The Afghanistan quagmire: Time for an exit strategy
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Two weeks ago, President Obama announced that the US will draw down its troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 8,400, altering his original plan to reduce the number to 5,500.
Search Results for civil rights
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Mass murder is just a ‘mistake’ for empire
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There’s an old saying that someone who kills a man is a murderer but one who kills a million is a conqueror and killing them all makes you god.
Ken Plum: Don’t tread on me
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I have been seeing a different sign, “Don’t Tread on Me,” not on homes but on vehicle license plates.
UVA expert: Failed coup imperils Turkey’s relationship with the West
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The military coup in Turkey failed in the end, and now the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in the midst of a major crackdown.
Alon Ben-Meir: Turkey’s elected dictator
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Even before the failed military coup, Turkey’s President Erdogan governed like a dictator who had the last word on all state matters.
House passes African-American history bill
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The House passed a bipartisan bill that would recognize the resilience and contributions of African Americans to the United States since 1619.
An LGBTQ renunciation of state propaganda
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After I received the news of the shooting at a gay bar in Orlando, killing at least 50 people, several thoughts went through my mind.
Any self-respecting Supreme Court would have struck down the Texas abortion law
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I was asked at year’s end for my predictions for the coming year. One prediction I made was that the Court would strike down the Texas abortion law.
Court orders school board to let transgender student use boys bathroom
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A federal district court in Virginia today ordered the Gloucester County School Board to let Gavin Grimm use the same restrooms as other boys at his school.
Kaine: Why do we have to be bystanders to gun violence?
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During a more than 15-hour filibuster on the Senate floor, Sen. Tim Kaine added his voice to the renewed push for legislative action to combat gun violence.
