House of Representatives
Profiles in Courage (South Carolina edition)
During Wednesday’s highly controversial, contentious, and emotional debate in the South Carolina House of Representatives about whether to remove the Confederate flag from the ...
President Obama Decries Republicans’ Proposed Tax Cuts For Wealthy
President Obama [The Economy] REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON MIDDLE-CLASS ECONOMICS Lawson State Community College Birmingham, Alabama It’s also great to be with students ...
Battling ISIS: In Mid-East My Enemy’s Enemy Is Not My Friend
ISIS on rampage in Iraq [Commentary] Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once observed, “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending ...
Recalling 9/11: Too Much Government Secrecy Can Become Life-And-Death Matter
9/11 Commission report — better sharing of information may have prevented attack [Commentary] One of the fundamental lessons of the 9/11 tragedy was that ...
For A Democracy Dogged Journalism Is A Blessing, Not A Curse
Edward Snowden [This Democracy] Let’s start with the obvious: A democracy needs intelligence agencies. It needs to know what’s happening in the world — ...
Deportations And Broken Families: Need Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now
Rep Boehner: No action on immigration reform [The Children’s Corner] Nine-year-old Jaime Gordillo Villa was born in the United States and is a good ...
