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The Save the Lobo rally, paid for by Defenders of Wildlife, featured a man in a wolf costume, children scrawling placards with crayons and people offering videoed testimony to be forwarded to Washington. Down the hall, an anti-wolf event was sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, an organization funded by the conservative Koch brothers. The group screened the documentary "Wolves in Government Clothing." Said one Arizona rancher: "Is this politically driven? Absolutely."

Baseball may not be a game that handles change without crisis. But it is a game that makes saps of us all.

Immigration, food stamps, "entitlements', Romney, Obama and Europe

The writer-turned-activist on leading the leaderless climate movement

"This gives us hope that the same story of ending apartheid in South Africa will also happen in Palestine - that the occupation will end."

"mutual support, solidarity and motivation"