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Things You May Not Know About Ted Cruz close story-meta-footer close story-meta Ted Cruz on Monday morning announced his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Here are some things to know about the Texas senator. Photo Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, shook hands and took pictures with people after his speech at Liberty…
AD ads_sharebox_260x60 American comedian, civil rights activist and writer Dick Gregory weighed in on the use of the N-word. (Photo by Unique Nicole/FilmMagic) Entry Text When it comes to the use of the N-word, Dick Gregory is no stranger to explaining his candid thoughts on the issue. The legendary civil rights activist and comedian, who…
Claims that climate science is a hoax, that human action is not a factor: these are not just positions in a normal debate. They are ways of saying — saying to the press — hey, the evidence doesn’t matter. In October of last year, the New York Times ran an in-house interview with its own…
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What frustrates Hanna Newberg about her life right now isn’t just that she’s working as a waitress at a chain restaurant or renting a small apartment in western Massachusetts. The problem, Newberg says, is that she did everything she was told she was supposed to do — went to college, went to graduate school —…
Tayser Abuhamdeh doesn’t have what most people would call an exciting job. He works behind the counter at a deli in Brooklyn, a small shop that does a brisk business in snacks, coffee, and cigarettes. In June of last year, on a whim and mostly out of boredom, Abuhamdeh mounted his phone next to the…
Activists have been flying balloons with flyers over the border of the two countries for years. South Korean activists postpone dropping 10,000 DVDs of ‘The Interview’ in North Korea | Circa News.
WASHINGTON — It was a grueling hearing. A month after the September 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, House Republicans grilled a top State Department official about security lapses at the outpost. Later that day, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tapped out an email to a close adviser: “Did…
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Getting a national political Republican campaign up and running is hard, guys. Just ask Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who’s declaring his candidacy today. There are just tons of little details you need to anticipate, like filing all the paperwork for an exploratory committee, setting up a PAC, asking Sheldon Adelson’s handlers if he prefers that…