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GroundUp · 9h ago

Using religion, God and the Bible to spread fear, hate and bigotry.

I watched this video and was saddened to see what fear can do when unchecked. This man is a pastor of a church and all I hear in this video is fear, hate and bigotry. The pastor’s call for imprisoning
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GroundUp · 4d ago

My Solar Eclipse Video

My Solar Eclipse Video. I had to share this incredible video and shots of the annual solar eclipse taken in Arizona. Filed under: GroundUp Tagged: Mother nature, Photography, solar eclipse
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GroundUp · 4d ago

Mayor Booker Expands on His Support for President Obama

Filed under: 2012 Elections Tagged: 2012 Presidential Race, Bain Capital, Mayor Corey Booker, Mitt Romney, National Politics, President Obama's accomplishments
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GroundUp · 4d ago

McMahon or Donovan; who would you choose?

WWE co-founder Linda McMahon is running a campaign ad about why folks in Connecticut’s fifth district should vote for her. The ad is a bit folksy, with McMahon talking about how she grew up in public housing and was of humble
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GroundUp · 6d ago

Unemployment rates in all but two states dropped.

On Friday, Reuters reported that all but two states saw a drop in unemployment rates than where they were in April 2011. That’s great news. My take away is that despite all the campaign rhetoric based on misrepresentations Mitt Romney
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GroundUp · 1w ago

When will it be okay to talk about race … and education, or just race?

When will it be possible to talk about race? Will I need to get permission from somebody to do so? Why do folks cringe and run the moment I mention race? We keep looking for a remedy to the problems
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GroundUp · 1W ago

Is meaningful teacher evaluation a bad thing?

CT Mirror reported that: Only two hours after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a compromise education reform bill to nearuniversal applause, a disagreement erupted at the State Department of Education over how to implement a provision on evaluating teachers. At
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GroundUp · 2W ago

I don't "Like" this anymore...

Reblogged from moments of exhilaration: I untangle my legs and pull myself away from Adeline; she’s flipping through a book, sitting on the floor of her room, distracted. I scurry into the kitchen and find my phone. My fingers instinctively
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GroundUp · 2W ago

Romney’s Foreign Policy Conundrum: reality steeped in truth.

Filed under: 2012 Elections, Politics Tagged: 2012 Elections, 2012 Presidential Race, Mitt Romney, Politics, President Obama's accomplishments, US foreign policy
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GroundUp · 2W ago

It’s time to take the blinders off and get equal justice for everyone.

I used to say that our justice system is the best in the world. I can’t find those words anymore. And it’s not so much what a particular law may say (albeit, many laws need to be fixed and some
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