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No Human Being Is Illegal
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Department of Homeland Security's new Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), flies past the Empire State Building in New York during …
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The Problem With Affirmative Action
(Photo: _Davo_) Henry Louis Gates Jr., the famed African-American literary scholar and director of the Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, recently reflected the following in an …
How to Deal With Iran’s Influence in Iraq
Iraqi border guards look out from Shulha al-Alghwat border fort on the Iraq-Iran border on April 1, 2010. Training Iraqis to guard their border is one of the last …
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Deporting Mom and Dad
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The New Old Obama
Washington - For President Obama, these are the days of never hearing an encouraging word. Not since his own supporters were losing faith in his presidential campaign in the …
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Special Ops: The New Face of War
American and Iraqi Special Operations commandoes on a joint operation mission in search of two suspected car bombers in western Baghdad, June 22, 2011. (Photo: Joseph Sywenkyj / The …
Chile’s Student Rebels: Views From the Trenches
Protesters outside the University of Chiless main building, August 8. (Photo: Fernando Mandujano) Radio Toma, loosely translated as “Occupation Radio,” broadcasts non-stop information about the protests being …
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Downsizing Sprawlopolis: Flabby City, Fit City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (twice voted America's Most Livable City) shifted their property tax off buildings and onto land. (Photo: dougtone) The obese American is not just a person; …
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Better This World: the Imaginary Terrorists
“We had to absolutely prepare for a catastrophic terrorism incident,” says an FBI Special Agent involved in planning security for the 2008 Republican Convention, “and the planning ideology that …
Bipartisan “Super Committee” Turns to Cutting Deficit with “Extraordinary” Powers
The bipartisan “super committee” tasked with finding a way out of the U.S. debt crisis has been established, but what can we expect? On Thursday, House Democratic leader Nancy …