Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Has Died

NEW YORK (AP)Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in Beloved, Song of Solomon and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, …
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Wave of House GOP Retirements Crests in Texas

House Republicans are in the midst of a wave of retirements, and it appears to be cresting in Texas. Rep. Kenny Marchant on Monday became the fourth Texas Republican in less than two weeks to announce plans to retire, a move that Democrats welcomed as validat…
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In wake of El Paso shooting, Obama calls on country to reject words ‘of any of our leaders’ that feed fear and hatred

Former president Barack Obama called on the country Monday to reject words coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feed fear and hatred and normalize racist sentiments, a tacit rebuke of President Trump in the wake of the Texas and Ohio shootings.…
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Opinion | No, Mr. Trump. Guns are the reason for mass shootings.

FOR A moment on Monday, President Trump offered a teasing hope that he would jolt the Republican Party into easing its roadblock on even the most obvious and popular gun-control measures. Following a grisly weekend of mass shootings, Mr. Trump tweeted in favo…
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Opinion | Trump’s speech was like a hostage video

The president called the city Toledo. The city where, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, a shooter with an assault-style rifle gunned down nine people before getting killed by police. Nine people, who seconds earlier were spending a Saturday night with frie…
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Opinion | Trump has proved himself incapable of changing

Given what a narcissist our president is, you wouldnt think he would find it so hard to look in a mirror. It tells you how low our expectations have sunk for Donald Trump that when he addressed the nation Monday in the wake of the horrors that occurred over …
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Opinion | John Cornyn is choosing Trump over Texas

The Texas Tribune reports on state Republicans willingness or lack thereof to explain the connection between the slaughter of 22 people in El Paso and the white nationalism spouted by the suspected murderer. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, whose fathe…
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Opinion | Politicians keep ignoring Native American voters. It’s a huge mistake.

Joshua Adams is a writer and assistant professor of media and communications at Salem State University. Though Democrats are vying fiercely to get onto the stage for the next round of primary debates, most have been slow to RSVP to an invitation that has bee…
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