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Special election today in Kansas shakes up GOP
April 11, 2017If Democrat James Thompson beats Republican Ron Estes it will be “a shot heard round the world,” a thumbs down on the Trump agenda.
Read more“The best antidote to bad history is good history”
April 11, 2017Leading U.S. historian Eric Foner explains why his books run counter to the depiction of the U.S. past as cause for relentless celebration.
Read more“We’ve got each other’s back”: San Jose residents march for immigrants
April 11, 2017Leaders of faith communities spoke, pledging their active support for immigrants and their commitment to fighting Trump’s anti-immigrant policies.
Read moreRefugee babies kept behind bars in Texas
April 10, 2017There’s money to be made by keeping them locked up. It didn’t start with Trump, but his administration is continuing and beefing up the practice.
Read moreTrump: Stop bombing Syria, stop the deadly war for oil
April 7, 2017For nearly a century powerful oil companies based in the U.S. and other Western countries have waged a continual struggle to maintain control over the vast energy resources of the Middle East. What Donald Trump did...
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