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The Dream That Came True
Washington - He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he'd …
Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Students take a break between class at Locke High School, in Los Angeles, May 14, 2010. (Photo: Michal Czerwonka / The New York Times) “Every …
How Did 15-Year-Old Jakadrien Turner, a US Citizen, Get Deported?
The troubling case of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen’s wrongful deportation has raised alarm about what immigration agents have long known is a serious problem: increased enforcement has led to …
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Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul: Get Ready for NATO in May
NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Eric Wilson / Flickr) Kabul - NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 this year in …
Mining Ban: Good for the Grand Canyon, but Not for El Salvador?
With patriotic fanfare, the Obama administration announced this week that it would ban new uranium mining projects around the Grand Canyon. At a ceremony at the National Geographic Society …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
A foreclosed home in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created …
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Haitian Farmers Undermined by Food Aid
(Photo: uusc4all / Flickr) In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited U.S. …
Few Keystone XL Jobs Would Go to Residents on Pipeline Route
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been publicized as a major jobs creator, but recent unemployment figures indicate that few of those jobs will go to people who live …
The Apocalyptics
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (Photo: John W. Adkisson / The New York Times) They’re like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some …
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Bomb Kills Dozens in Southern Iraq
Baghdad - Insurgents mounted another vicious attack against Iraq’s Shiites on Saturday, as an explosion ripped through a group of pilgrims in the southern city of Basra who were …