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Criminal justice reform takes step forward
March 16, 2010Small, but significant, victories are being made to reduce inequalities in criminal justice system.
Read moreObama in Strongsville: It takes courage
March 15, 2010STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Speaking to a boisterous crowd of 800 in suburban Cleveland here, President Barack Obama made an impassioned appeal for health care reform.
Read moreBipartisan Senate immigration bill looks like a bitter pill
March 15, 2010Indications are that a new immigration reform bill with some bipartisan support will be introduced very soon in the Senate. But there are going to be some severe problems.
Read moreImmigration moves higher on White House agenda
March 12, 2010Immigrant rights activists, labor and faith-based leaders met with President Obama and White House advisers March 11 to discuss moving forward on immigration reform legislation.
Read moreResetting U.S.-Cuba relations and the Cuban 5
March 11, 2010Recent vindictive U.S. actions in the case of the Cuban 5 raise the question: what is holding back a change in the unconstructive policy of blockade and hostility toward Cuba?
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