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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, remembering Kevin Barry
March 17, 2016On St. Patrick's Day, devoted to honoring the Irish heritage, we pause to remember Kevin Gerard Barry.
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AME Church founder Richard Allen honored on a new stamp
March 16, 2016He was an inspiring figure whose life and work helped shape American history.
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Political thriller with music about Japanese HIV scandal impresses L.A.
March 10, 2016Fast moving, eye-catching, colorful, deeply affecting, cathartic, and redemptive.
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Climate change: Learning from the past
March 10, 2016We ignore the interwoven connection between population growth and climate change at our own peril.
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GOP stopped being the ‘party of Lincoln’ long before Trump
March 9, 2016Trump shocks Republicans because he is cruder than most, but dog whistle racial signaling is not new to today's GOP.
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