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The manufactured Benghazi scandal is a perfect storm for a Republican Party wherein racism and sexism are synonymous with contemporary conservatism.

Apprehensions at the border -- a commonly used indicator of security -- are at the lowest they have been since 1970.

Looking at the Pentagon report, it’s hard to blame all that man-on-man rape on feminism.

It took only 40 metric tons of gold to panic gold markets. There are 170,000 metric tons of investment gold in the entire world.

A little known case against the world's biggest buyout shops is heading to trial and the outcome could cost the world's most elite financiers billions.

At the end of this five-year process, no evidence was found to substantiate the accusation that NIAC was lobbying for the Iranian regime.

There is nothing surprising about the figure of the pirate reappearing in a world like this or maintaining its ambivalence between freedom and barbarity.

If those on the white left are willing to allow Melissa Harris-Perry to besmirch them as racist, they should at least force her to make an actual case that withstands criticism.

Last week, Republicans introduced the Ammunition Management for More Obtainability (AMMO) Act.

This phenomenon he refers to as the “code” is a product of hyper-masculinity, and there is nothing particularly “black” about it.

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