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Clarence Thomas says people are too sensitive about race nowadays

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House Republicans hold hearing to expose the EPA's "secret science"

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House passes bill to lift the debt ceiling

Microsoft's Bing makes a huge Chinese censorship goof

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GOP's demented 2015 threat: Why it could still hold the economy hostage

Robert Reich: America has forgotten its 3 biggest economic lessons

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The world's 19 most imaginative insults

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Bernie Kerik's jailhouse epiphany: Giuliani's ex-NYPD boss on how he discovered prison reform

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Chris Christie update: Governor defends inequality and George W. Bush

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Michael Sam's father is proud, but struggling to accept his son's sexuality

"Historic" ice storm descends on Atlanta, and the city is definitely ready this time

Texas could be the next deep red state to have its marriage equality ban struck down

Yet another coal industry spill is destroying West Virginia's water

Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage to reject bill increasing access to lifesaving drug

"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus had a "date" with V.P. Joe Biden

Sochi environmental activist sent to prison for 3 years

Michael Sam presents NFL's real manhood test: Is it as mature as college football?

GOP adviser Nicolle Wallace goes off on Chuck Todd for refusing to praise Chris Christie

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Elizabeth Warren vs. the neoliberals: The battle over Americans’ retirement security

The Tea Party wants to fire John Boehner over the debt ceiling vote

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Another woman speaks out over Bill Cosby sexual abuse allegations

Rand Paul's bizarre poverty fantasy: Why he's wrong about poor women and marriage