The Sunshine State, a.k.a. the Gunshine State, considers itself a Second Amendment haven.
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Irish activists seize an abandoned Dublin office on behalf of the city’s homeless
The illegal occupation came at the end of a year during which Ireland has seen record numbers forced onto the streets.
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Donald Trump has some choice words for a wind farm that spoils his view in Scotland
President-elect Trump took rhetorical swings at Scotland’s first minister as a wind farm threatens to ruin the view from in Aberdeen.
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Pope Francis calls on the world’s governments for peace and an openness to refugees
Migrants and refugees must be given a dignified welcome, the pope said in his New Year’s message.
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Ending the death penalty is closer than you think
Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, accounted for all U.S. executions in 2016.
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Cardinal Tobin calls on Catholics to move away from ‘hot button’ issues
Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”
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Should public water be owned by a private company? Canada is about to find out.
Canadians will have to confront a difficult question: Is water a common good or a private commodity?
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Catholic bishops: Remember when you were immigrants, too
“Let us remind ourselves of those moments when our loved ones were forced to seek the mercy of others in a new land.”
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While Mexicans angered by hike in gas prices protest, a call for political change
I haven’t seen such an outburst of nationwide anger in many years.
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Who will be Donald Trump’s real opposition? Maybe the state of California.
The real alternative government in the United States is not the federal Democratic Party, but the state government of California.