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In normal times, a presidential election in Taiwan is mainly about domestic issues, not relations with the People's Republic of China. But the election January 13 put unusual focus on those relations, pumped up by dire warnings from Beijing and baseless predictions from some politicians and military officers in the US that China will invade Taiwan in coming years.

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Ben Jealous 

In the wake of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass laid out the argument for why, as Americans, we should remain optimistic about our future and our ability to come together.

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Charlene Crowell 

This January 15, our nation again will observe the only national holiday designated as a day of service. The Martin Luther King, Jr. federal was first observed in 1986. But it took another 17 years for all 50 states to recognize the holiday.

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Stacy M. Brown 

The wealth and influence of a few Black Americans won’t mean anything to racists who, just like after the Civil War, seized all they could from Black people and will undoubtedly be positioned to do it again.

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Tom Hastings 

The countless stories of disenfranchised people around the world making a difference in their democracies--or even creating democracy where there had been none--can help motivate us when we feel like it's hopeless. People like Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Alice Paul, and so many more are still influential even though they've passed on.  

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Ben Jealous 

The story of the orcas and the salmon shows the interconnectivity of species in our natural ecosystems. It further illustrates the dire need to combat the extinction crisis and protect endangered species.

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We have launched a statewide task force in conjunction with the Florida General Baptist Convention, Inc., Reverend Dr. Carl Johnson, President, to demand that the governor of Florida and the State Department of Education, teach Black history accurately, factually and forthrightly.

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Ben Jealous 

If you live in Detroit or another part of Michigan where there’s a looming threat of bodily harm from fossil fuel pollution, it just got a little easier to breathe a sigh of relief … and to maintain your ability to breathe in general.

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Bullied children and teens are at risk for anxiety, depression, dropping out of school, peer rejection, social isolation and self-harm.

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Charlene Crowell  

FTC and CFPB say actions harmed renters and violated fair credit laws 

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