Catholic News Agency: "Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life, also expressed confidence that the Obama administration will provide a sufficient exemption. “The administration has no intention of forcing Catholic institutions to provide insurance coverage for services that are directly in opposition to their moral beliefs. It does not make any sense from a … Continue reading Pro-life Democrats predict broad religious exemption from contraception mandate
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UN: AIDS epidemic stabilizing, still work to do
USA Today: "At the end of last year, there were about 34 million people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. While that is a slight rise from previous years, experts say that's due to people surviving longer. Last year, there were 1.8 million AIDS-related deaths, down from 1.9 million in 2009."
Evangelicals and the Case for Foreign Aid
Richard Stearns: "Then there are the lives saved. Our aid programs don't have an unblemished record, and waste and corruption need to be rooted out. But Pepfar, for example, is now providing lifesaving drugs to three million people living with AIDS, mostly in Africa. It also provides care and support to another 2.5 million orphans … Continue reading Evangelicals and the Case for Foreign Aid
Fighting Back, One Brothel Raid at a Time
Nicholas Kristof: "It’s partly because of grass-roots activists like Somaly, both in the United States and abroad, that human trafficking is increasingly recognized as a central human rights challenge. A U.N. agency estimates that more than 12 million people are engaged in forced labor, including sexual servitude."
Union-busting Law Repealed in Ohio
Washington Post: "Ohioans voted Tuesday night to repeal a Republican-backed law that restricted collective bargaining for public workers, a victory for Democrats and labor organizers both nationally and in the state."
FWD (Famine War Drought) Relief Day of Action: November 9, 2011
DFLA: "Clearly, ending the famine and bringing water to these nations is a pro-life issue and is just as important as ending the destruction of an unborn child. As pro-life Democrats, we have a responsibility to not only advocate for curtailing further loss of life in Africa and around the world, but also to challenge … Continue reading FWD (Famine War Drought) Relief Day of Action: November 9, 2011
Syria death toll tops 3,500, UN says
BBC: "More than 3,500 people have died in months of anti-government protests in Syria, according to the UN."
Bill Gates’s plan to assist the world’s poor
Bill Gates: "Sometimes Americans get the impression that we’re shouldering the whole burden of development and that, ultimately, our aid doesn’t make a big difference. I see it very differently. We’re providing strategic investments that link up with many other investments to systematically make a better, more prosperous and safer world. If we do it … Continue reading Bill Gates’s plan to assist the world’s poor
Health, abortion issues split Obama administration and Catholic groups
Washington Post: "The latest dispute centers on a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services in late September to end funding to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to help victims of human trafficking, or modern-day slavery. The church group had overseen nationwide services to victims since 2006 but was denied a new … Continue reading Health, abortion issues split Obama administration and Catholic groups
The Ideological Fantasies of Inequality Deniers
Jonathan Chait: "The underlying facts, like the facts of climate change, are stark. Over the last few decades, income growth for most Americans has slowed to a crawl, while income for the very rich has exploded. That’s a reversal of the three decades following World War II, when all income groups got richer, with the … Continue reading The Ideological Fantasies of Inequality Deniers
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