politics
Protesters hit School of the Americas “training” center
December 5, 2014The procession of about 1,000 included street theater, giant parade puppets, and musicians and ended at the stage set at the gates of the base.
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Senate to OK McFerran to NLRB seat
December 5, 2014The Senate planned to vote on Dec. 8 on President Obama's nomination of Lauren McFerran to a National Labor Relations Board seat.
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Germany sees confrontations with police too
December 4, 2014Police confrontations in Germany have not been quite as severe as some have been in Ferguson. But some have been dramatic enough.
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Twenty-five years later, the Cold War still blows hot
December 3, 2014In Washington, hostility toward socialism and even socialist orientations remain the order of the day.
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Remembering Volodya and the Soviet war dead
December 3, 2014"I am looking at my treasured coin and wondering about Volodya."
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