mprnews.org Article Reprint President Barack Obama will seek more than $2 billion to respond to the flood of immigrants illegally entering the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas and ask for new
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Federal judge upholds Colorado gun laws, dismisses lawsuit
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal judge upheld gun laws on Thursday introduced by Colorado in the wake of deadly shooting rampages there and in Connecticut, dismissing a lawsuit brought by sheriffs, gun shops, outfitters and
Read moreCity Hall Rapper Fixes Potholes, Kills Rats and Geeks Out on Infrastructure
By Mark Konkol Article Reprint [CHICAGO THE LOOP] — The most important person at City Hall is an opera-singing rapper — and, thank goodness, it’s not Mayor Emanuel.
Read moreCentral Park Five Settlement: Would you sit in Jail for a Million Dollars a Year?
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Last Thursday an settlement was reached in the wrongful conviction case of five men accused of raping a Central Park jogger in 1989. Forty million dollars was rewarded to the
Read moreRep. Issa Expects ‘Long Night’ Questioning IRS Commissioner
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com By Wanda Carruthers Article Reprint Rep. Darrell Issa, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, said he expects a long night Monday, as the committee questions IRS Commissioner
Read moreSecret trade agreement covering 68 percent of world services published by WikiLeaks
endthelie.com Article Reprint The text of a 19-page, international trade agreement being drafted in secret was published by WikiLeaks on Thursday as the transparency group’s editor commemorated his two-year anniversary confined to the Ecuadorian Embassy
Read moreThe Case for Reparations (Audio)
hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
Read moreWhat Lies Beneath
By Karla Zabludovsky Article Reprint Gussie Maccracken, a paleontology intern, sits down on the sloping hill to dust off rocks with a small paintbrush, her back turned to the giant container ships making their way
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