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3 views on whether US still needs affirmative action
This November, voters in Oklahoma will consider a ballot measure banning affirmative action in public-sector hiring. And in October, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas case – centered on the use of affirmative action in public-university admissions. As the second installment in our One Minute Debate series for election 2012, three writers give their brief take on whether the United States still needs affirmative action.
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Alabama immigration law faces legal challenge: Can it survive?
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Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner: 5 of his strange ideas
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Five ways New Orleans is still struggling after Katrina
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Responding with prayer to the rise of militias
A Christian Science perspective.
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Obama, Congress, health care, and taxes: How angry does Washington make you?
Rage about Obama, Congress, health care, and taxes is on the rise, but hatred threatens our core American principles.
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Could the Hutaree militia have spawned a Timothy McVeigh?
One of the prosecutors who helped convict Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, says militias like the Hutaree are most dangerous when they create lone wolf terrorists.
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Hutaree: Why is the Midwest a hotbed of militia activity?
Michigan is second only to Texas in the number of 'patriot' groups, including militias like the Hutaree. It has a long tradition of spawning antigovernment groups.
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Who is David Brian Stone, leader of the Hutaree militia?
A picture of Hutaree militia leader David Brian Stone is slowly emerging. His interest in guns and religion gradually spiraled out of control, reports suggest, leading to his arrest on charges of conspiring to kill police officers and oppose the US government by force.
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Hutaree militia arrests point to tripling of militias since 2008
Federal authorities arrested nine members of the Hutaree militia, a fringe Christian group in Michigan, this weekend. The indictment alleges that the group was planning to kill law-enforcement officers as part of a plan to 'levy war' on the United States.
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Political extremism: Not so easy to categorize
Both sides in the political debate have tried to label the IRS suicide pilot and the Pentagon shooter. But the truth here is way beyond such facile political analysis.
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John Patrick Bedell: Antigovernment extremism behind shooting?
John Patrick Bedell, the gunman identified by authorities in the Pentagon shooting, harbored intense antigovernment feelings. But where he fell on the political spectrum – right wing vs. left wing – is not only unclear, but it also may not be what's germane in the case.
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Joe Stack IRS attack: All-American rage?
Fury over taxation and the IRS is more common – and honorable – in the US than elsewhere. That may help explain why some empathize with Joe Stack.
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Joe Stack IRS attack: 'hero' debate heats up
Joe Stack, who attacked the IRS by flying his plane into its offices in Austin, Texas, is being lauded as a 'hero' in antigovernment circles. The son of the man he killed strongly disagrees.
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Joe Stack IRS attack and the growth of the tax resistance movement
Federal tax authorities spend a lot of time trying to convince Americans like IRS attacker Joe Stack that paying taxes is part of one’s civic duty. But resistance – though not violence – is downright American, say tax protesters like Wesley Snipes.
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Census worker's death: end of another conspiracy theory
Census worker Bill Sparkman's death in September set off a rush of speculation and commentary about right-wing extremism. On Tuesday, police ruled the death a suicide.
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Lou Dobbs takes flak from many directions. He fires back too.
Lou Dobbs is a controversial CNN broadcaster obsessed with the dangers of immigration. Now someone may have taken a potshot at his house. He blames his critics.
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Mississippi mandates civil rights classes in schools
All students will study the nation's racial troubles and progress in US history courses.
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Are we just grumpy, or have politics gotten dangerous?
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Report: militia activity on the rise in US
The Southern Poverty Law Center warns that US antigovernment militias are gaining traction.
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Civil rights group warns of neo-Nazis in the US military
Their numbers are small, but unit morale, cohesion, and discipline could be harmed.
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Helping put an end to hate crimes
A Christian Science perspective.
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Hate speech and the mainstreaming of extremism
The First Amendment protects the media or web messenger, but the message can have murderous consequences.
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Put a stop to hatred
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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What Obama Means
A cultural survey of the history of race relations in the U.S.
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In new tactic, L.A. goes after gangs' money
The city won $5 million in cash damages against a gang in the first verdict under a new law.
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After Obama's win, white backlash festers in US
The election of a black president triggered at least 200 hate-related incidents, a watchdog group finds.
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Guest workers win in court over low pay
Increased rights from recent rulings in San Francisco and Atlanta, Georgia, may force a rethinking of this immigration program.
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Battle over Confederate flag hits highways
Huge displays along interstates raise old debates over the history of war and slavery.
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