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Peace and justice organizations oppose new authorization of military force
February 19, 2015The president's proposal would authorize military operations against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) for three years.
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More military force is not the answer
February 19, 2015President Obama's request to authorize use of military force against the so-called Islamic State opens unhappy comparisons with earlier misguided U.S. military ventures.
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A first contract for Brooklyn Cablevision employees
February 19, 2015"Many of us never thought we'd see this night come. Many workers had given up hope. But we stuck together through thick and thin."
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Today in people’s history: The Japanese internment
February 19, 2015Over 127,000 Japanese Americans were sent to ten concentration camps in remote areas of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and inland California.
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Terrorism and the lessons of African American history
February 19, 2015President Obama cautioned us not to judge the more than a billion and half Muslims by the actions of relatively few violent extremists.
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