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A neo-Nazi group turned up at the state Capitol and a historic site in Little Rock, and grabbed some attention, but did no ...

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War resulted in more territory for the new American empire, but the US government started it under false pretenses. A young ...

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Ukraine’s present struggle is rooted in five centuries of shifting borders and fallen empires. As negotiations loom, leaders must decide how much of Ukrainian land they are willing to bargain away ...

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America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired after encouraging the private sector.

The Trump administration’s undeclared war on what it calls “narco-terrorists” in Latin America opens an aggressive new chapter in US history and reignites the War on Drugs.

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, […] The post ...