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		<title>History Does Not Provide a  Road Map To a Better Future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Each historical age deals with the same basic issues. They are dealt with different technologies, but the issues themselves would be recognized from the stone age until now. How will individuals and their social/government groups make a living? What kind of family units will exist? How will children be cared for and taught? What kind of spiritual practices will satisfy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Rights of Nature Bills</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr William Van Lopik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; *photo credit: Rep. Vincent Miresse &#160; Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Rights of Nature Bills &#160; Wisconsin legislators celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day by introducing a package of bills at the State Capital that will go a long way to protecting our fragile and deteriorating environment in Wisconsin. Anahkwet (Guy Reiter) who is from the Menominee Nation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sacred Sites, Not Corporate Influence, Deserve Protection</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Belle Ragins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	After years of court battles, Kohler can begin construction of a luxury golf course on land eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and home to Native burial sites. A federally mandated 2018 archeological study of the original course unearthed human remains in seven locations. Kohler is now exploiting a legal loophole. After the courts revoked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Summer Reading</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“I am looking at a witch hazel blooming in a garden The bright yellow flowers in the middle of wintertime And I tell my heart be strong like the witch hazel flower And you will not be injured by this dark and troubled time.” &#160; From the folk song “Witch Hazel” by Tom Gala. Some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Childcare After the Budget</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Murray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have owned and operated a childcare center for the past 19 years.  So not only do I make sure staff and the bills are paid, I clean toilets, clean windows and change diapers.  I have devoted my life to educating and caring for young children.  I didn&#8217;t go into this profession to line my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Honoring the Gift of Water</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Barth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my next life I want to be an otter. I’ve seen their playful slides in the snow, and the fact that they can outdo us when it comes to catching trout has me sold. Agile in the water, happy on land, a joy to watch as they lope along like furry slinkies, and, oh, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Be Bold and Be Unapologetic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Be bold and be unapologetic. The No Kings Rallies across the nation serve as the perfect example of this. Look at the enormous crowds of people who are rising up, making their voices heard over the monied interests that are dictating this country, that’s right – DICTATING. The working class has spoken with a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. &#160;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jalisco and the Refugee Crisis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Barth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Jalisco state in Mexico rings in the ears with mariachi music and brightly dressed dancers twirling, while onlookers toast glasses of tequila.  Both this iconic music and the even more iconic drink fermented and distilled from the blue agave are said to have been born there.  Nat King Cole and Elvis sang the praises [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Need for Empathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is empathy? It is the capacity to “walk in another’s shoes.” To walk in another’s shoes means to understand, feel, and identify as an other. It is different from compassion, which is when one in a superior position feels sorry for a less fortunate other. Empathy is a two-way street. The feeling of understanding [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fifty Five Earth Days Later</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Barth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	2025 marks the fifty fifth Earth Day.  The local chapter of the Citizen&#8217;s Climate Lobby and our NAOMI friends invite you to celebrate another Beloved Community Earth Day in Wausau at Westview Terrace Park (1501 Bissell St) at 10 AM on Saturday, April 26th. &#160; Wisconsin and Earth Day go back a long way together.  [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Earth Day 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Barth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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