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There is a theory that "anyone" who talks for a living will eventually say something homophobic/racist/sexist.
A family farm, a drought, and difficult choices
An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty.
Harriet Beecher Stowe describes her encounter with the legendary African American activist.
Tracking the fragile progress of one urban school
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There is a theory that "anyone" who talks for a living will eventually say something homophobic/racist/sexist.
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Famous first L. Douglas Wilder was supposed to be putting together a powerhouse slavery museum in Virginia. It looks like no such museum is in the offing
Using Twitter and Facebook, educators weigh in on why they chose teaching as a profession
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Two newspapers focus on the problems one of those papers has
A cartoon
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How the monument was built, and how one obstructionist legislator tried to stop it
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Ten states are now exempt from many No Child Left Behind requirements. But this temporary fix may distract Congress from creating long-term solutions.
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The question of whether employees in church-affiliated organizations should receive contraceptive benefits is not a moral issue. It's a civil rights issue.
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Capital cases are a mess because we are too human to conduct them properly, and too immodest to concede mistakes.
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An excerpt from a Marcus Brauchli memo to employees of the ever-shrinking Washington Post, which just announced a new round of buyouts
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They chain themselves to trees and sabotage bulldozers. But behind their united front, many eco-warriors have very personal -- and conflicting -- reasons for devoting their lives to the cause.
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A documentary about the national soap box derby of 1936, sponsored by an assortment of newspapers and General Motors, in Akron, Ohio
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After two teachers were arrested for molesting students, the school district imposed dramatic measures -- but the public's trust may already be shattered.
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A new report finds that the threat of homegrown terrorism is dropping, a trend that could be reversed by attacking another country.
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