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Obama in Buffalo
Last week President Obama visited Buffalo to use the University at Buffalo as a backdrop to address the soaring cost of higher education. Todayu2019s SUNY students, if they can …
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Same Old Labor Day; Very Different Face of Labor
Labor Day comes every year, but ‘labor’ in America today looks very different from what it once was.
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Syria Debate: Does US Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack?
The Obama administration appears to be pressing ahead with military strikes on Syria despite new obstacles at home and abroad.
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Any Attack on Syria Would Be Illegal, Increase Sectarianism in Middle East
Vijay Prashad: Possible missile strike against Syria has been a part of the West's game plan since 1979 to weaken Iran for its independent path, but US military intervention …
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The Kurds: Opportunity and Peril
For almost a century, the Kurdsu2014one of the worldu2019s largest ethnic groups without its own stateu2014have been deceived and double-crossed, their language and culture suppressed, their villages burned and …
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A Safe Place for Bees: Will US Follow Europe in Banning Hive-Killing Pesticides?
Worldwide bee population decline has motivated recent action by governments and activists. On April 29, the European Union announced a two-year suspension of three neonicotinoid insecticides, or
188 Representatives, Including 69 Democrats, Call for Debate and Vote Before War With Syria
Robert Naiman: Intelligence officials are not sure that Secretary of State John Kerry's claims are true.
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West Point’s Miracle on the Hudson
An incredibly improbable meeting between formerly bitter enemies was held 3 days ago on the banks of the Hudson River at the United States Military Academy at West Point, …
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On United States Intervention in Syria: Remember a Few Things
To those who think the United States should intervene in Syria, remember this is the same United States which is still deeply involved in two failed wars of aggression …
50 Years After “I Have a Dream” for a Chicago Man Exonerated of Murder
For Lee Antione Day, and the 1,195 other former US prisoners who have been exonerated, lasting justice is far from reality.