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Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It would be nice if the United States lived up to international law
"One important action that the United States could take is to live up to its own laws. Of course it would be nice if it lived up to international law, but maybe that's too much to ask."
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Poll: Immigrants seen as economic plus with border crisis over
According to new polling numbers released Thursday by PRRI, 54 percent of Americans saw immigrants as a economic plus and 35 percent as an economic burden.
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6 reasons Elizabeth Warren should run for president
Which is all to say that the question isn't, "Why should Elizabeth Warren run for president?" It's, "Why shouldn't she?"
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UN officials ‘shocked’ by Detroit’s mass water shutoffs
Two UN rapporteurs recommended Detroit immediately resume water service for residents unable to pay their bills
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Dissonance
The Times' Cuba editorials correctly note that a breakthrough with Cuba would pave the way toward greater cooperation between Washington and the region.
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Sadness and cobwebs
Statistics tell a moving story of desperation and impotence. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 15.6 percent of young Latinas in the U.S. tried to commit suicide one or more…
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Russian Duma asks U.S. Congress to end blockade
The United States' economic blockade of Cuba was the subject of impassioned debate in the Russian Duma, the lower house of Parliament, which was considering a plea to the United Nations…
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Losing the Senate should make life easier for Obama on Cuba
If we had a ‘Most Wanted’ poster depicting Cuba’s worst enemy in the U.S. Congress it would not be Republican. The title belongs to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
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Most states still funding schools less than before the Recession
At a time when states and the nation need workers with the skills to master new technologies and adapt to the complexities of a global economy, this decline in state educational…
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Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
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