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5 Most Offensive Mascots in College Sports
It was such welcome news this week when a vote taken by a small portion of the student body took aim at the San Diego State University mascot.The goal of the vote is to "finally" retire the ...
10 Nov, 2017
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Elect Independents If You Want A New Approach to the Gun Debate
Where do we even begin after Las Vegas? The shooting was so calculatingly evil, so tragic for the victims, and so sad for our nation. And yet we have been here before: after Sandy Hook, after the Orla ...
06 Oct, 2017
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Wanna Grow Marijuana? A Few Lessons From Colorado
Although marijuana became legal in the state of Colorado, marijuana trafficking is not legal.Recently, more than 60 people were charged with illegally growing and distributing more than 4,000 pounds o ...
02 Oct, 2017
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9/11's Legacy: How It Changed America's War, Culture, and Law
On September 11th, the US remembers its fallen citizens, murdered in the worst terrorist attack since the Oklahoma City bombing.In unison, they #neverforget the 3,000 people who were murdered that day ...
18 Sep, 2017
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The Nitty Gritty: Why Our Health Care System Is Such a Mess
Our health care system is a disaster. You won’t find much disagreement with that statement — maybe just fingers pointing in different directions as to why.We’ve had endless debates on health care, and ...
05 Jul, 2017
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Texas Legislature Eliminates Straight-Ticket Voting
The Texas House approved a bill Saturday that eliminates straight-ticket voting, which allows voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates in a single ballot marking. Texas will lik ...
22 May, 2017
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Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha ...
04 May, 2017
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John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering
On HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver tackled an issue that many consider the most pressing threat to our democracy: gerrymandering. As he often does, Oliver explained the intricacies of this comp ...
12 Apr, 2017
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Will Left-Wing Terrorism Be The New Law Enforcement Crisis?
April 1995 put radicalized right-wing terrorism firmly in the minds of Americans and law enforcement, when Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At ...
29 Nov, 2016
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5 min read
Sanders-Backed 'Our Revolution' Scores Major Victories on Election Day
In August, just one month after the Democratic National Convention, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced the launch of Our Revolution, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping his progressiv ...
10 Nov, 2016
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