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National Guard arrives at Texas-Mexico border
Immigrant rights advocates say the National Guard is not trained to deal with immigrants or minors, and the border should not be militarized. The first units of the National Guard…
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A map of the U.S., if there had never been a Mexican-American war
Many Americans did not necessarily link national progress with geographic expansion. So it's possible to conceive of a lesser America by positing the absence of the Mexican War.
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The dark side of the American Dream
Photo series captures the physical violence suffered by immigrants trying to make it across the border
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Cornel West: “He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit…”
Exclusive: Cornel West talks Ferguson, Hillary, MSNBC -- and unloads on the failed promise of Barack Obama
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Taxes: who pays how much in eight charts
Ideological arguments about whether taxes are too high or too low miss the crucial question of who ends up bearing how much of the burden of financing our public sector.
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Behind Obama’s ‘chaotic’ foreign policy
"The chaos enveloping U.S. foreign policy stems from President Obama's unwillingness to challenge Official Washington's power centers which favor neoconservatism and 'liberal…
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Ferguson and the reign of terror
In October 2005, two young men, equally unarmed, were gunned down in an action that has gone unpunished; coincidentally, one of them was also named Michael Brown.
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The tragedy in Ferguson is not an aberration
Almost two weeks have elapsed and much has been said about the tragedy in Ferguson, Mo., a city with a 70-percent black population and a 53-member police department, 50 of whom are…
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Video appears to show Islamic State beheading U.S. journalist
The video, posted by the media arm of the Islamic State and titled "A Message to America," says James Wright Foley was executed "in Iraq" as a result of President Obama's decision to…
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Wars and the U.S. world order
What prevents the U.S. from developing a more creative policy that will consolidate its influence in a climate of international stability, in line with the needs and conveniences of its…
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