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Many of those who heard or saw Archbishop Desmond Tutu in the last few days may have recalled that in the October 5, 2007 letter to his students, faculty and staff, University of St.MORE »
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Ed Schultz, Fargo’s liberal talk radio host, ignited a political brushfire when he called John McCain a “warmonger” during a passionate warm-up of hundreds of Barack Obama’s enthused supporters at a fMORE »
With the state facing a projected $935 million deficit in the budget for the rest of the 2008-2009 biennium, disability advocates suspected that human services - and disability supports in particular MORE »
For more than 25 years, the Citizens League has pushed for market reform through meaningful competition and universal access in the delivery of medical care.
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