Domestic Politics

Faithfully Pro-Choice?

Why the Reproductive Justice Movement Needs to Give Pro-Choice Religious and Spiritual Voices a Seat at the Table

By: Rev. Matthew Fox
Domestic Politics

4/8/07

In a world of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, it’s tempting for the progressive movement to write off religious people entirely.  In this article, pro-choice activist and Christian minister Matthew Fox discusses the importance of including spiritual and religious voices in progressive movements in general, and in the movement for reproductive justice in particular.

The Many Implications of Federal Policy on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

By: Sean McClellan
Domestic Politics

2/11/07

The majority of policy makers in Congress have begun to push for more federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, while keeping their consideration of this research hazardously narrow. They have failed to consider federal funding for embryonic stem cell research as an issue fundamentally about improving the public health; should this omission continue, it will prevent policy makers from fully considering the best federal policy for embryonic stem cell research.

The Gagetown Atrocity

By: Art Connolly
Domestic Politics

1/24/07

The Canadian government is responsible for the ill health of many veterans and their familes after Agent Orange was sprayed at the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, Canada. It is time for the federal government to take action and do the right thing.

Good for Incumbents, Bad for Democracy

In the media, Ned Lamont fought an uphill battle against Joe Lieberman from the beginning.

Bush’s Democracy Doctrine

According to our President, only by continuing an unending war against an amorphous enemy can we achieve peace. Only by authorizing the government to examine your library records, phone records, and bank records without a warrant or judicial oversight, can we be free. And only by not knowing about these dubious, if not illegal, government intrusions do we as a society have strength.