politics
Black Lives Matter disrupts Netroots presidential forum
July 21, 2015"Welcome to Arizona where a black trans-woman cannot walk down the street; where Martin Luther King Day was repealed by a Republican governor."
Read moreSorry is not enough
July 21, 2015It's not "normal that so many young people end up in our criminal justice system. What is normal is teenagers doing stupid things."
Read moreCuba-U.S. relations: the hard road toward normalization begins
July 21, 2015A large crowd gathered to watch the flag raising; they cheered as the Cuban flag flew over the embassy for the first time in 54 years.
Read morePhoenix Rising: Netroots draws attention to Arizona immigration struggle
July 20, 2015Netroots Nation, the gathering of progressive activists and bloggers, is heading into its 10th year in Phoenix this week.
Read moreToday in history: reading the Riot Act for 300 years
July 20, 2015You may not have known that the Riot Act was passed by an act of the British Parliament on this date exactly 300 years ago, July 20, 1715.
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