politics
GOP out to sabotage climate talks in Paris
December 9, 2015This is an effort to undermine the Obama administration's credibility and to sabotage COP 21's potential for success in Paris.
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Burkina Faso: Coup general faces prosecution in Sankara death
December 9, 2015Charges have finally been filed in the killing 28 years ago of Burkina Faso's former president, Thomas Sankara.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be impeached
December 5, 2015Rahm Emanuel has proven himself the most roughly drawn, one-dimensional of comic book villains, an insult to the city's intelligence and sustainability.
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Heating up climate talks: A reader’s guide to COP 21
November 24, 2015All eyes will be on Paris when the City of Lights shines upon a hugely significant, potentially historic event - the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 21.
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Shameless anti-refugee bill passed by GOP-run House
November 20, 2015The Republican Party and the right have descended to a new level of repulsive shamelessness that many thought was not possible even for them.
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