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By Bill Press A rare beast was spotted week in Washington. An event as rare as the sighting of Big Foot. We actually saw a real filibuster in action. It was a welcome event, even…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Republicans lost the election but they still shape what's debated in Washington – the federal budget deficit and so-called "fiscal…
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A New York Times editorial Last month’s Supreme Court arguments over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act served as a reminder of the long history of racial voting…
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Progreso Weekly founder Francisco Gonzalez Aruca died unexpectedly of a heart attack in his sleep on Wednesday, March 6, in Denver, Colorado, where he lived. He was 72 years old.…
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By Walter M. Brasch From Raging Chicken Press I received a letter from a friend this past week. It was a letter he should never have had to write, yet did so out of desperation.…
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By Bill Clinton From The Washington Post In 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act. Although that was only 17 years ago, it was a very different time. In no state in the…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada A young man faces life in prison for the crime of informing his people of what their government does in their name; another…
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By Bill Press It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com MIAMI - Even President Obama didn’t believe they would go through with it. The administration was convinced that sequestration –…
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By Michael D. Barnes From The Baltimore Sun Unfortunately, our nation faces enormous challenges in virtually every region of the globe. In countries ranging from Iran to North…
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