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Coal miners are marching with angry signs to the headquarters of Peabody Energy in St. Louis and chanting shaming slogans before the offices of Patriot Coal in Charleston, W.V. In both cities the …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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4/10/13
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173 views
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The U.S. Congress comprises 30 percent Catholics, and leaders of both the Republican and Democrat parties in the House of Representatives are Catholic, as is the sitting vice-president. Yet, despite …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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2/22/12
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642 views
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Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s, creatively uses Oreo cookies to explain the federal budget. By making one Oreo equal $10 billion, he can stack 70 Oreos to graphically illustrate the $700 …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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10/26/11
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891 views
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Wisconsin under the leadership of Gov. Scott Walker recently passed a law that strips most government workers at the state, county and local levels of their collective bargaining rights. Only police, …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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4/6/11
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850 views
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Every year Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest (ASPI) produces its “Simple Lifestyle Calendar” with daily reminders about walking more gently on the earth.
“Take time to get away and …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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1/5/11
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1850 views
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With storm clouds changing the sky by patterns of various lights and darkness, 75 people gathered last September on Pine Mountain near Whitesburg, Kentucky, to pray. The ecumenical gathering called …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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11/10/10
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864 views
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Last August 40 U.S. billionaires pledged to give at least half of their wealth to charity during their lifetime or after death. The campaign, called “The Giving Pledge,” was launched by Warren …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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9/29/10
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1264 views
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2 comments
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Texas swapped a $600 million prison-expansion plan in 2007 for a $241 million plan to expand its community-based drug and alcohol treatment services. It created residential drug and mental health …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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8/25/10
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1148 views
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The pictures of oil-encrusted seagulls and cranes from the Gulf of Mexico glimpse only the surface of the death and destruction beneath the sea from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. Marine …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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7/2/10
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1679 views
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A few months back, Joe Stack crashed his single-engine airplane into the IRS offices in Austin, Texas. He had struggled for years through several businesses as an independent software engineer, but …
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Fr. John S. Rausch
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5/12/10
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940 views
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