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A binational agency is working to transcend the immigration, trade and border wall battle between the two countries. Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:33 am CST The Rio Grande Forrest WilderIn early March, Ed Drusina and Roberto Fernando Salmón Castelo sat...
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Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the number two official in the Democratic National Committee and the first Muslim elected to Congress, stepped in it with the right wing this weekend after excerpts of a Friday speech he gave to a candidate training by t...
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The year’s first quarterly reports are in — and many Democratic congressional candidates are giving Republicans a run for their money. Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:03 am CST O’Rourke talks to cheerleaders from Roosevelt High School with his daughter M...
Southwest / Texas - 3 days ago
'Giant' was meant to confront certain ugly implications about Texas, chiefly that it is perpetually big, bigoted and booming. Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:52 am CST James Dean in Giant. Courtesy/FlickrIn 1956, America was ascendant, and Texas was Ameri...
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The PNC Foundation today announced a $100,000 grant to support Momentous Institute in designing, constructing and implementing a Nature Explore™ Outdoor Classroom – a high-quality early childhood education facility for outdoor exploration, play and...
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Barbara Bush didn’t hesitate to tell people that her trademark pearl necklaces were fake. Americans liked that everything else about the snowy-haired first lady was real. The wife of the nation’s 41st president and mother of the 43rd brought a pla...
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People tend to think the younger generation is more progressive when it comes to social issues. However, a new poll bucks that idea, at least when it comes to the Black community. Fractl conducted a poll with more than 1,200 Americans about a ra...
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The disconnect between prison life inmates and getting them reconnected to the real world has been a struggle for years. Many prisoners who get released often struggle to find jobs and take care of themselves. However, Atlanta’s new mayor has made...
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President Donald Trumps’ embrace of White supremacists and his racially hateful rhetoric has ignited a wave of racial bullying in schools across the nation. School districts in Utah, a state where African-Americans accounted for just 1.4 percent o...
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The Philadelphia 76ers announced Monday that team legend Hal Greer died at the age of 81. “The Philadelphia 76ers organization mourns the passing of Hal Greer, an NBA champion, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and team legend,” the 76ers...
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Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. An inmate who witnessed the violence told Th...
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Demonstrators occupy the Starbucks that has become the center of protests Monday, April 16, 2018, in Philadelphia. The CEO of Starbucks arrived in Philadelphia hoping to meet with two black men who were arrested when the coffee chain's employees c...
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“A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the age of 92,” reads a statement from the office of former President George H.W...