Politics
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Chicago Veterans Stand Guard Over Schoolkids
NPR reports that the Chicago public school system will spend nearly $5 million this year on contracts with community groups and other nonprofits, in an innovative approach to keeping kids safe in some of Chicago’s most dangerous and gang-saturated neighborhoods. The city’s Safe Passage works with an organization called No Veteran Left Behind to…
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'Virginity Tests': Female Detainees in Egypt Forced to Submit to Horrid Practice
Lauren Frayer of AOL News is reporting that disturbing details are emerging about the treatment of some young female protesters briefly detained by Egyptian soldiers. At least 18 women were captured and held in military detention after army officers violently cleared Cairo’s Tahrir Square on March 9, nearly a month after pro-democracy protesters ousted President…
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Why No One Likes Obama's Libya War
With all the flak Obama was taking a week ago for his go-slow approach on Libya — and all the phony bouquets for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s handling of the crisis — you might have been tempted to think that she was the one who had green-lighted missile strikes on Muammar Qaddafi, and Obama…
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How Racism Tainted Women's Fight to Vote
“I am in Great Britain today because I believe that the silent indifference with which she has received the charge that human beings are burned alive in Christian Anglo-Saxon communities is born of ignorance of the true situation. America cannot and will not ignore the voice of a nation that is her superior in civilization.”…
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Obama Cuts Latin America Trip Short
CNN International is reporting that President Barack Obama is cutting his Latin America trip short by a few hours to tend to the ongoing situation in Libya. The president was scheduled to depart San Salvador for Andrews Air Force Base at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after visiting San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral to see a famous tomb…
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Donald Payne on Libya: Far From a Slam Dunk
In the days since President Barack Obama authorized U.S. military strikes in Libya, there has been a barrage of commentary on whether he should have made the conflict our problem. Supporters agree with the president that America could not stand idly by as Col. Muammar Qaddafi waged violence against citizens — a situation that they…
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VIDEO: Has Qaddafi's Son Been Killed?
The Huffington Post is reporting that ABC News’ Diane Sawyer spoke with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this afternoon about the situation in Libya: According to Clinton, there are unconfirmed reports that at least one of Gaddafi’s sons has been killed. She says that Gaddafi’s behavior is unpredictable. “Some of it is theater. Some of…
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Michelle Obama's Garden Book: Part of a Campaign to Bully Fat Kids?
The first lady is going to become an author. She’s writing a book about the White House garden and the benefits of healthy eating. The book will complement her Let’s Move Campaign, since the garden has served as the backdrop of her efforts through the program to curb childhood obesity and encourage healthier eating habits. But…