rectangles, one for each column of pews.
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The Box: Prologue
Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:13 AM EST
I step through the doorway trembling. You should understand something-- in the box, you've got two options. Sun filters through colored windows, staining the sheets, Soaring like maniacal birds through the pews. My grandfather stumbles to his seat. He is born...so am I.
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Big Idea: A Steady-State Economy
Seeded on Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:52 AM EST (Adbusters: The Magazine)
The remaining natural world is no longer able to provide the sources and sinks for the metabolic throughput necessary to sustain the existing oversized economy – much less a growing one.
How the CIA handles the U.S. media
Seeded on Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:43 AM EST (aljazeera.com)
The CIA has never been consulted about the nomination of a CIA director nor should it be. It is unlikely that Foreign Service Officers were asked to vet the selection of Sen.
IU President Michael McRobbie's son arrested for marijuana possession
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:36 PM EST (idsnews.com)
ooh, boy... IU President Michael McRobbie's son was arrested Saturday after police found him in possession of marijuana, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger.
Issue Number 1023 | The Next Condom Conundrum | Advocate.com
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:45 PM EST (advocate.com)
And while PrEP's not new -- guys have been popping a T, or "disco dosing," as the practice is sometimes called, for several years, acquiring the drugs from friends, partners, or drug dealers selling "party packs" including crystal meth and Viagra -- a host of studies ar …
Finding Freedom | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:37 PM EST (Adbusters: The Magazine)
My mom didn't want her children to join the revolutionary group. Losing her beloved husband in fighting was a bitter experience and very painful, so she didn't want to lose her son too.
Campus groups dish blame as death toll in Gaza grows
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:38 AM EST (idsnews.com)
Local protest organizers, including Indiana Students against War and the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition, voiced frustration at Congress' reaffirmed support of Israel and the rising death toll of Palestinian civilians.
Fallen Oak
Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:22 PM EST
a man named Fallen oak began on his journey to find the Way. the Way, as he had heard in fire-light stories, was a path not easily found or followed. he felt he was prepared for the journey. armed with the knowledge of his forebears, ready to conquer the world.
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alJazeera Magazine - Is Israel winning the 'media war' over Gaza?
Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:47 PM EST (aljazeera.com)
Ramzy Baroud fumes at the continuing conflict in Gaza, fed from the hands of the complacent US.
alJazeera Magazine - U.S. plans massive arms delivery to Israel
Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:36 PM EST (aljazeera.com)
The US has arranged a large, "routine" shipment of "ammunition" to Israel. The tender for the ship followed a December U.S. arms delivery to Israel, which was also carried out by a merchant ship.
Planned Parenthood suspends employee after video on abortion counseling
Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:39 PM EST (Bloomington Herald Times)
A local Planned Parenthood employee has been suspended after the release of a video surreptitiously shot at a clinic which shows a woman who identifies herself as a 13-year-old being given advice that is a violation of the organization's policies.
America's hidden hungry | SocialistWorker.org
Seeded on Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:25 PM EST (socialistworker.org)
The media almost never talk about a hunger problem in the U.S. But according to "Household Food Security in the United States 2007," a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 11.1 percent of U.S.
Loyalty is the most overrated virtue in politics
Seeded on Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:15 PM EST (Slate)
Loyalty is a wonderful human quality and a necessary political one. No president would think of moving into the White House without known and trusted advisers such as David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett.
A credible counterterror strategy needed | Reuters
Seeded on Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:47 PM EST (Reuters)
Unlike other important victims of terror in the world, India has no published counterterror doctrine. And a retiring Chief Justice of India was compelled to remind fellow citizens that, "We don't have the political will to fight terrorism".
U.S. war on drugs has failed, report says
Seeded on Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:27 PM EST (The L.A. Times)
The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico.
The Crisis
Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:51 PM EST (Adbusters: The Magazine)
The conventional wisdom is that when faced with the threat of recession and business failure, the solution is to grow the economy so we can grow our way out of the crisis.
Immigrant rights after the election
Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:36 PM EST (socialistworker.org)
Dehumanizing workplaces raids and arrests designed to further criminalize undocumented workers and undercut union organizing have increased more than 10 times since 2002.
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