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House Majority Leader and U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, of Virginia, lost his seat and his rising conservative star status. Whether or not his duplicitous role in immigration reform is the…
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It was a warm night in the sensual city of Cartagena, Colombia, and the then Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, after the closing of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, drank a couple…
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ACLU supporters received an email from Edward Snowden Thursday, one year to the day since The Guardian broke the first in a series of revelations exposing the breathtaking scope of U.S.…
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Amid all the foam and froth in Washington surrounding last week's forced resignation of Eric Shinseki as head of the Veterans Administration, another more momentous controversy was…
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Few know this, but one of the oldest political prisoners in the world is not in China, Russia, Syria, Iran, Venezuela or Cuba but in a prison in Indiana, here in the United States, an…
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The simultaneous release of five Afghan prisoners from Guantánamo, and U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl drew this exchange during the press briefing at the State Department between…
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The announcement that the United States and the Afghan Taliban guerrillas traded five leaders of the armed organization for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl must have triggered a veritable earthquake…
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In remembering Maya Angelou, it is important to recall her commitment to the struggle for equality, not just for herself, or for women, or for African-Americans. She was committed to…
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Another week, another murderous rampage. This time, once again, it happened at a school, specifically a university. It took place in what the media describe as the "scenic" and…
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The Dreamers, those undocumented youths intent on pursuing their dreams, continue to give us much to talk about. Surveys also tell us that if politicians want to know how to attract the…
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