Race and Politics

Issue Of The Week LIV: The Republican Party In Disagreement About What To Do To Win Elections As America Becomes More of A Nation Of Minorities — Where No One Group Is Large Enough To Determine The Outcome

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some U.S. Republican leaders on Wednesday pushed back against a new comeback plan after a poor showing in last year's elections, saying the party shouldn't give up its conservative stance on sensitive but core issues like immigration and gay marriage.

The opposition party has been in a fever of self-inspection since President Barack Obama easily won re-election over a Republican candidate whose tough talk about deportation repelled many Hispanic voters.

Highlighting Racism In Cuba Brings Punishment

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Russell Roberts

Highlighting racism In Cuba brings punishment.

Often the people bold enough to point out racist aspects in our society are punished and this almost certainly seems to be the case with a leading Cuban official who recently decried the “blatant racism” on the island in an opinion piece published in the March 23, 2013 edition of the New York Times.

Did Margaret Thatcher Support Or Denounce Apartheid?

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Did Margaret Thatcher support or denounce Apartheid?

Was Margaret Thatcher a supporter of Apartheid? How will history judge her actions or inactions in one long and tyrannical system of white-minority rule in Africa?

Bi-partisan Immigration Bill Expected From U.S. Senate

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A bi-partisan immigration bill is expected to emerge from the U.S. Senate. A vigorous debate over the flawed U.S. immigration system begins in earnest this week as senators finalize a bipartisan bill to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country, and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally.

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