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This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) transited through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the United Nations, as a prelude to her state visit to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Caribbean. While meeting with the Permanent Representatives to
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They did not like the way the priest was changing their parish. To be clear, the priest did nothing immoral or illegal. He was bringing Catholic worship to a Catholic church. For that, he was told he "abused" those in the church.
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"What if Washington stood up for the little guys (and gals) for a change?" asks the politician, proposing to "make it harder for the big banks and crooked CEOs to play games with our economy." "What if we could close the loopholes that allow the
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To call the situation in Hong Kong tense is akin to calling the Democratic Party's internal politics chaotic. Pro-democracy demonstrations are now in their fifth month and show no sign of letting up. Demonstrators shut down the city's international airport (one of the busiest in the
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In her remarks to the National Education Association annual assembly in early July, NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia told the gathering that "we believe that support for public education and public services should never be partisan." Maybe the support is supposed to be neutral.
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom By David W. Blight Simon & Schuster October 2018 Frederick Douglass was the Martin Luther King Jr. of the 19th century. Former slave, author, orator, and statesman, Douglass was the principal black figure in the fight to abolish slavery. Over his long career, he became
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Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon in 1971 and described African ambassadors at the United Nations as "monkeys" who were "still uncomfortable wearing shoes," The Atlantic magazine reported recently, calling it evidence of "Reagan's racism." Anyone who refers to humans as animals
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At the Democratic presidential debates this week and as the campaign heats up in the months ahead, listen for the word "suck." Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has been using it frequently in connection with health care. In the first round of debates she said, "the insurance
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