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By Lawrence Downes From The New York Times How do we know that Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., is a racial profiler, an abuser of power who has subjected Latinos for…
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By Bill Press There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same…
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By Sen. Bernie Sanders From Reader Supported News Today in the United States, unemployment is too high, wages and income are too low, people are struggling to find affordable health…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada NEW YORK – The military brass and their civilian bosses are very worried by two phenomena in the rank and file –…
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By Jessica Gresko From the Associated Press An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that claimed he…
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By Saul Landau Syria’s civil war inspired some in Congress and in the media. Stupidity or insanity? Some people don’t learn from past mistakes? Why start another body count…
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By Bill Press "Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman…
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A New York Times editorial It is time for President Obama to abandon his hopes of reaching a grand budget bargain with Republicans. At every opportunity since they took over the…
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By Max J. Castro The Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives held hearings last week purportedly to get at what really…
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By Jamilah King From Colorlines.com Assata Shakur has been given many names over the past four decades. Her political allies in the 1970s struggle for black liberation knew her as…
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