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Death penalty states like Missouri have been treating their predominantly black death row prisoners like test subjects while protests over the worth of black life continue in Ferguson.

This summer, driven partially by North Dakota's boom, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production.

The foreign armies that the US invests so much money, time, and effort in training and equipping don't act as if the US' enemies are their enemies.

“I find it very hard to understand why anyone thinks rates should rise even in 2015.”

The US will only be “exceptional” when all Americans have an equal shot at success.

The poverty rate in the US would be 15 percent higher if not for the War on Poverty and government anti-poverty programs since 1967.

American history education is once again a political and cultural battleground.

Supporting local farmers. Keeping money in the community. Eating fresher, in-season food. These are all good reasons to buy local.

Gandhi accepted a settlement that had limited instrumental value but that allowed the movement to claim a symbolic win and to emerge in a position of strength.

Hong Kong's Occupiers have been peaceful and their demands reasonable, but China's leaders see bogeymen around every corner.