Politics
Bills addressing police misconduct face decisive votes in California legislature
August 21, 2018Among measures still to be decided are two designed to address repeated instances of police misconduct.
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This week in history: The Oslo Accord, 1993
August 20, 2018Negotiations concerning the agreement were conducted secretly in Oslo, Norway, and completed 25 years ago, on August 20, 1993.
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India’s communists call for aid in the wake of ‘unprecedented’ Kerala floods
August 20, 2018The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has appealed for donations to rescue and relief operations in the wake of “unprecedented” flooding.
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Women win primaries in record numbers, look to November
August 20, 2018Women are not just running for office in record numbers this year - they are winning.
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White House lets payday lenders prey on military families
August 17, 2018The plan, floated by the Republican president’s acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney – who is also GOP President Donald Trump’s budget director – outrages consumer groups, a pro-labor veterans group and...
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