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The Nuclear Idol and the Genie of Creative Nonviolence

Hiroshima Day August 6, 2012 On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and then, on August 9, on the city of Nagasaki. Four months after the bombing, 200,000 people, mostly … Continue reading

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Save the Anna Louise Inn: A Safe Home for Women

Western & Southern Financial Group Wants to Tear Down Affordable Housing for Women and Build Condos — Don’t Let Them! By Susan Quinn Bryan, Cincinnati, Ohio   August 5, 2012, is Homelessness and Affordable Housing Sunday. But it is not … Continue reading

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Homelessness & Affordable Housing Sunday

This Sunday, August 5, 2012, churches all across the country will turn their prayers, and hopefully their hands, toward homelessness and the need for affordable housing. The situation is dire: 750,000 to 1 million people sleep on the streets every … Continue reading

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Next Steps for Boycott: An Open Letter to Presbyterian Clergy

From Two Jewish Social Justice Advocates By Rae Abileah and Ariel Vegosen, originally published on Tikkun   Dear Reverends and Church-goers, We are writing to you as two young American Jews who have just seen something extraordinary. Last week we … Continue reading

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