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In May of 2023, as my husband and I visited my mother outside of Lyons, we called up my Uncle Lamar Lani...

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Following defeat in presidential election, Democratic Party leadership is doing much needed soul s......

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It feels like 2013 again. Back then, a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House was forced into a gover...

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