Author: Daniela

  • Obama’s Complete Nelson Mandela Memorial Speech

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    President Barack Obama’s full speech at memorial service today for Nelson Mandela.

  • What Mandela Asked Of His Oppressors

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Beinart criticizes the media for glossing over it: Mandela refused to grant legal absolution to the perpetrators of apartheid’s crimes until they publicly confessed their guilt. In the run-up to South Africa’s first free elections, de Klerk granted clemency to 4,000 members of the South African police and security services. But after…

  • Sunday Prayer

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  • The Legend of Brown Dog: A Great American Hero Gets His Due

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    Reposted from:  The Daily Beast Books section: One of America’s greatest writers, Jim Harrison, has created an indelible character in the trickster Brown Dog. Now collected for the first time in a new book readers can fully experience this energetic, lustful, quiet hero. One of America’s greatest writers, Jim Harrison, has created an indelible character in…

  • Quote for the Day

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      It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists in being your self and that, in the last analysis, your sanctity will never be mine and mine will never be yours, except in the communism of charity and grace. For me to be a saint means to…

  • Who Knew This Could Happen?!!!

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    A spectacular video from Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota demonstrates the incredible capabilities of nature.  The footage is of snow getting pushed ashore in the spring.  This is called an ice shove or shoreline ice pile up.  It is a surge of ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore. They are caused by…

  • The Story Behind A Shirt

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Planet Money had t-shirts made so they could better understand where such clothing comes from: The Planet Money men’s T-shirt was made in Bangladesh, by workers who make about $3 a day, with overtime. The Planet Money women’s T-shirt was made in Colombia, by workers who make roughly $13 a day, without…

  • Coordinated Assault Against Public Sector Service Revealed by The Guardian

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    Documents published by The Guardian Thursday reveal how a number of right-wing groups, funded by today’s oligarchs, plan to privatize the commons: Conservative groups across the US are planning a coordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers’ compensation and the environment,documents obtained by the Guardian…

  • Fifth Season Cooperative Expands Product Line

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    It’s so amazing to be living here in Wisconsin.  We have a conservative state legislature that passed a bill watering down environmental protections in favor of an out-of-state mining operation that wants to open a strip mine in one of the most ecologically pristine areas in the state.  We have acre upon acre of GE…

  • My Two Favorite Eco-Feminists

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    At the recent International Women’s Earth and Climate Initiative Summit, Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva discuss their decades of work devoted to protecting nature and saving future generations from the dangers of climate change. A renowned primatologist, Goodall is best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and baboons. An environmental leader, feminist and thinker,…