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Remember When: January 6, 2021 - The Day that Our Capitol was Attacked

One year ago today, our nation's Capitol was attacked by right-wing American insurgents at the behest of President Trump and other Republican leaders. We want to mark this terrible day by remembering exactly what happened. If we all continue to raise our voices and not normalize this behavior, maybe it won't happen again. As it stands, polls are showing that we are going to have to expect violence after elections. We haven't experienced this before and must do everything we can to save our democracy.

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Pew Research: What Makes Life Meaningful? Global Survey Reveals Differing Answers Based on Age

Pew Research released a report last week on where people find meaning in their life. The company surveyed 2,596 Americans and 16,254 adults from Canada, the UK, Sweden, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. The surveys were analyzed by location and age group. The biggest reveal is that what people find meaningful in life changes as they age.

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Pew Research Study Finds that Americans See Broad Responsibilities for Government

A new Pew Research survey was released yesterday that said that Americans believe that the government has broad responsibilities. This has not changed since 2019. The number of American adults who are "basically content" with the federal government is at its highest point since 2004. The public trust that the government will always or most of the time do what is right remains low, while confidence in the future has increased for Democrats since the election.

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What are Human Rights?

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere…

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