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Trump and football: The odd couple meet at the national college championship
January 9, 2018The big story here is not Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show—which was an excellent performance—but Donald Trump’s attendance at last night’s game.
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As Trump and Congress continue failing Puerto Rico, community steps up
January 9, 2018What about all the supposed federal aide that Congress sent? “It’s all talk…most of that money went to politicians’ buddies in the private sector."
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This week in history: Three new national legacy monuments
January 8, 2018Trump and his pro-corporate cabinet members are trying to severely shrink the acreage in national monuments.
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Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans
January 5, 2018Decoding the infant’s complete set of DNA let researchers estimate the timing of key events in the ancestral history of today’s Native Americans and indigenous peoples of Canada and Central and South America.
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This week in history: Indictments for conspiracy against draft laws
January 4, 2018It was the height of the Vietnam War and resistance to the war and the draft was widespread.
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