National
Obama to break with tradition in final State of the Union
January 11, 2016History may look back at Obama's last SOTU as one of his most important speeches. Whether that happens will depend not just on what he says.
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Getting racism out of school curricula
January 11, 2016How much progress have we made in getting racism out of our schools since the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education?
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Sanders: Break up banks, tax speculation, start postal banking
January 11, 2016Sanders last week repeated a pledge that he has made in speeches across the country; if elected, he said, he will break up the big banks.
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Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland indicted for perjury
January 8, 2016A grand jury indicted Brian Encinia, the Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, on a perjury charge on Jan. 6.
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Republican victory in 2016 would strengthen new “patrimonial oligarchy”
January 8, 2016The hateful and reactionary ideas of GOP candidates confront us with the danger we would face next November, were any one of them to be elected president.
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