Author
Mark Engler
Mark Engler
Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent magazine. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is entitled This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century.
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La “opción preferencial por los pobres”, la idea antes radical de que Dios se alinea e identifica con los oprimidos y empobrecidos, ha sido convertida en corriente dominante como doctrina teológica católica.
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The “preferential option for the poor,” the once-radical idea that God identifies with the oppressed and impoverished, has been mainstreamed as Catholic theological doctrine.
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A radical proposal would go well beyond controlling the most aggressive semi-automatic rifles and curbing arms sales to the world's worst dictatorships. It would also demand a change in our political system.
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The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.
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Accepting change became the less painful option for Boy Scout leaders. And the result is a small but significant stride toward justice.
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With 7 out of 10 Latinos voting to re-elect Barack Obama, Republicans are debating whether to alter their hardline immigration stance.
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Of more than 4,500 "Supercenters" and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.
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A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
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Recognizing the limits of voting should not prevent us from appreciating the seriousness of an aggressive conservative campaign against the franchise.