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  Trump derailed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

  December 6, 2017
  Today, President Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He is also planning a year-long process of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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  Trump’s words — and tweets — are dangerous to the very ideals of our nation

  November 30, 2017
  Most racists, especially in more sophisticated circles, have learned to tamp down their views because they have found it expedient not to be seen for what they are.

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  YouTube is Right to Take Down Violent Content

  November 16, 2017
  Although the U.S. government killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the most influential English-speaking extremist Muslim cleric over six years ago, more than 70,000 of his videos continued to be available on YouTube -- serving as a powerful tool for recruiting violent extremists.

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  The Struggle for Free Speech on Campus

  November 9, 2017
  On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled, "Examining Anti-Semitism on College Campuses” to discuss the sharp rise in anti-Semitism at universities.

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  Sessions' Religious Freedom Memo is a Mixed Bag

  October 19, 2017
  Editor's note: The fear of religious minorities at home and abroad has resulted in the use of religion as a tool for discrimination. On October 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued government-wide guidance that could potentially permit discrimination on the basis of religious belief.

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  Sam Brownback is Wrong for Religious Freedom Ambassador

  October 12, 2017
  The passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 led to the creation of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. This position heads the State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom -- an office charged with promoting religious freedom as a key objective of U.S. foreign policy.

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  Enough is Enough: We Need Gun Control

  October 5, 2017
  Editor's note: Four years ago, we discussed the urgent imperative for sensible gun control policy in the wake of the Aurora, Oak Creek, Sandy Hook, and Washington, D.C. shootings. In the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas shooting, we are recirculating our September 2013 DC News & Views.

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  Police and Military Lines Can’t Be Blurred

  September 28, 2017
  In response to the 2015 Ferguson protests, President Obama signed an executive order that banned the transfer of some military equipment -- high-powered rifles, grenade launchers, bayonets, some armored vehicles, and camouflage uniforms -- to police departments.

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  Burma’s Rohingya: A Slow Genocide

  September 14, 2017
  Genocides are neither sudden nor unavoidable phenomena. Minority groups that were once accepted members of society do not become targets for extermination overnight. Instead, a series of ever-harshening policies that aim to deprive rights and implicitly condone violence are enacted against a minority group.

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  Defending DACA: A Muslim Issue, Too

  September 7, 2017
  President Trump rescinded the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA. DACA temporarily shields certain undocumented immigrants, commonly known as “Dreamers,” from deportation who entered the U.S. as children and meet certain residency and background requirements.

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