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- Many Lawmakers Investigating GM Have Long Been Helped by Auto MakerMarch 31, 2014 10:55 AM
As General Motors CEO Mary Barra prepares for congressional hearings on the automaker's fatal ignition problems, she'll see many members whose campaigns were laced with contributions from her company.
- Real Estate, Private Equity Industries Fighting Camp's Tax PlanFebruary 28, 2014 5:06 PM
Any plan to overhaul the tax code is bound to poke the bee's nest of special interests, as Dave Camp is finding out.
- Most Likely to Exceed: Who's Poised to Double Down Post-McCutcheonJanuary 15, 2014 11:00 AM
In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to look at the deep-pocketed donors who could give even more if the justices strike down another limit on the amount of money in U.S. politics.
- What Do PACs Care About?December 12, 2013 8:00 AM
What motivates PACs? The ability to gain influence with a candidate almost certain to win? Or the possibility of swaying a close race to the contestant most likely to be friendly to their cause?
- Investigation Doesn't Taint Grimm's FundraisingJuly 17, 2013 5:14 PM
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), though being investigated by the Justice Department for allegedly improper fundraising operations in his 2010 victory, had his best fundraising quarter ever in the three months ending June 30.
- More than 60 Lawmakers Relied Mostly on Out-of-State MoneyMay 7, 2013 4:15 PM
All members of Congress get checks from outside their districts or states. But in the 2012 election cycle, at least 66 senators and House members relied on out-of-state donors for more than half of their campaign funds.
- Large, Micro Brewers Lobbying Congress for Competing Tax Cut BillsMarch 28, 2013 10:06 AM
Large brewing companies and their microbrew counterparts are spending big to lobby Congress on their preferred tax cut bills.
- Monsanto: Big Guy on the Block When it Comes to Friends in WashingtonFebruary 19, 2013 1:54 PM
Justice Clarence Thomas was on the bench today hearing a case involving seed patents held by his previous employer, Monsanto. Thomas aside, though, Monsanto has plenty of friends in Washington: It's the big guy on the agribusiness block when it comes to providing campaign cash and lobbying muscle.
- Capital Eye Opener, Dec: 10: Fight Night in Vegas, Crist's Final Crossing, and MoreDecember 10, 2012 10:30 AM
Mitt Romney went to Vegas to attend a fight, but Sheldon Adelson wasn't by his side. The MGM Grand, where the fight took place, is actually a big Democratic donor. Also, Charlie Crist makes it official at the White House.
- Car Dealers Help Drive Auto Industry Cash To RomneyNovember 1, 2012 2:41 PM
Romney's been focusing on the automobile industry during the closing days of the campaign. In campaign finance terms, he's already the industry's favored candidate. A breakdown of the numbers, though, shows that's largely attributable to support from car dealers and their employees. Obama wins when it comes to donations from the Big Three automakers' workers.
- Capital Eye Opener, Sept. 11: Primaries in Three States, Cash from Trash Hauler and MoreSeptember 11, 2012 12:22 PM
Three of the candidates who are likely to emerge winners of today's primaries in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware will go straight into general election contests that are rated as toss-ups as Republicans fight to retain their large majority in the House.
- New OpenSecrets Feature: Top Lobbyist DonorsJune 12, 2012 3:19 PM
If campaign donations facilitate access to power, a select group of Washington lobbyists will be scheduling many meetings on Capitol Hill after the 2012 elections. These deep-pocketed individuals regularly donate the maximum allowable amount of money to federal candidates (currently $117,000 per 2-year cycle). Today, the Center is releasing a new feature, displaying the top 25 lobbyist contributors to federal candidates, parties and outside spending groups.
- Bank of America Draws Criticism, Guns Groups Assault DC and More in Capital Eye Opener: Oct. 6October 6, 2011 6:00 AM
Bank of America's decision to charge its debit card users $5 per month has drawn the ire first of customers, and now, politicians, including President Barack Obama, who collected about $395,000 from Bank of America employees during his 2008 presidential run -- although this year BofA employees have favored Republican Mitt Romney with their campaign cash.
- Moody Downgrades, BP Returns and More in Capital Eye Opener: Sept. 23September 23, 2011 8:00 AM
Moody's evaluation was meant to be apolitical. But Moody's itself doesn't stay above the fray. Last year, the company spent $1.5 million on federal lobbying, and during the first half of this year, it spent $610,000.
- Before Collapse and Goverment Investigations, Solar Company Solyndra Was a Rising StarSeptember 14, 2011 12:55 PM
Before it declared bankruptcy and was the subject of a federal investigation, California solar company Solyndra's political star was on the rise.
- Corporations Represented on ALEC's Private Enterprise Board Are Big Spenders in WashingtonSeptember 12, 2011 2:20 PM
Twenty-three corporations -- including AT&T, Exxon Mobil, Kraft, Coca-Cola and Koch Industries -- compose the ALEC's "private enterprise board." On the national level, these companies have been mustering a juggernaut of lobbyists to target congressional initiatives and donating extensively to a number of candidates.
- New Tools on OpenSecrets.org Illustrate Supercommittee Members' Campaign Cash ConnectionsSeptember 8, 2011 1:18 PM
As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets for the first time today, the Center for Responsive Politics is unveiling new tools to help you investigate the money behind the 12 lawmakers on the new panel, which is tasked with cutting $1.5 trillion from the national debt.
- Apple a Popular Asset in Congressional Portfolios, Powerful Lobbying ForceAugust 25, 2011 6:20 PM
Three dozen members of Congress held stock in Apple in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available. That makes it one of the most popular assets among all congressional investors.
- Supercommittee Members Far Wealthier Than Average AmericansAugust 17, 2011 3:00 PM
As the supercommittee meets to come up with a way to cut $1.5 trillion from the national debt, the decisions about which programs will be axed will be made by lawmakers, who, by and large, are far wealthier than the average American.
- Sectors With Much at Stake in Debt Talks Heavily Invested in Supercommittee MembersAugust 17, 2011 1:30 PM
The 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction won't be legislating in a vacuum: They bring with them ties to particular industries and loyalties to particular issues.
- BP Firing Up Political Machine One Year After Start of Oil SpillApril 19, 2011 4:31 PM
After a year of largely self-imposed campaign finance exile, embattled oil company BP is again making federal political contributions from the political action committee sponsored by its North American subsidy, a Center for Responsive Politics review of federal records indicates.
- Political Equation for Physician Hospitals of America: 'Money = Access'April 5, 2011 12:57 PM
"In politics money = access," a donation solicitation from the Physician Hospitals of America obtained by OpenSecrets Blog states as one of five reasons to financially support the organization's political action committee. "We need access to our politicians to educate them about who we are, what we provide, why we exist and how we benefit patients, physicians, communities and the healthcare industry."
- Political Powerhouses Raise Millions with Leadership PACsFebruary 3, 2011 8:00 AM
Big-name political figures, including potential presidential candidates and party leaders, hauled in millions of dollars during the 2010 election cycle through their personal leadership PACs, according to a Center for Responsive Politics review of campaign finance reports recently filed with the Federal Election Commission. And Republicans dominated.
- Bank of America Spending Riches to Influence Federal Government that Fined it $137 MillionDecember 8, 2010 3:21 PM
While being targeted by the government for consumer and corporate power abuses, Bank of America has spent millions of dollars attempting to woo state and federal officials through professional lobbying efforts and campaign contributions, an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics finds. The company even has two corporate political action committees that target the levels of government differently.
- General Motors' Political Committee Cut Big Checks to Lawmakers Who Voted Against Company's BailoutDecember 7, 2010 4:17 PM
GM's corporate political action committee waited until July of this year -- 19 months after it first got government aid to continue its operations -- to begin contributing again to lawmakers. And the PAC has made 184 individual donations totaling more than $330,000 between July and Election Day, with 52 percent benefiting Republicans, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of contributions to federal candidates, leadership PACs and party committees.
- Leadership Battle Between Nancy Pelosi, Heath Shuler Pitted Bankroller Against BeneficiaryNovember 18, 2010 4:46 PM
After losing more than 60 seats in the U.S. House, some Democrats balked at re-electing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as their caucus' top dog. Former Washington Redskins quarterback and Blue Dog Rep. Heath Shuler went so far as to run against Pelosi, who has funneled $28,000 to Shuler over the years.
- Senators Who Pocket Money From Foreign-Connected PACs Fight Against International Influence in ElectionsOctober 28, 2010 4:09 PM
Last week Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent a letter, co-signed by 14 other Democratic senators, to the Federal Election Commission, requesting that they "repair and strengthen protections against foreign influence of American elections." But how deep does their desire to strengthen protections against foreign influence go?
- Dems Get Personal, Lobbyists Invest in Top Republicans, and More in Capital Eye Opener: October 28October 28, 2010 10:40 AM
According to a recent report by the Wesleyan Media Project, in 2010, "pro-Democratic ads focused on the personal characteristics of Republican candidates in 21 percent of their attack ads
- Abandoned But Still Fighting, Party Nominees Press on Without Establishment SupportOctober 5, 2010 5:30 PM
Maybe these unlucky candidates face a well-funded incumbent, or run in a district that doesn't align with them ideologically. Or perhaps they are just too quirky for the ballot box. Whatever the reason, these candidates face a harsh political Darwinism -- they have been judged unelectable by their affiliated party, and are effectively left to fend for themselves, come November.
- Sen. Jim DeMint, Adopting EMILY's List and ActBlue Tactics, Pumping Cash into GOP PocketsOctober 5, 2010 12:10 PM
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a Tea Party-loving conservative who wants to shake up and remold the institution he currently calls home, stands above other lawmakers in the frontier of creative uses of leadership PACs to aide fellow candidates.
- Candidates' Ties to Lobbyists Pose Obstacles in 2010 CampaignsOctober 4, 2010 5:26 PM
Dollars spent on lobbying are set to increase over all other years if spending remains on its current course. And in context of 2010 congressional campaigns, the top lobbyist-funded House and Senate candidates have received more than $9 million to fuel their campaigns.
- Many Incumbents Weave Political Safety Nets While Dominating Competition in Money RaceOctober 4, 2010 12:07 PM
Not all congressional districts are created equal when it comes to the amount of campaign contributions flowing to candidates. Sometimes, the discrepancy between an incumbent's war chest and that of a challenger is only thousands of dollars. Sometimes, it's millions. And in many congressional districts, incumbents are blowing their competition out of the water.
- Many House Incumbents Heavily Relying on PAC Cash for 2010 Re-election BidsSeptember 29, 2010 11:31 AM
Many candidates are hitting the campaign trail with a promise to end cozy relationships with special interests. Yet eager as they are to show some understanding of voters' concerns, the words of many incumbents are falling far short of the reality when it comes to their campaign accounts.
- Candidates in Hotly Contested Races Collect Big Money from Wall Street InterestsSeptember 27, 2010 3:32 PM
Ahead of the November election, top 20 House beneficiaries of the people and political action committees associated with the finance, insurance and real estate sector have together collected more than $16.2 million from Wall Street interests since January 2009. Meanwhile, the Senate candidates and sitting senators to receive the most from Wall Street interests raked in more than $41.3 million since January 2005 -- the beginning of their six-year election cycle.
- Campaigns of Few House Incumbents Fueled by the 'Small Donors'May 18, 2010 1:00 PM
Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) don't agree on health care reform. They don't agree on energy legislation, nor do they agree on immigration. Politically, they may not agree on much at all. However, they do share one distinction. Both have received nearly two-thirds of their campaign contributions from donors who contribute $200 or less, the Federal Election Commission's threshold for itemized disclosure. By comparison, the average House member only received 7 percent of their contributions from such "small donors."
- Republican Charles Djou Holds Cash Advantage Ahead of Special Election in Heavily Democratic Hawaii DistrictMay 13, 2010 12:15 PM
Votes are already being cast in the free-for-all special election in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, and a Republican candidate has emerged with the most cash on hand in the campaign's final stretch. Republican Charles Djou, a city council member in Honolulu, has nearly $170,000 more in the bank than the most well-financed Democratic candidate.
- Capital Eye Opener: Wednesday, October 21October 21, 2009 10:00 AM
MCCAIN-FEINGOLD? ZZZZZZZ. We've been waiting for weeks for an outcome to Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could very well change the nature of federal campaign finance laws as we know them. Nothing yet. But it's given us time to ponder why federal legislation always has such b-o-r-i-n-g names. (Shays-Meehan? Sounds like some sort of chronic thyroid condition.) Congress, let's get creative.
- Third Quarter Campaign Finance Reports Show Money Race Is OnOctober 16, 2009 5:50 PM
An initial Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found that sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives raised $48.2 million from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2009, based on the 336 reports we have in. The mean amount these lawmakers raised was $143,640, and the median amount was $126,680.
- Lawmakers Get One-Two Punch of Money From Health Industry Special InterestsOctober 1, 2009 11:11 AM
A new collaborative investigation between the Sunlight Foundation and Center for Responsive Politics shows that since January 2007, more than 500 individual lobbyists donated roughly $2.8 million to 61 members of Congress who took money from at least 10 lobbyists and also received money from their clients' PACs or employees. Among the recipients were 11 senators who sit on the Senate Finance Committee.
- Congressional Lawmakers Invest in Their (Financial) HealthJuly 9, 2009 3:01 PM
As members of Congress assess the proper dose of reform for the nation's health care system, many of them have likewise invested hundreds of thousands of dollars of their personal funds into the very companies whose financial fortunes depend on what measures become law.
- Obama, Ney and DeLay Also Among Stanford's InvestmentsFebruary 18, 2009 7:03 PM
As the story behind the embattled investment company Stanford Financial Group develops, we thought we'd take an even closer look at the seeds the company may have tried to plant in Washington via campaign contributions. When looking at ALL lawmakers to collect money from the company's PAC and employees (not just members of the current Congress), some additional, important names appear at the top of the recipient list.
- Investment Manager Stanford Was Big-Time Campaign ContributorFebruary 17, 2009 3:26 PM
Money manager Robert Allen Stanford now has two things in common with embattled investment manager Bernard Madoff: both have come under scrutiny for allegedly defrauding their investors, and both have given significant funds to politicians. Between its PAC and its employees, Stanford Financial Group has given $2.4 million to federal candidates, parties and committees since 2000.
- Races to Watch II: Candidates Supported by Their PartySeptember 25, 2008 12:13 PM
Private interests and members of the public aren't the only ones betting their money on the congressional candidates they hope will win (or retain) congressional seats. Lawmakers in both parties have a vested interest in seeing their own candidates succeed this November, with Democrats wanting to strengthen their majority and Republicans hoping to minimize their losses. Here we look at some of the candidates getting the largest cash infusions from their own parties, indicating a close race.
- Money and Votes Aligned in Congress's Last Debate Over Bank RegulationSeptember 23, 2008 11:43 AM
The last time Congress seriously debated how to regulate the financial industry, the result was legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression. A look back at that debate, which was over the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, reveals that campaign contributions may have influenced the votes of politicians who, a decade later, are now grappling with the implosion of the giant banks they helped to foster.
- Pale GreenApril 18, 2008 4:27 PM
When environmentalists, lobbyists and eco-friendly citizens come a-knockin' on lawmakers' office doors on Earth Day next week, Democrats (and some Republicans) will detail their legislation that directs taxes collected from the oil and gas industry towards renewable energy initiatives. What they probably won't mention is that lawmakers themselves aren't taking a risk on them with their own money.
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There's nothing like a little Dickens to start off a sports column, and that opening line to A Tale of Two Cities speaks perfectly right now of the NFL.
For those who have been enamored with the NFL this season – ending with a Saints' 31-17 Super Bowl win on Sunday – it really has been the best of times. OK, maybe not for fans in Cleveland, Oakland and Jacksonville, but I would bet that most fans of the gridiron would say that the NFL has reached its peak.
Never in my 30 years of memory can I remember a season where any team could beat any other given team on any given day. A matchup of the dreadful Raiders against Tom Brady and the Patriots? Hell, I'll watch it. There's a chance that Oakland could win these days. The way the NFL has been set up and operated for the past 10-plus years has made for some great football with some of the world's best athletes.
The Arizona Cardinals have been good for two or three years. Who knew? Where else do you get the drama of an old man like Brett Favre, who was not only able to come out of retirement (six times) but compete for an NFC Championship? Rookie head coaches are going to the Super Bowl.
Speaking of the Super Bowl, did I mention that the New Orleans Saints are world champions? Really, hell has frozen over with that one. While I was secretly going for Peyton Manning and the Colts last weekend, I had no problem watching the Saints celebrate their first Super Bowl victory in their long-standing history with the NFL. The country, as a whole, smiled when the Saints pulled that one off. New Orleans is certainly a city that deserves a world championship and the Saints organization has paid its own dues to finally win one.
Last weekend's Super Bowl was everything America loves about football. Two high-powered offenses going head to head. Gutsy coaching decisions like the Saints onside kick and fourth down conversions. Great touchdown catches. It was even a bit of a running game. It was a close, competitive game marked by excitement. This wasn't a late 80s-era Super Bowl, where the score was 46-10, 39-20 or 52-17.
This championship game had it all and that's probably why 114.1 million viewers tuned in, beating the 1983 record for the most-watched TV program in history – the final episode of M.A.S.H., which was seen by 106 million people.
The NFL's popularity isn't just Super Bowl statistics, either. The 2009/2010 NFL season was the most-watched regular season since 1990, with the conference title games drawing the most viewers since 1982.
Yes, it's the best of times for American football fans, but not for long. Unfortunately, the country – in this shitty recession, depression, whatever they are calling it – may soon have to face the NFL's worst of times.
Unless team owners and the NFL Players Association can come up with a new contract by March 1 (yes, only a couple weeks away), the NFL will go the way of professional baseball in 2010, with no salary cap – the first uncapped season since 1993. While there will be some restrictions in place if it comes to that, the recent dynamic of even matchups across the NFL will certainly be in jeopardy. Just what team will become the New York Yankees of the NFL?
While an uncapped season seems pretty imminent at this point (owners are saying they are losing boatloads of money while players believe their owners are making boatloads of money), the real date of reckoning will be March 1, 2011, when the possibility of a player lockout will become a reality if a deal isn't reached. And while that possible nightmare is a year away, it seems a lockout will probably happen. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith have no working history together and, frankly, Smith seems to be ignorant in his business ways.
So here we are talking about a player lockout in 2011 if a deal isn't reached. Did we not learn anything from the NBA and the NHL during their lockout woes? The NHL almost went the way of the Dodo and didn't come back. I still believe NHL team owners are still struggling to regain the public's trust.
An NFL lockout during this harsh economic time would be tragic not only for football fans but for the NFL itself. We live in a time where we like to hold grudges. Take one look at our political scene – we are as divided as ever with ideologies. A lockout in 2011 would only divide the NFL from its audience and it would be an action that the American public won't soon forget.
Is the NFL too big to fail after a lockout? In this day and age, I am not so sure. If the NFL and its players want to keep their momentum as being America's greatest sport, they need to find an agreement, hopefully in the next week and a half or so, or the NFL may, too, go the way of the Dodo.
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Benefits Administration, located in 224 Crawford Hall, is responsible for administering and updating the benefits program. Employees are responsible for selecting and using their benefits prudently and in the most cost-effective manner. Please call 216.368.6781 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions, comments, or concerns that you may have.
Open Enrollment for 2014 closed on November 30th. Elections made during the open enrollment period will be effective January 1, 2014. 2013 Benelect Open Enrollment confirmation statements are now available online through the PeopleSoft HCM system. To access your 2013 Benelect Open Enrollment confirmation statement log into HCM then navigate through "Self Service" to the benefits enrollment system. A link entitled "Print Open Enrollment Confirmation Form" will be at the bottom of the text. Please contact Benefits Administration by December 15 if any errors are discovered.
FSA Debit Cards
All employees participating in the Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) are provided with a Benny™ prepaid benefits debit card. The cards are pre-loaded with the annual contribution amounts elected for 2014 by participating employees. Health care FSA participants during 2012 or 2013 will not receive a new debit card for 2014; the existing card will be updated automatically with the 2014 election.
Once the card is activated, the entire elected amount is available. The debit cards can be used at doctors' offices and hospitals, as well as participating pharmacies, discount stores, department stores and supermarkets that can identify FSA-eligible items at checkout. Learn more about the FSA debit card and how to use it.
FSA-eligible expenses paid using the debit card are deducted from employees' account balances without the need to file a reimbursement claim. When eligible expenses are paid by any other method (e.g., cash, check, credit card), employees should continue to submit the reimbursement request form, along with appropriate expense documentation, to Meritain Health. Employees can arrange to receive reimbursements via direct deposit by submitting a Meritain Health Direct Deposit Authorization Form to the address listed at the top of the form.
Be sure to retain receipts for all purchases made using the debit card. In some instances employees might be asked to furnish an itemized receipt to verify a debit card expense. Learn more about the importance of saving receipts.
Please note that a $5 fee is deducted from an employee's FSA balance to replace a debit card.
FSA Grace Period
The Department of Human Resources reminds Flexible Spending Account (FSA) participants about the grace period that allows you extra time to incur expenses against any remaining FSA balance from 2013. What this means is that you have until March 15, 2014 to incur expenses for reimbursement from your 2013 FSA.
You must submit a paper claim form to receive reimbursement from your 2013 FSA for expenses incurred during the grace period. All paper claims submitted for services provided during the grace period will be processed first against any balance remaining for 2013; if your claims exceed the available funds from the previous plan year, the excess will be applied then to your 2014 health care FSA election.
FSA debit card transactions made during the grace period are applied to your 2014 FSA election. You must submit a paper claim form to use remaining funds in your 2013 FSA account.
Retirement Contribution Limits
Faculty and Staff have the opportunity to contribute towards their retirement savings on a pre-tax basis through payroll deduction. For calendar year 2014 the IRS will allow participants to contribute up to $17,500. Participants age 50 or older in 2014 can contribute up to an additional $5,500. Contact Benefits Administration at 368-6781 or firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.
Visit the 2014 Open Enrollment website for complete information about Benelect for 2014.
Case Western Reserve University sponsors a tobacco cessation series which will include guided sessions for making a plan to quit and setting a quit date. Free onsite sessions are offered quarterly for faculty, staff and students by ease@work, our EAP vendor. Learn more about the program and how to register here.
Case Western Reserve University is part of the Tuition Exchange consortium of more than 600 colleges and universities providing tuition scholarships to dependents of benefits eligible university employees. A program overview, along with the application and eligibility forms, are available on the Financial Aid website.
Your time with your doctor is likely to be limited, and you can prepare for the visit in advance by having the questions that are important to you ready. You may want to start by letting your doctor know your personal goal for this appointment (i.e., the main health concern you want to address). Benefits Administration has prepared ten questions that might be helpful for further discussion with your doctor as you make treatment decisions. You can find these questions here.
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Participants in the Benelect medical plans have preventive care services available at no cost. This means no co-payments, deductibles or co-insurance will be applied to these services. View a list of covered services to learn more about this benefit.
- Print or view the Benefits Program for Staff Employees Booklet (pdf)
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Group Medical: Choice of coverage through Anthem (PPO or HDHP), SuperMed Plus (PPO) and HealthSpan (HMO).
Group Dental: Coverage through DenteMax (DPO) and CWRU School of Dental Medicine.
Group Vision: Coverage through VSP and Union Eye Care.
Group Life Basic: $20,000. Premium paid by CWRU. Benefit reduced upon attainment of age 65, and further reduced at 70. Print the Certificate of Coverage for Faculty and Senior Staff (Cat. 0 & 1). Print the Certificate of Coverage for Exempt and Non-exempt Staff (Cat. 2 & 3).
Group Life Contributory: In multiples of (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3) annual salary, or $50,000. Cost depends on age and option selected. CWRU shares the premium cost. Benefit reduced upon attainment of age 65, and further reduced at 70.
Long-term Disability: After 6 months of disability, 60 percent of salary, offset by primary Social Security and /or worker's compensation. Minimum benefit of $100 per month; maximum benefit of $6,000 per month. Premium paid by CWRU.
Spending Accounts: Participation in health care/dependent care spending accounts permitting pre-tax payment of eligible expenses.
Eligibility for Benelect enrollment is when employment begins if the start date is on the first business day of the month; otherwise, enrollment begins on the first day of the month following the month in which employment was started. For further information, see the 2014 Benelect Guide.
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After-tax benefits are available through payroll deduction. Voluntary benefits begin on your enrollment date or January 1 and remain in effect for the whole calendar year (except group auto and home).
Auto and Home Insurance: A unique auto and home insurance program for employees offered by MetLife Auto & Home. Inquire by phone 1.800.438.6388 for your policy. [Metpay company access code=ADB]
Dependent Life Insurance: Two levels of coverage: (1) $5,000 spouse/$1,000 each child, and (2) $10,000 spouse/$2,000 each child. If you and your spouse (equivalent) both work for CWRU you may not elect spouse life insurance and only one of you may elect dependent life insurance for your child(ren).
Legal Services: Hyatt Comprehensive Group Legal Services plan provides legal advice for a wide range of legal matters. Visit a specialized site for CWRU at www.legalplans.com [password=GetLaw]
Supplemental Long-term Disability: Available through UnumProvident Insurance Company. Call 1.800.282.4656 for enrollment information.» return to top
Access the retirement plans page for additional links.
Plan A (Benefits Categories 0,1): Eligible after one year of service with CWRU or upon employment with at least one year of service from another university or related research institution. Choice of TIAA-CREF or Vanguard for investment vehicles. CWRU contributes 8 percent of your pay up to one-half of the Social Security Taxable Wage Base (SSTWB) and 12 percent of your pay above one-half the SSTWB, up to the IRS maximum annual salary. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, one-half of the SSTWB is $56,850. As of July 1, 2014, one-half of the SSTWB will be $58,500. The opportunity to participate in a tax-deferred and/or after-tax Roth supplemental retirement account with a choice of two investment carriers.
Plan B (Benefits Categories 2,3): Staff are eligible after one year of service with CWRU or upon employment with at least one year of service from another university or related research institution. A monthly retirement pension with an option for a lump sum cash payment for benefits accrued after 7/1/1992. Annual accrual cash balance is based on 7 percent of the employee's earning for the fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Interest is compounded annually based on the five-year U.S. Treasury Bill rate as of the last trade date in June of the prior fiscal year, with a guaranteed minimum of 6 percent. Benefits vest after three years of service. The opportunity for staff to participate in Plan C, with voluntary contributions into a tax-deferred retirement plan with the university matching a portion of your contribution and/or into an after-tax Roth retirement plan with no university match. On your tax-deferred contributions the university will match 50 percent of your contribution, on (up to) the first 4 percent of your salary.
Social Security: You can retire at any time between age 62 and full retirement age as shown on the Social Security Age Reduction Chart.
Life income for total permanent disability. Lump sum payment on death. Monthly income for qualified survivors. Medical benefits at age 65 or upon retirement, whichever is later.» return to top
Eligible after 20 weeks of covered employment if laid off or terminated without cause. Compensation is paid for up to 26 weeks based on number of dependents and previously covered work.» return to top
Compensation and medical expenses are covered for on-the-job injury or death.» return to top
Coverage while traveling on university business for a maximum of $100,000 for accidental death or dismemberment. Additional travel insurance coverage while traveling abroad on university business for a maximum of $250,000 for accidental death and dismemberment. Foreign travelers-assistance services are for medical, personal, hospitalization or evacuation, and security. Two weeks before traveling out of the States, e-mail email@example.com in Risk Management with the traveler's name, destination, dates of travel in each country and purpose of trip.» return to top
Leaves of Absence: LOA for medical (personal medical, family medical, and parenting reasons, FMLA can be compensated or uncompensated); Convenience; military; personal; or jury duty. Refer to Absence and Leaves for Personal Medical, Family Medical, and Parenting Reasons Policy IV-8 for further details.
Short-Term Disability (Nonexempt and Exempt Staff): Staff are eligible after 90 days of service. After 14 days of disability, benefit pays 50 percent of salary up to a maximum of $400 per week. Premium paid by CWRU.
Sick Time : Days can be used for personal medical. Up to eight days per year can be used for family medical, bereavement, and parenting reasons. Unused income protection is not paid upon termination of employment. Unused allowance accrues from year to year. See the Income Protection During Absence for Personal Medical, Family Medical, and Parenting Reasons (Benefit Categories 2, 3) Policy IV-10 for further details.
University Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, a personal floating holiday, and two additional university holidays; one near Christmas and one near New Year's Day, depending on the day of the week on which the two main holidays fall. University holidays are listed in the HR Calendar.
Vacation Time : Eligible to use earned discretionary days after successful completion of the employment orientation period. Staff employees accrue discretionary days monthly and may use them after the days accrue at any point during the fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Unused earned discretionary days can also be carried over to the next fiscal year. The maximum amount of discretionary days that can be carried over cannot exceed an employee's maximum annual allowance and must be used within the next fiscal year. Unused discretionary days are paid upon termination of employment. See the Vacation Days Policy IV-6 for further details.» return to top
Refer to the Education page for further details.
Tuition Waiver: You and your dependent children are eligible upon employment, your spouse (equivalent) after one year of employment. Refer to the HR Policies and Procedures Manual for further details.
Tuition Reimbursement: Employees only may receive up to $2,000 per year for work related courses at a degree-granting institution other than CWRU. Effective July 1, 2014, the maximum annual reimbursement will be $2,500. Refer to the HR Policies and Procedures Manual for further details.
The Center for Families and Children offers voluntary, private and confidential counseling and community resources for employees and family members to help identify problems and develop plans for resolution. Refer to the Employee Assistance Program page for further details.
Employee Assistance Service (EASE): Concerns may include: personal issues, depression, anxiety, marital matters, divorce adjustment and options, chemical dependency and abuse, parenting issues, work-related stress, legal and financial questions. Call the Center for Families and Children 216.241.EASE [3273].
Elder Care Resources and Referral Services: Elder Care Counselors can help you: recognize when an older relative needs help, care for older relatives from a distance, talk to parent who may resist help, understand and locate housing options. Call the Center for Families and Children 216.241.3273.
Child Care Resources: The Child Care Specialists at EASE can offer information on how to evaluate the quality of child care programs or providers, consultation and education on child development and parenting issues, written information and practical tools such as booklets, checklist and guides. Call 216.241.3273.» return to top
Greater Circle Living - An Incentive to Live Near Work: Program offering financial benefits to CWRU employees in the form of one of the following: (1) down payment assistance for the purchase of a primary residence within the specified geographic area; (2) a grant to be used towards exterior renovations to an existing primary residence within the specified geographic area; or, (3) a one-month rental reimbursement that can be applied at designated apartment buildings within the specified geographic area.
CaseOneCard: Allows employees to charge items purchased through various campus dining facilities, bookstore, and vending machines. Purchases are then deducted from your paycheck. Call Access Services for more details 216.368.2724.
RTA Commuter Advantage Plan: When monthly RTA passes are purchased through your CaseOneCard, the charge is deducted pretax from your paycheck. Call Access Services 216.368.2724 or visit them in 12 Crawford Hall. Contact Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority for routes and schedules.
Sprint PCS Wireless Service: In addition to faculty and staff business plans, discounts are available to all employees for personal use .
Dell: Substantial discounts on computers, printers, PDAs, digital cameras, TVs and other technology products . Use the member ID number displayed.
Apple: From computers to MP3 players, Apple can accessorize your computing experience. If you are buying an Apple computer for use on campus, please choose models that are "10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet" ready. With this specification, you can achieve optimal computing on the CWRU network.
Employee Discount Program: Human Resources has tried to be sure that the discount information is accurate, but the final decisions about what programs are available to whom, rest with the people who manage those programs. Phone numbers, e-mail or web addresses are provided with most items.» return to top
Campus Recreation: Veale Recreation Center offers various recreational facilities for employees use at no cost other than reduced towel and locker fees. Call 216.368.2867 for more information.
One-to-One Fitness is located on campus, this center offers a full range of fitness activities. Monthly fees are discounted if paid through payroll deduction. Call 216.368.1121.
Squire Valleevue Farm: This Hunting Valley farm is used for scientific studies, education and recreation for students and employees. Call 216.368.0275.
Discount Ticket Sales: Access Services offers discount tickets for various recreational activities such as movie theaters and theme parks. Call 216.368.2724.


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ARTstor images (over one million) will now be searchable in the EDS. Great news for the discovery of multiple information formats in one location. More from the press release: The ARTstor Digital Library will be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) allowing mutual customers to use EDS to explore even more […]
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The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is sponsoring a Barn Tour this Saturday, July 28 to benefit the Kirkwood Gardens. Between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm you are invited to take a self guided tour to explore four historic buildings – three barns in Holderness and a carriage house in Center Harbor. You'll learn about wildlife that depends on barns, such as swallow and bats. A history of each building and directions will be provided at registration.
The Science Center is located a mile from our Holderness bed and breakfast. Many of our guests enjoy visiting the Center and following its trail system which features native New Hampshire wildlife. Three time daily throughout the season the Center also offers boat tours on Squam Lake – made famous as the location for the classic film "On Golden Pond."
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Welcome to the Queensland Chamber of Agricultural Societies Inc. (QCAS)
Agricultural shows in Australia have proved to be remarkably resilient. Over the year's theme parks and events such as fairs, fetes, festivals and sporting events have increased. Despite this, Agricultural Shows still attract sponsors, exhibitors and competitors and many families who want to let their children experience the tradition of the local show. Given the size of Australia and number of shows held across the country, the show movement offers great breadth and diversity in terms of the size of each event and the area's primary industry, competitive and cultural experiences offered to visitors and stakeholders.
Across Queensland there are 129 Agricultural/Show Societies ranging from very small local events with community populations of 300 or less to large multi-day extravaganzas such as the famous Ekka and the Toowoomba Royal Show and regional shows such as Cairns and Rockhampton. Agricultural Shows have been a part of the Australian culture since 1822 engaging, educating and entertaining the community. Agricultural Shows are strongly connected to local communities through volunteerism and the educational, competitive and cultural experiences they provide.
Queensland agricultural shows have increased their visitors numbers by 13.7% over the past three years (2012).
Membership and your opportunity to Volunteer
13,538 people volunteered at a local agricultural show in Queensland in 2012 = $84million value to the Queensland economy. Do you want to increase the number?
To find out how you can be involved, explore the option in the get involved section of the website.
Social and Economic Impact Study of Australian Agricultural Shows
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You know, I had a look at Mansfield's web site, in their FAQ, and I was highly amused by the following exchange, which I will distort a bit:
Q: Do Mansfield toilets use standard parts?
A: We have an extensive supplier network throughout the US and Canada, so you can get parts for our toilets from our dealers!! Yay!!
Nice dodge, because, of course, Mansfields are filled with proprietary parts. Like your seal.
If it were I, I would look up the contact phone number for Mansfield on their web site, and call and ask the question directly to them: "Hey, where do I get this thing in Canada? You say on your web site that it's easy to get parts for your toilets in Canada, and it's more and more sounding like total BS to me. Just sayin'."
Alternatively, I would grudgingly check with these guys: www.mansfieldparts.com Put a slash in and then product 35 then html. (our forum is blocking out the direct link, which I don't think it's intending to do. The whole url should be in the format "www.xxxxx.com/xxxx35.html") They claim to have that part and claim to ship to Canada. Not the greatest solution because you're probably going to pay $15 for the thing with shipping, but maybe that's the easiest solution.
If you are having trouble with my link instructions above, just go to the mansfieldparts.com home page, click on the #10 toilet tank parts list, and scroll down to your seal. It's the leftmost item on the fourth row. At least on my browser. Regardless, it's in there.
I of course have no experience with these guys and have no idea whether they are even legit, but they take paypal, so you can always use paypal and get its guarantee.
Good luck!! And if it's a good experience let us know, because I have seen a number of folks in the past being challenged when trying to get parts in Canada for US toilets of several makes.


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- Overview
Add shimmer to your sleep space. This iridescent cotton voile canopy is studded with sequins and finished with preppy pom-poms.
- 55" diameter, 106" high
- Made of 100% cotton.
- Features sequined embroidery and pom-pom detailing.
- Attaches to the ceiling by cotton ties (mounting hardware not included).
- Imported.
- Dimensions + Care
- Overall: 55" diameter, 106" high
- Crown: 24" diameter
- Body: 55" diameter
- Crown is made from 100% cotton percale.
- Body is made from 100% cotton voile.
- Frame is made of plastic.
- Spot clean with a damp, white cloth.
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- Please allow 5-7 business days for delivery. Delivery estimate includes monogrammed and gift-wrapped items.
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America's Original Sin
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The Legacy of White Racism
The United States of America was established as a white society, founded upon the genocide of another race and then the enslavement of yet another.
To make such a statement today is to be immediately accused of being rhetorical or, worse yet, of being "reminiscent of the '60s." The reaction is instructive and revealing. The historical record of how white Europeans conquered North America by destroying the native population and how they then built their new nation's economy on the backs of kidnapped Africans who had been turned into chattel are facts that can hardly be denied. Yet to speak honestly of such historical facts is to be charged with being polemical or out of date. Why?
One reason is that racism is no longer a hot topic. After the brief "racial crisis" of the '60s, white America, including many of those involved in the civil rights movement, has gone on to other concerns. Also, the legal victories of black Americans in that period, as far as most white Americans are concerned, have settled the issue and even left many asking, "What more do blacks want?"
Federal courts have recently interpreted civil rights legislation--originally designed to redress discrimination against black people--as applying to the grievances of whites who believe affirmative action programs have "gone too far." In addition, popular racial attitudes have changed, attested to by the opinion polls and the increased number of black faces appearing in the world of sports, entertainment, the mass media, and even politics. After all, The Cosby Show is the highest-rated TV series in the country, and Jesse Jackson is running for president.
Indeed, in the two decades since the passage of momentous civil rights legislation, some things have changed and some things haven't. What has changed is the personal racial attitudes of many white Americans and the opportunities for some black Americans to enter the middle levels of society. (The word "middle" is key here, insofar as blacks have yet to be allowed into the upper echelons and decision-making positions of business, the professions, the media, or even the fields of sports and entertainment where black "progress" has so often been celebrated.) Legal segregation has been lifted off the backs of black people with the consequent expansion of social interchange and voting rights, and that itself has led to changes in white attitudes.
What has not changed is the systematic and pervasive character of racism in the United States and the condition of life for the majority of black people. In fact, those conditions have gotten worse.
Racism originates in domination and provides the social rationale and philosophical justification for debasing, degrading, and doing violence to people on the basis of color. Many have pointed out how racism is sustained by both personal attitudes and structural forces. Racism can be brutally overt or invisibly institutional, or both. Its scope extends to every level and area of human psychology, society, and culture.
Prejudice may be a universal human sin, but racism is more than an inevitable consequence of human nature or social accident. Rather, racism is a system of oppression for a social purpose.
In the United States, the original purpose of racism was to justify slavery and its enormous economic benefit. The particular form of racism, inherited from the English to justify their own slave trade, was especially venal, for it defined the slave not merely as an unfortunate victim of bad circumstances, war, or social dislocation but rather as less than human, as a thing, an animal, a piece of property to be bought and sold, used and abused.
The slave did not have to be treated with any human consideration whatsoever. Even in the founding document of our nation, the famous constitutional compromise defined the slave as only three-fifths of a person. The professed high ideals of Anglo-Western society could exist side by side with the profitable institution of slavery only if the humanity of the slave was denied and disregarded.
The heart of racism was and is economic, though its roots and results are also deeply cultural, psychological, sexual, even religious, and, of course, political. Due to 200 years of brutal slavery and 100 more of legal segregation and discrimination, no area of the relationship between black and white people in the United States is free from the legacy of racism.
IN SPIRITUAL AND BIBLICAL terms, racism is a perverse sin that cuts to the core of the gospel message. Put simply, racism negates the reason for which Christ died--the reconciling work of the cross. It denies the purpose of the church: to bring together, in Christ, those who have been divided from one another, particularly in the early church's case, Jew and Gentile--a division based on race.
There is only one remedy for such a sin and that is repentance, which, if genuine, will always bear fruit in concrete forms of conversion, changed behavior, and reparation. While the United States may have changed in regard to some of its racial attitudes and allowed some of its black citizens into the middle class, white America has yet to recognize the extent of its racism--that we are and have always been a racist society--much less to repent of its racial sins.
And because of that lack of repentance and, indeed, because of the economic, social, and political purposes still served by the oppression of black people, systematic racism continues to be pervasive in American life. While constantly denied by white social commentators and the media, evidence of the persistent and endemic character of American racism abounds.
The most visible and painful sign of racism's continuation is the gross economic inequality between blacks and whites. All the major social indices and numerous statistics show the situation to be worsening, not improving. The gap between white and black median family income and employment actually widened in the decade between 1970 and 1980, even before Ronald Reagan took office. And the Reagan administration has been like an economic plague to the black community; black unemployment has skyrocketed, and the major brunt of slashed and gutted social services has been borne by black people, especially women and children.
All this has especially affected black youth, whose rate of unemployment has climbed above 50 percent. The last time I checked the unemployment rate for young black people in Washington, D.C., it was 61 percent. The very human meaning to such grim statistics can be seen in the faces of the kids in my inner-city neighborhood. They know they have no job, no place, no future, and therefore no real stake in this country. As one commentator has put it, society has ceased to be a society for them. Alcohol, drugs, poverty, family disintegration, crime, and jail have replaced aspirations for a decent life and a hopeful future.
It is the economy itself that now enforces the brutal oppression of racism, and it happens, of course, invisibly and impersonally. In the changing capitalist order, manufacturing jobs are lost to cheaper labor markets in the Third World or to automation while farm labor becomes extinct; both historically have been important to black survival. In the new "high-tech" world and "service economy," almost the only jobs available are at places like McDonalds.
Increasingly, we see a two-tiered economy emerging: one a highly lucrative level of technicians and professionals who operate the system, and the other an impoverished sector of unemployed, underemployed, and unskilled labor from which the work of servicing the system can be done. That blacks are disproportionately consigned to the lowest economic tier is an indisputable proof of racism. The existence of a vast black underclass, inhabiting the inner cities of our nation, is a testimony to the versatility of white racism 20 years after legal segregation was officially outlawed.
THE PAIN OF ECONOMIC marginalization is made worse by the growing class distinctions within the black community itself. Middle-class blacks, having taken advantage of the legal gains of the '60s, have further distanced themselves from the poor black population. Never has the class and cultural split in the black community been so great. In Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and other cities, a black elite prospers and lives an entirely different social existence, not in proximity to but in full view of an increasingly resentful and angry black underclass.
In Washington, D.C., subway routes follow class and racial lines, carrying middle-class commuters around downtown, through gentrified areas of the city, and out into the suburbs--avoiding black ghettos. The buses running along the affluent white and black "gold coast" of 16th Street are new and air-conditioned, while just two blocks away, old, hot, and broken-down buses run along the infamous 14th Street corridor through a major black ghetto. All this exists under a black city government.
To be fair, the increase in black political power over municipal governments has given black political leaders all the problems of modern urban life, including inadequate city budgets, without any real power or leverage to change the national policies and priorities that create the problems in the first place. Nevertheless, transcending the growing barriers between the relatively affluent middle class and the impoverished underclass is one of the most important and problematic challenges facing the black community.
The cold economic savagery of racism has led to further declines in every area of the quality of life in the black community--health, infant mortality, family breakdown, drug and alcohol abuse, and crime. The majority of black children are now born to single mothers; a primary cause of death for young black men today is homicide; and nearly half of all prison inmates in the United States now are black males.
Despite landmark court decisions and civil rights legislation, two-thirds of black Americans still suffer from education and housing that is both segregated and inferior. Such conditions, along with diminishing social services, lead to despair, massive substance abuse, and criminality, and the fact that this reality is still surprising or incomprehensible to many white Americans raises the question of how much racial attitudes have really changed.
In the face of such structural oppression, the deliberate rollback of civil rights programs during the Reagan administration becomes even more callous. The resurgence of more overt forms of white racism and violence, as exemplified by the incidents in Howard Beach, New York; Forsyth County, Georgia; and others places, is quite foreboding as yet another occasion when the discontented alienation of poor whites is displaced and expressed against blacks instead of at the system that oppresses them both and has always sought to turn them against each other.
The connection of racism to U.S. militarism should, by now, be painfully clear. First, increased military spending causes cuts in social services to the victims of the system who are disproportionately people of color. Second, the military definition of national security puts a prior claim on vast material, scientific, and human resources that could otherwise be directed toward achieving justice, which then is proclaimed as not being a practical financial option. Third, lacking other educational and job opportunities, racial minorities are herded into dehumanizing military service in disproportionate numbers and then assigned to combat units. And finally, young black men from the ghetto face the defined enemies of the United States on the field of battle, usually other people of color from the Third World--in places such as Vietnam and Central America--where they kill and are killed.
The failure of the mostly white, middle-class peace movement in the United States to make such connections and enter into a vital political partnership with oppressed racial minorities is a primary reason for the ineffectiveness of that movement. Even in the peace movement, racism becomes a debilitating force that robs us of opportunities to work toward a more just and peaceful nation.
THE STRATEGIES FOR HOW black people must confront and finally overcome the ever-changing face of white racism in America must always originate within the black community itself. White allies have and can continue to play a significant role in the struggle against racism when black autonomy and leadership are sufficiently present to make possible a genuine partnership. But an even more important task for white Americans is to examine ourselves, our relationships, our institutions, and our society for the ugly plague of racism.
Whites in America must admit the reality and begin to operate on the assumption that theirs is a racist society. Positive individual attitudes are simply not enough, for, as we have seen, racism is more than just personal.
All white people in the United States have benefited from the structure of racism, whether or not they have ever committed a racist act, uttered a racist word, or had a racist thought (as unlikely as that is). Just as surely as blacks suffer in a white society because they are black, whites benefit because they are white. And if whites have profited from a racist structure, they must try to change it.
To benefit from domination is to be responsible for it. Merely to keep personally free of the taint of racist attitudes is both illusory and inadequate. Just to go along with a racist social structure, to accept the economic order as it is, just to do one's job within impersonal institutions is to participate in racism in the '80s.
Racism has to do with the power to dominate and enforce oppression, and that power in America is in white hands. Therefore, while there are instances of black racial prejudice against whites in the United States today (often in reaction to white racism), there is no such thing as black racism. Black people in America do not have the power to enforce that prejudice.
White racism in white institutions must be eradicated by white people and not just black people. In fact, white racism is primarily a white responsibility.
We must not give in to the popular temptation to believe that racism existed mostly in the Old South or before the 1960s or, today, in South Africa. Neither can any of our other struggles against the arms race, war in Central America, hunger, homelessness, or sexism be separated from the reality of racism.
The church must, of course, get its own house in order. It is still riddled with racism and segregation. The exemplary role of the black church in the struggle against racism offers a sharp indictment to white churches, which still mostly reflect the racial structures around them.
The church still has the capacity to be the much-needed prophetic interrogater of a system that has always depended upon racial oppression. The gospel remains clear. The church still should and can be a spiritual and social community where the ugly barriers of race are finally torn down to reveal the possibilities of a different American future.
Jim Wallis is editor-in-chief of Sojourners.


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Indianapolis is in, Pittsburgh is out, and Colts interim Coach Bruce Arians has to be pinching himself.
Arians, fired as Pittsburgh's offensive coordinator after last season, has coached the Colts to a wildly improbable playoff berth one season after finishing 2-14. It might have been Arians' last game this season as interim coach, as leukemia-stricken Coach Chuck Pagano has been cleared to return.
"Mission accomplished. That's all I can say," Arians said. "Without getting emotional again, knowing that Chuck is going to be back Monday, the workweek shouldn't be as stressful."
As the Colts (10-5) were hanging on Sunday for a 20-13 victory at Kansas City, the Steelers were on their way to a 13-10 home loss to Cincinnati. The Bengals (9-6) grabbed the AFC's final playoff spot.
"Not our day and thus, not our year," Pittsburgh Coach Mike Tomlin said after his team lost for the fifth time in six games to fall to 7-8. "Just not enough significant plays at the moments. Sounds like a broken record, but reality as we sit here."
It's all over but the seeding in that conference, with Houston, Denver, New England, Baltimore, Indianapolis and Cincinnati qualifying for the postseason. With one week remaining in the regular season, the Texans and Broncos are in the best position to earn first-round byes.
Atlanta is the only playoff team that can truly exhale. The Falcons (13-2) secured home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a victory Saturday night over Detroit.
In Philadelphia, Washington's Robert Griffin III returned from his knee sprain to lead the Redskins to a 27-20 victory over the Eagles.
That allowed the Redskins to maintain control of their destiny in the NFC East. They play host to Dallas next Sunday with the division title on the line. Washington hasn't won the division since 1999, and hasn't been to the playoffs since 2007.
Even though they lost in overtime to New Orleans on Sunday, the Cowboys are 8-7 and can still grab a spot in the playoffs by beating Washington (9-6).
The Giants, who lost at Baltimore and are also 8-7, are no longer in contention for a division title and face long odds of making the postseason as a wild-card team.
Minnesota, 9-6 after winning at Houston, has the inside track on a wild-card berth.
In the NFC West, Seattle secured at least a wild-card spot with its victory over San Francisco on Sunday night. To win the division, the Seahawks (10-5) would need to beat St. Louis next Sunday, and have the 49ers (10-4-1) lose to Arizona.
If the 49ers win, or Seattle loses, San Francisco wins the NFC West and plays host to a playoff game.
However, with the 49ers losing in Seattle, Green Bay (11-4) grabbed the inside track on the No. 2 seeding and a first-round bye.
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