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Oct 18 2014
News
Kerry sends out call to arms on the Ebola crisis
Using some of the most dramatic language yet by a U.S. official, Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called on world leaders to contribute far more to the international Ebola response. Kerry warned that, absent a concerted effort by the international community, "Ebola has the potential to become a scourge like HIV or polio that we will end up fighting -- all of us -- for decades."
CNN (Online News)
Mar 21 2016
News
Obama Kicks Off Historic Cuba Visit
President Barack Obama arrived to small but cheering crowds on Sunday at the start of a historic visit to Cuba that opened a new chapter in U.S. engagement with the island’s Communist government after decades of hostility between the former Cold War foes.
HuffPost
Apr 23 2014
News
Rand Paul Backs Work Visas for Illegal Immigrants
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) believes the country's illegal immigrants should be given work visas and be allowed to remain in the United States. The potential 2016 presidential contender spoke at the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago on Tuesday and told David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's former top adviser who now heads the institute, that he did not vote for the Senate's
Breitbart News
Jun 07 2012
News
John Boehner May Press For 6-Month Highway Bill
House Speaker John Boehner says he may press for a six-month extension of highway and transit programs if the House and Senate fail to reach a deal by June 30.
Boehner told reporters Thursday he is not interested in a 30-day or so extension for more talks this summer. He says it's better to move beyond the highly politicized, pre-election atmosphere in Washington.
HuffPost
Jul 08 2016
Opinion
OPINION: What White America Fails to See
It is clear that you, white America, will never understand us. We are a nation of nearly 40 million black souls inside a nation of more than 320 million people. We don’t all think the same, feel the same, love, learn, live or even die the same.
New York Times (News)
Jun 04 2012
News
Bill would ban therapies to ‘change’ young gays
The California state Senate has passed a bill that supporters say could be the first in the nation to ban a form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight. “The entire medical community is opposed to these phony therapies, California state Sen. Ted W. Lieu said after his groundbreaking bill on “sexual-orientation change efforts passed May 30 by a 23-13 vote.
Washington Times
Apr 06 2015
News
White House: Democrats Criticizing Iran Deal Are "Principled" But Republicans Are Trying to Sabatoge
As negotiations between the United States and Iran continue over the terror regime's nuclear program, the White House is arguing any criticism about Congress not being involved in negotiations is coming from Republicans with political motives.
But a closer look at members of Congress criticizing the White House deal with the Iranians shows it isn't just Republicans who are concerned
Townhall
May 19 2017
News
Research: Political Polarization Is Changing How Americans Work and Shop
After the bruising and contentious 2016 U.S. presidential election, it’s not surprising that Americans’ evaluations of members of the opposite political party have reached an all-time low. According to data from the Pew Research Center, 45% of Republicans and 41% of Democrats think the other party is so dangerous that it is a threat to the health of the nation. This animus has spilled over
Harvard Business School
Jul 27 2014
News
Women's work: The GOP's glass ceiling
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison knew her window to run for president had closed. That moment passed when then-Gov. George W. Bush, a fellow Texas Republican, ran for and won the presidency in 2000 and served two terms, the lawmaker told CNN. She was a senator with aspirations to a higher office who was also in the process of adopting two children. "The timing wasn't right for me. Even if he
CNN (Online News)
Apr 04 2015
News
The Surprising Voting Rights Issue Both Democrats and Republicans Support
When it comes to restoring the landmark Voting Rights Act, Republican lawmakers don't seem to want anything to do with it.
The Supreme Court gutted a key portion of the law in 2013 and told Congress to provide a fix. But only a handful of Republicans support a House bill that would do so by specifying which states and localities with a history of minority voter suppression require extra
HuffPost