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Insanity Extends Beyond the Shooters
A CBS poll revealed about 85 percent of all Americans, including gun owners, support federal legislation to require thorough background checks on all persons planning to buy a gun.
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Piketty in Elysium
If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.
Realistic Solution to End Voter Lines and Intimidation
The US Supreme Court decision that gutted much of the enforcement power of the Voting Rights Act opened up a Pandora's box of Republican energy to hinder people's ability …
FiveThirtyEight Gets it Wrong on Venezuela
Nate Silver, who became famous for his use of polling data to accurately project US elections, launched a new blog u2013 FiveThirtyEight.com last month. It's been off to …
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With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance To Patients, Not Profits
It's pretty unusual for two-thirds of a group of doctors to agree on something as controversial as a single-payer health care system.
John Kerry Doubles Down on Venezuela, Despite Being Alone
John Kerry's rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on u2013 even at the barricades.
Witnessing Democracy in Soyapongo, El Salvador
The grassroots organization CISPES, has a singular mission: supporting the Salvadoran people's struggle for self-determination and social and economic justice.
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Eugene Robinson | Gridlock’s Growing Victims
In an election year, there are always winners and losers. Rarely, however, are there so many victims.
Washington’s Military Aid to Israel: Fake Peace Process, Real War Process
We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid.
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For America, Denial Is a River in Iraq
Americans don't know much about geography.