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Donald Trump

December 8 - The National Security Implications of Trump's Bigotry; The Impact of Trump's Hate Speech on American Muslims; A Right Wing Challenge to the One Person One Vote Core of American Democracy

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October 28 - Trump Plays the Sectarian Card; US and Chinese Brinkmanship; New Dietary Guidelines Will Ignore WHO Cancer Warning About Meat Consumption

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October 6 - Will Corporate Criminals Finally Go To Jail?; Donald Trump as the Republican Presidential Nominee; The Outgoing Secretary of Education's Legacy

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September 21 - Russia and Israel Agree to Avoid Military Clashes in Syria; UK Prime Minister David Cameron's Alleged Porcine Proclivities; Walker Out, Fiorina Up, and Trump Still Ahead

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September 20 - Russia Rescues Assad While the US Spends $500 Million on 5 Rebels; Will the Pope Go Beyond Rhetoric and Implement Change?; Candidates Pander to the Religious Right

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September 17 - The Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged; Ignorance and Belligerence on Display in Foreign Policy Debate; Winners and Losers in the GOP Presidential Debate

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September 13 - The Erasure of History in Mecca's Building Boom; Socialism Now Heading in Britain's Labour Party; Is Trump's Racism, Nativism and Misogyny Good for America?

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September 9 - Trump and the Tea Party Fizzle; Putin Ups the Ante in Syria; Queen Elizabeth's Reign Surpasses Her Great-Great-Grandmother's

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September 6 - Populism on the Left and Right in the Presidential Primaries; Elections in Guatemala; Putin's New Play in Syria

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August 26 - "Why Trump Could Win the GOP Nomination";Behind the Buzz About Biden's Run for the Presidency; What is Behind the Riots in India?

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