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Susan Rice on the Poverty-Conflict Nexus

Mark Leon Goldberg at 12/1/2008 1:01PM

Long before Susan Rice was Obama's pick for UN Ambassador, she contributed this piece to UN Dispatch. Originally published May 31, 2007.

Space Based Solar Power

Mark Leon Goldberg at 11/25/2008 11:20AM

This is a super cool video. I particularly like how it is framed as a "message to the next president of the United States." From GoGreenTube.

The Garden of Eatin'

Travis Moore at 11/22/2008 2:53PM

From Roger Dioron and Eat The View, a history of gardens on the White House lawn.

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kaidou at 3/20/2008 5:04PM

Kill the Faith-Based Initiative Favoritism

tags: Democracy and Human Rights, freedom from religion, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, social service, volunteering

Doing good with your faith in mind is good. Volunteering with your church? Good. Government paying for faith-based initiatives is BAD and unconstitutional. The government should have no dealings with religion. It should encourage volunteerism and social service in all its citizens rather than restrict its help to faith-based organizations. (Kids should be raised to volunteer, but that's a different rant.)

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