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							<title><![CDATA[Hating Government but Loving Its Programs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/17/hating_government_but_loving_its_programs_120367.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I think the government shutdown might have been averted if the negotiations&rsquo; participants had avoided uttering the word &ldquo;government.&rdquo; That word seems to make the right wing of the Republican Party and its representatives in Congress break out in a rash of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Have Republicans No Shame?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/03/have_republicans_no_shame_120197.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill that slashed $40 billion in food assistance to men, women, and children in need. Soon after, they refused to approve a spending bill to keep the government operating unless the bill contained provisions to cripple...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pope Francis: There's More than One Way to Start a Revolution]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/26/theres_more_than_one_way_to_start_a_revolution_120111.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a time when religion is a damaged brand to many people&mdash;especially the young&mdash;and when it seems synonymous with intolerance and bigotry rather than justice and mercy,  the recent words of Pope Francis are occasion for joy. Or as Equally Blessed, a Catholic support group for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Of Strawberries and Stereotypes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/26/of_strawberries_and_stereotypes_119389.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have a t-shirt that says, &ldquo;Taxes feed kids.&rdquo; When I wear it around my Washington, D.C., neighborhood, it barely gets a glance. But just outside of Birmingham, Alabama, a few months ago, those three words not only got glances, they also elicited glares and prompted a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Race Got to Do With It?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/18/whats_race_got_to_do_with_it_119276.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the more riveting images to appear last year after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin was side-by-side photos of the two young men, altered to make Zimmerman appear black and Martin appear white and asking how those changes would have affected public perceptions of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pulling Up Racial Injustice by the Roots]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/26/pulling_up_racial_injustice_by_the_roots_118982.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When we think of racism in America, we usually think of individual people who are racist. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, for instance, has been in the news recently for racial slurs against African Americans and for a lawsuit charging her with racial discrimination. Her words and actions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nothing Says Love Like Great Public Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/09/nothing_says_love_like_great_public_policy_118341.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most popular gifts on Mother&rsquo;s Day are flowers, jewelry, restaurant meals, cards, and clothing. In recent years we&rsquo;ve spent a whopping $9.6 billion on these gifts for Mom. I have nothing against bouquets and brunches, necklaces and nightgowns. And it&rsquo;s wonderful...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Faith in Values: 3 Facts About Religion and Violent Extremism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/02/faith_in_values_3_facts_about_religion_and_violent_extremism_118207.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, there was confusion and bewilderment about who the perpetrators were and what motivated them to kill innocent people. Speculation swirled amid the sorrow and grief as investigators examined daunting amounts of data and pursued...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Faith in Values: Advocates Continue Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/24/faith_in_values_advocates_continue_efforts_to_prevent_gun_violence_118107.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s time to bring back public shaming. I&rsquo;m not saying that we should throw people in the stocks and humiliate them in the public square, but we should force the senators who voted last week against sensible measures to reduce gun violence to answer for their vote.
It&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Faith in Values: The Religious Right Wasn't Created to Battle Abortion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/27/faith_in_values_the_religious_right_wasnt_created_to_battle_abortion_117686.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on marriage equality this week, 40 years after it granted women access to legal and safe abortions in the landmark case Roe v. Wade. The timing of these cases&mdash;and the fact that both issues have spurred fierce and decisive culture...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Matters of Conscience]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/matters_of_conscience.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sally Steenland</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite media hype to the contrary, the proposed rule by the Obama administration to rescind the midnight Bush "conscience" regulation governing health care providers actually does respect the conscience and religious freedom of those in the industry who object to providing medical...]]></description>
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