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The answer is water. The question is whether the Senate will stand up and do the right thing for women and children, national security, and a brighter global future.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the floor of the Senate on Dec. 12, 2014, about the provision that Citigroup added to the omnibus budget package. And demonstrates how "too big to…
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A U.S. agency's secret infiltration of Cuba's underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was "reckless" and "stupid," Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday…
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The cancellation by the Bank of America of the bank account held by a Cuban student at Harvard University reaffirms the cruelty of the economic blockade that the United States has…
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As a presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush in 2016 appears ever more likely, it’s a good moment to ask what alternative exists to lying down and letting such a…
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On Thursday afternoon, dozens of congressional staffers walked out in protest of the recent grand jury decisions failing to indict the two officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael…
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The Convention Against Torture and the 1949 Geneva Conventions both require the United States to either initiate prosecution of or to extradite every person who is reasonably accused of…
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The United States government paid two military psychologists $80 million to develop torture tactics that were used against suspected terrorists in the wake of the September 11 attacks…
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Asked if there would be a prisoner swap, President Obama said the U.S. has been “in conversations” about freeing Alan Gross. But there's nothing to report.
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The saga of their staffer's trips to China got our vote for the worst embargo story of 2014. But if enough of us watch the video and sign the petition, maybe a little accountability…
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