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Jon Stewart: Shades of Edward R. Murrow?

Although he has repeatedly insisted that his is not the role of a straight-up journalist and that he has no designs on a conventional political career, that doesn’t stop people like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg from casting Jon Stewart in a nobler light ...

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L.A. Tagged as the City Meanest to the Homeless

True, the weather hardly ever departs from the ideal range, and the mountain and oceanside vistas (when visible through the smog) can make for picturesque living in Los Angeles ... provided you have somewhere to live. For the homeless, as two advocacy agencies have noted, L.A. seems downright mean.

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Squatting as Civil Disobedience

As foreclosures continue to force Americans out of their homes, some advocacy organizations are getting creative, suggesting that homeowners refuse to leave their foreclosed houses and helping others move into vacated abodes—either openly or under the radar.

Posted on Apr 9, 2009 READ MORE  |  11 COMMENTS


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A Brief History of Bono

You don’t have to be a pop star to raise awareness, but it sure helps. Good Magazine looks back at the life and activism of U2’s Bono, who’s done quite a bit with his hobby.

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Politics Make for Very Strange Bedfellows

So, as if the Mark Foley stuff wasn’t weird enough already, it’s about to get even weirder and nastier. According to Max Blumenthal at The Nation, some anti-Republican gay rights activists (inspired apparently by the Foley scandal and a supposed “gay clique” that some claim to be responsible for the coverup) sent a memo with the names of closeted congressional staffers to Christian-right advocacy groups in hopes of inciting a “purge” of gay Republicans from Washington.

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MoveOn.org Ad Likens Bush to Nixon on Spying

Watch the current president morph into the former president in this new video advertisement from the liberal advocacy group. | video

Posted on Feb 4, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


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