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What immigration reform could mean for American workers, and why AFL-CIO is embracing it.. ... American jobs Depression — and how to get out of it.. Why Republican war on workers rights undermines American economy.. ..

the moral idiocy of linguistic segregation

The motion to be debated was “The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro,” which reminds us how stale the New York Times’ “1619 Project” is. ... And it divides Americans by stoking racial resentment and white guilt, all for a mess of political pottage. . ..

a dead caliph and the eternal jihad

To recap, for years, Americans were repeatedly told that al-Qaeda was suffering “devastating blows”; that the killing of individual jihadis were “major watersheds in the war”; that “the end of the war on terror” occurred in 2011, when bin Laden died (“it’s time to move on,”..

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the kurds were essential to finding the leader of the islamic state.

He decided to withdraw U.S troops from Syria, leaving Kurds suddenly vulnerable to invasion by Turkey and feeling stung by American betrayal, and throwing al-Baghdadi into turmoil as Kurds suspended their co-operation with United States to rush off and defend their land... The dissolution of..

allies of convenience: the politics of betrayal

White Eyes fought the British bravely alongside with the Americans. Strangely, news broke out that he died against the British in the Ohio campaign. However, it was found out later that he was killed by the Americans. Hence began the US foreign policy norm “allies of convenience”. . ..

importing middle east terrorism

One result of Obama's Libya intervention was the Benghazi massacre of four Americans. . ... Consider the fact that Americans and others fighting for the PKK in Syria produced a film, 'We Need to Take Guns,' about their effort. ..

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