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What happened to the War on Poverty?
February 1, 2011With the remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy and the passing of Sargent Shriver, a foot soldier in the War on Poverty, recently, I have been reading about the early 1960s and listening to speeches...
Read moreThe roots of Tucson
January 20, 2011The violence in Tucson is also not an isolated incident. According to the last figures issued by the FBI, there were 8,336 victims of hate crimes committed by 6,225 people in 2009.
Read morePalestinians press UN recognition, Israel confronts political turmoil
January 19, 2011With Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations broken down, Palestinian leaders are pursuing “plan B," Israel is in political turmoil, and the U.S. has not said what it plans to do.
Read moreRed-baiting muddies the waters
January 12, 2011More than anything, American public opinion is galvanized in its revulsion to the horrific crimes committed in Tucson, Ariz.
Read morePalin’s “blood libel”: it’s time to say No
January 12, 2011Why would Palin and her right-wing extremist colleagues choose to use such an inflammatory term," blood libel," after all the talk about toning down the rhetoric after the terrible shootings in Arizona?
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