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D.C. Central Kitchen Film Project Nets $40,000 Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.01.2012 | DC

Read More: Dc Impact, Kickstarter, Brendan Canty, Joblessness, D.C. Central Kitchen, Christoph Green, Robert Egger, Culinary-Job-Training-Programs, Video, Unemployment, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Trixie-Films, Liberation, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- With just six hours before its deadline, Trixie Films secured $40,000 in Kickstarter funding to film a documentary about D.C. Central Ki...

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Inspiration Is Liberation: New Year's Reflections On The Nature Of Existence

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 01.13.2012 | Religion

Read More: Liberation, Andrew Cohen, New Beginning, Inspiration, New Year, Spirituality, 2012, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Spiritual Resolutions, Religion News
Andrew Z. Cohen

When human beings are in touch with this powerful creative positivity and inspiration it provides the boundless energy source from which we have historically been able to move mountains.

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Was Jesus a Liberal?

Richard Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

Read More: The Poor, Liberals, Jesus, Liberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Christmas, Liberation, Religious Right, Christianity, Tea Party, Judaism, Politics News
Richard Schiffman

As Christmas approaches, the minds of many of us turn to the founder of Christianity, whose birthday we celebrate. Yet 2011 years after his birth, the real Jesus remains oddly elusive.

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Why Do Single Dads Get Shafted?

Vicki Larson | Posted 02.12.2012 | Divorce

Read More: Divorce, Child Custody, Stay at Home Dads, Deadbeat Dads, Fathers, Liberation, Feminist, Divorce News
Vicki Larson

As much as we love the idea of men being an equal partner in a marriage, we don't necessarily embrace the idea of men being an equal partner in a divorce.

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This Passover, Liberate Yourself, Your Seder And Our World

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 06.16.2011 | Religion

Read More: Holidays, Civil Rights Movement, Dreams, Passover Seder, Judaism, American Dream, Jewish, Slavery, Freedom, Liberation, Passover 2011, Civil Rights, Passover, Religion News
Brad Hirschfield

Passover is a time of hopes and dreams. They need not be fully understood and their realization may be far off, but that is what distinguishes a dream from a plan.

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How to Spread Revolution Without the Internet

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Jean-Baptiste Belley, Equality, Yemen, Middle East Protests, Bahrain, American Revolution, Facebook, Abbe Raynal, Social Media, North Africa, Human Rights, Tunisia Protests, Middle East, Egypt, Revolution, Slavery, Freedom, Haiti, Political Uprisings, Liberation, North America, Haitian Revolution, French Revolution, World News
Louise Mirrer

Two centuries ago, news of revolution -- and revolution itself -- reverberated back and forth across the Atlantic at astonishing speed. The social media of the day? Word-of-mouth information, rumor, and opinion.

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I Am Free

Alanna Zabel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Aziam Yoga, Alanna Zabel, Yoga, Relationships, Consciousness, Peta, Freedom, Sea World, Liberation, Meditation, Mantra, Stretching, Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Living News
Alanna Zabel

Mantra: I Am Free Exercise: Warrior III I worked at Sea World when I was in my twenties as a performer on Cast Away Island. My character's name was C...

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The Revolution Isn't Over for the Women of Tahrir Square

Ehsan Zaffar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Women in Politics, Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Women, Women's Suffrage, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Liberation, Hosni Mubarak, Ashoka, World News
Ehsan Zaffar

Though women played a critical role during last month's protests, their future as stakeholders in Egypt's political process is being marginalized.

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Does Spirituality Make You Special?

Sadhguru | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Mysticism, Yoga Expanding Consciousness, Yoga, Sadhguru, Awareness, Inspiration, Liberation, Spiritual Path, Yoga Spirituality, Spirituality, Isha Foundation, Inner Peace, Religion News
Sadhguru

In so many ways, the mind always wants to be special. That is the nature of the egoistic mind. Spirituality is not about becoming special. It is about becoming one with everything.

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Don't Gauge Your Worth By Your Salary

Sadhguru | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Yoga, Yoga Spirituality, Living News, Isha Foundation, Work, Liberation, Yoga Expanding Consciousness, Spirituality, Spiritual Path, Work-Life Balance, Sadhguru, Awareness, Inner Peace, Mysticism, Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

You must always gauge your worth in terms of the level of responsibility people are willing to give you, and whether what you are creating is truly worthwhile for yourself and for others.

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From Anger To Compassion: The Power Of Yoga

Sadhguru | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Yoga Spirituality, Living News, Liberation, Awareness, Compassion, Inner Peace, Yoga, Anger, Emotional Health, Yoga Consciousness, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Yoga Expanding Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

Yoga means to cultivate your energy in such a way that gradually it breaks the physical limitations and elevates you to the highest level of awareness, the flowering of human potential.

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Rediscovering The Ancient Science Of Yoga

Sadhguru | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Mysticism, Yoga, Sadhguru, Awareness, Living News, Yoga Spirituality, Yoga Physical Constraints, Liberation, Yoga Consciousness, Spirituality, Yoga Expanding Consciousness, Yoga Physical, Spiritual Path, Isha Foundation, Inner Peace, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

In yoga, if you follow specific practices, only a certain result will happen. Whether a great yogi does it or an ignorant person does it, it does not matter. If one does the practices and spiritual disciplines properly, the results will arise.

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What's Your Story?

Bill Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Education

Read More: Teaching Strategies, Liberation, Education, Education Theory, Teaching, Education News
Bill Ayers

Students must learn to grapple -- both now and in the future -- with a question central to the spirit and heart of democracy, a question both simple and profound, straight-forward and twisty: what's your story? How will you find the voice to tell it fully and fairly?

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The Content of Your Mind Is Not Your Choice (VIDEO)

Sadhguru | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Yoga, Manifestation, Living News, Isha Foundation, Consciousness, Meditation, Liberation, Spirituality, Spiritual Path, Spiritual Living, Sadhguru, Awareness, Mysticism, Inner Peace, Love, Happiness, Mind-Body Connection, Mindfulness, Video, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

Sadhguru developed Isha Yoga as an invigorating process to transform oneself. For over 25 years, Isha Yoga Programs have touched and transformed the l...

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An Open Letter to the Gay Youth of America

Natalie Bencivenga | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Lgbt, Mental Health, Relationships, Homosexual, Lesbian, Being Different, Transgendered, Suicide, Gay, Heterosexual, Feminism, Sexuality, Wellness, Self Love, Happiness, Friendship, Self Esteem, Emotional Health, Bisexual, Freedom, Teens, Liberation, High School, Different, Self Acceptance, Love, Family, Healthy Living News
Natalie Bencivenga

High school is not a real representation of the world outside. Those who are ostracized for being unique or different (for whatever reason) are often the people that go on to have interesting and fulfilling lives.

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The Power To Create Your Life

Sadhguru | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Manifestation, Mysticism, Yoga, Sadhguru, Awareness, Living News, Consciousness, Liberation, Meditation, Spiritual Living, Spiritual Path, Love, Spirituality, Isha Foundation, Inner Peace, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

What is possible and not possible are not one's business, it is nature's business. Your business is just to strive for what you want. Nature will decide whether it is possible or not.

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Khaled Meshaal Interview: Hamas Chief Weighs In on Eve of Peace Talks

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Occupied Territories, Liberation, Fatah, Hamas, Hamas Leader, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, Politics, Two State Solution, World News, Peace Talks, Reconciliation Talks, Israel, Khaled Meshaal, Israel Palestine Peace Talks, Israel Egypt, World News
Sharmine Narwani

By moderating their stances to accommodate changing realities in the Middle East, Hamas has left people confused in recent years. Here is what Meshaal had to say about the challenges of peace on the eve of direct peace talks.

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Queen Noor at Soliya on Obama, Islam and Interpersonal Global Communications

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: United World Colleges, Social Justice, Charity, Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an Unexpected Life, King Hussein Foundation, Arab Royalty, Obama, 11-9 - From Hate to Hope, Tolerance, SoHo House, Peace, Global Zero, Yahoo, Queen Noor, Pluralism, Microfinance, Middle East, Princeton University, Orphans, Cross-Cultural Understanding, Noor Al Hussein Foundation, Interpersonal Communications, Soliya, Learning, United Nations Alliance of Civilization, Jordan, Bill Clinton, Conservation, Islam, SOS Children's Villages, Equity, Latin America, Hussein of Jordan, Interactive Media, King Hussein of Jordan, Liberation, Washington DC, Sustainable Development, Skype, Colombia, Facebook, New York City, Education, Human Rights, Prophet Mohammed, Health, Consensus, Poverty Eradication, Anti-Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Campaign, Daniel Pearl Foundation, Widows, Women?S Empowerment, World News
Jim Luce

No one personifies the concept of thought leader and global citizen more than the Washington, D.C.-born, U.S.-raised, Princeton-educated regal woman w...

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Passover 2010: Liberation Is Why Pesach Matters

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Egypt, Jewish, Passover 2010, Liberation, Pesach, Israel, Exodus, Passover, Religion, Seder, Religion News
Brad Hirschfield

Passover is a roadmap to liberation, both personal and global, and who doesn't want, and deserve, to be free?

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The Power of No: Just Say It

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Motivational Speaker, Mike Robbins, Liberation, Power, Self-Help, Truth, Authenticity in Life, Oxymorons, Healthy Living News
Mike Robbins

Saying "no" is one of the most important aspects of living a life filled with balance, integrity, and authenticity.

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Spirituality: A Homecoming

Sadhguru | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Buddhism, Consciousness, Liberation, Spiritual Path, Love, Spirituality, Inner Peace, Mysticism, Sadhguru, Isha, Awareness, Living News, Meditation, The Inner Life, Religion News
Sadhguru

Spirituality is not for someone who is seeking peacefulness. Spirituality is for someone who is seeking ultimate liberation, who is willing to shed everything that is false and arrive at the true nature of one's existence.

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Sacrifice: Choosing The Sacred Over the Profane

Scott Schwenk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Freedom, Breath, Choiceless Awareness, Sacred, Liberation, Morals, Spiritual Path, Awakening, Healing, Inner Compass, Awareness, Profane, Los Angeles News
Scott Schwenk

What if there are no such absolutes as 'right' and 'wrong'?

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Obama's Aimless and Confused Foreign Policy: A French View

Robert A. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: France, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Obama Europe, Rahm Emanuel, George W. Bush, Liberation, Europe, World News
Robert A. Levine

The Obama administration has suffered many problems that have hindered its mounting a coherent foreign and defense policy. There is no indication that this will change in the near future.

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The Israel/Gaza Face-Off in Los Angeles

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: LA Jews for Peace, Egypt, The Goldstone Report, Blockade, Humanitarians, Medea Benjamin, Israeli Consulate, Palestine, Gaza Freedom March, United States, Los Angelenos, The United Nations, Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Occupation, Cairo, Vigil, Border, Liberation, Codepink, Israel, American Flag, Justice, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Monday night, in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead that killed 1,400 Gazans, and in solidarity with the 1,400 in...

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Hey War Hawks: What Are You Thinking These Days?

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Liberation, Politics, Iraq, War, Cheney, Hawks, Iraq Liberators, Iraq Insurgency, Iraq War, Tim Russert, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Dick Cheney may have thought we'd be welcomed as liberators, but anyone who compared the Middle East of 2003 to Europe before World War Two was off the rails.

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