politics
Health care may be problem in House immigration bill
May 29, 2013Getting an immigration bill out of the House may be harder than the Senate, mostly because the Republican tea partiers dominate there, and according to media reports, a major stumbling block may be access to health...
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South India voters reject BJP
May 21, 2013Indian voters rejected the reactionary Hindu-nationalist party, known as the BJP, in a recent state election. The huge loss spells trouble for the ultra-right party in the 2014 national elections.
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Of rhinos and candidates
May 16, 2013Readers may be interested to know that a female black rhinoceros played an important part in the struggle to clean up corrupt elections in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1958.
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Are you more like Pinochet or Einstein? Take the quiz!
May 10, 2013In the online age we are constantly being asked to take surveys, respond to polls and register comments. But how many of these surveys also seek to educate?
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Fascism defeated 68 years ago; will it return?
May 10, 2013On May 8 and 9, 1945, the world celebrated the end of the Second World War. Since then, Victory in Europe Day has been celebrated by scores of countries.
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