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Media
HuffPo ‘legal affairs’ expert says Constitution can’t be amended
A writer for The Huffington Post has come up with a novel rebuttal to Donald Trump and other Republicans who…
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Education
How do teachers feel about Obama’s effort to regulate suspensions of minority students? New poll has the answers
American teachers show significant opposition to an Obama administration effort that pressures schools to suspend and expel fewer black and Hispanic students.…
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Economy
Bernie’s $12 interns, and 8 other egregious examples of living wage hypocrisy
Experts and studies on both sides of the minimum wage debate have offered a long list of pros and cons when it comes to raising…
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Economy
What happens when a business raises its minimum wage to $70K? Find out here
Want proof that increasing the minimum wage can negatively impact business? Consider the case of Gravity Payments, whose CEO, Dan Price,…
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Education
New House bill would protect college students accused of campus rape
A trio of House Republicans have introduced a new bill that seeks to guarantee due process when college students are…
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Politics
America is losing its moral roots
For most of our history, political thought was rooted in values. But in recent years, emotion has replaced these roots.…
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Unyielding
Legal scholars: NYC action against Donald Trump violates his First Amendment rights
Civil liberty advocates are jumping all over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s order to “review” all of Donald…
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New black hashtag, #WeWillShootBack, urges retaliation: What could go wrong? (Video)
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter has given way to a new, more proactive meme promising — to paraphrase a memorable line by Sean Connery’s character…
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Law and Government
SCOTUS vindicates right to make crazy-sounding threats on the internet
The Supreme Court Monday ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania man who was convicted in federal court for statements he made on Facebook, holding…
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National Security
President Obama wants to renew Patriot Act, but what would (did) Senator Obama say?
President Obama is calling on the Senate to renew the Patriot Act, a program that allows the government to collect bulk data…
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Law and Government
Majority of Democrats favor criminalizing hate speech
A poll released Wednesday by the online pollster YouGov found that a plurality of Americans, as well as a majority of Democrats, support…
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Economy
Vatican paper: Ditch capitalism to stop global warming
Pope Francis is about to release his encyclical about global warming and is expected to advocate for cutting the fossil fuel use…
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Politics
The 9 things you need to know about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration law
The passage of Indiana’s religious freedom law has incited uproar from the left and an equally deafening response from the…
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Science and Technology
From the horse’s mouth: Woman raised by lesbian couple says gay marriage hurts kids
Who you gonna believe? Your lyin’ eyes or “Heather Has Two Mommies”? A woman raised by her mother and her mother’s lesbian…
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Social Issues
Black protesters target home, family of one of SAE students who led racist chant
Some might call it harassment. Protesters aligned with a Dallas-based group called Next Generation Action Network probably see it as payback. The…
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Education
California is now home to America’s first accredited Islamic college
Where else but California? The city of Berkeley, no less. There, a small college has become the country’s first accredited Muslim…
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Economy
U.C. Berkeley slammed over allegedly biased minimum wage report
A top researcher has called out University of California, Berkeley for allegedly releasing a biased research paper that served as…
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Economy
Big Labor opposes bill that would allow employers to reward hard work without unions’ blessing
Advocates for right-to-work policies are pushing a bill for reform of labor laws so that employers can reward employees without…
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Science and Technology
FDA intends to allow gay men to donate blood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday plans to remove the long-standing prohibition on blood donations from gay men. As…
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Education
Students stage ‘sh*t-in’ to call attention to importance of gender-inclusive bathrooms
Whether you call it the throne, the crapper, the loo, the potty, or by some pother name, the occasions for…
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Foreign Affairs
Dick Cheney predicts the mother of all terrorist attacks will hit U.S. by 2020
Appearing on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt’s radio show Tuesday, former vice president Dick Cheney made a dire prediction. When asked…
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Politics
Climate scientists suppressed research that disagreed with warming theory
Global warming proponents are quick to accuse those who are skeptical of their theory as ignoring a scientific consensus. According…
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