In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., last month and just before Vice President Joe Biden presented a list of proposals to President Obama this week that includes banning assault…
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We’ve seen and heard this story before. We know the beginning, the middle and the end. We have heard the same lines so many times that we can even recite certain passages of the story,…
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Much has been said and written in favor and in opposition of gun control since the Sandy Hook tragedy unfolded. The heinous crime has cracked the half-century-long gun debate wide open, bringing the disclosures from…
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President Barrack Obama should be commended for keeping his word to take bold, swift and comprehensive action on gun violence. Obama on Wednesday launched the most sweeping effort to curb U.S. gun violence in nearly…
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A few years ago, Harvard University startled the academic world and many of the rest of us by offering what many would call a form of class-based affirmative action. Esentially, the elite university offered a…
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“We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a partnership that includes government, the private sector and the nation’s non-profit community.” -- November 7 National Urban League letter to…
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