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Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views appear regularly in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and websites. Note that the ideas expressed here are the author's own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Amnesty International or any other organization with which she may be associated.

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Will Alabama Execute an Innocent Man?

When Rights and Rules Collide

Good News, Bad News on Sex Ed Funding

America's Enduring Culture of Hate

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Is God Running for President?

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Gonzales's Long Record of Lawlessness

Deadly Consumerism

Why God Does Not Belong at Inaugurations

When the American Dream Becomes a Nightmare

Is California's new "pain-free" lethal injection protocol even less humane?

On Earth Day and Beyond: Say No to Plastic Bags

The Trouble With Health "Insurance"

Musicians Ask Obama to Ban Music Torture

Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007

No, Dan, America is Not a Christian Nation

Execution and Apathy

The Irony of the "Socialist" Scare

Teachers vs. Rock Stars

Republican For the Wrong Reasons

Overseas Outsourcing: You Get What You Pay For

Bush Blackmails Congress and Threatens to Fire Civilian Military Workers

They Are All Accountable For Torture

Bush, Musharraf, and the Meaning of Democracy

Yes, Senator, It IS Like a Banana Republic

A Very Expensive Quagmire

Challenging the Right on National Health Care

23 Years After Chernobyl, Nuclear Power is Still a Threat

Steak shortage is good for the environment (and good for you)

No, George, that's not why they hate us.

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