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Amherst - The New England states, can no longer afford to spend scarce resources on tax credits and other business giveaways. Instead, the region needs to focus its economic …

Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia. I drew on my personal life story to urge poor …

As citizens of the nation continue through the summer, distracting themselves from difficult truths by howling at the moon and one another, I spent this past weekend in Manhattan …

“It was a nice little town,” Maria explains as she sets the food on the table. Sitting down she continues, “a safe place to grow up.” Her eyes are …

Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office on Monday announced that it will close the country's 52 private security companies by year's end, a decision that could create …

As you encounter congressional candidates who are out vote-hunting, ask them a basic question: Will you promise to oppose any cuts to Social Security benefits, including increasing the retirement …

The reported success of the Obama-Netanyahu summit by the mainstream U.S. media overshadowed some recent important developments in the Middle East and the fears that the region is sinking …

The military has been trying to find the right way to provide better healthcare to women who serve, even introducing women-only clinics to provide additional support and access. Unfortunately, …

California Puts Same-Sex Marriages on Hold

Of the many lies George W. Bush told us about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some were larger but none worse than that told about the death of …