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Missouri Senate Committee Votes To Jail Federal Agents Who Enforce Gun Laws

The Missouri Senate’s General Laws Committee voted 5-1 last week in favor of a bill that purports to make it a crime for federal law enforcement agents to enforce the nation’s gun laws. Under the...

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This Is The Most Important Reform Ferguson Can Enact To Give Its Black...

If you compared the racial makeup of Ferguson, Missouri’s population as a whole to that of its government, it would be easy to mistake the city for an enclave of Jim Crow. Although nearly 70 percent...

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Police Officer Threatens To Shoot Reporter Live-Streaming Protests In Ferguson

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Ferguson on Sunday night. The situation quickly spiraled out of control when police fired tear gas into the crowd well before the midnight curfew. It’s...

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The Glaring Falsehood That Could Steal Health Care Away From Millions Of...

This guy did not do what Obamacare’s opponents say he did. A lawsuit that will cause the structure of Obamacare to “crumble,” according to a state attorney general who is one of the lawsuit’s leading...

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The Enormous, Secretive Effort To Purge Thousands Of Minorities From 27...

In a story has grown all too common as an election draws near, election officials across the country are engaged in an ambitious effort to purge voters from state voter rolls. Moreover, voters from...

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GOP Leaders Back Lawmaker Who Spoke At White Supremacist Event

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA)                     (Credit: AP) House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), the #3 Republican in the U.S. House, has Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) “full...

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Arkansas Lawmakers Vote To Keep Holiday Celebrating Confederate General — On...

Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U. S. Army The state of Arkansas has a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who was one of the most important...

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The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker . (Photo/Gage Skidmore via Flickr) A petition asking the Supreme Court to consider the fate of Wisconsin’s voter ID law begins with a powerful quote: “There is no right more...

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Conservative Judges Rule Mike Pence Refugee Law Unlawful & Discriminatory

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence listens to a question during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Indianapolis. When Indiana Gov. (and GOP vice presidential nominee) Mike Pence learned which three...

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Missouri Senate Committee Votes To Jail Federal Agents Who Enforce Gun Laws

Former astronaut Mark Kelly fires a hunting rifle at a shooting range on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska, as Anders Gustafson spots bullet placement on the target. (AP Photo/Dan Joling) The...

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This Is The Most Important Reform Ferguson Can Enact To Give Its Black...

Helen Shaw talks to people during a rally outside Greater Grace Church, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, for Michael Brown Jr., who was killed by police, last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. If you compared the racial...

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Police Officer Threatens To Shoot Reporter Live-Streaming Protests In Ferguson

An explosive device deployed by police flies in the air as police and protesters clash Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white...

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The Glaring Falsehood That Could Steal Health Care Away From Millions Of...

This guy did not do what Obamacare’s opponents say he did. A lawsuit that will cause the structure of Obamacare to “crumble,” according to a state attorney general who is one of the lawsuit’s leading...

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The Enormous, Secretive Effort To Purge Thousands Of Minorities From 27...

Members of the Nashville Student Organizing Committee stage a silent protest in the gallery of the House chamber in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 24, 2014. The group opposes a state law that prevents...

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GOP Leaders Back Lawmaker Who Spoke At White Supremacist Event

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA)                     (Credit: AP) House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), the #3 Republican in the U.S. House, has Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) “full...

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Arkansas Lawmakers Vote To Keep Holiday Celebrating Confederate General — On...

Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U. S. Army The state of Arkansas has a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who was one of the most important...

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The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker . (Photo/Gage Skidmore via Flickr) A petition asking the Supreme Court to consider the fate of Wisconsin’s voter ID law begins with a powerful quote: “There is no right more...

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Conservative Judges Rule Mike Pence Refugee Law Unlawful & Discriminatory

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence listens to a question during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Indianapolis. When Indiana Gov. (and GOP vice presidential nominee) Mike Pence learned which three...

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