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French 2017 Elections: Terrorism, Prisons and Justice Anonymous Oct 18, 2016 At last, a consensus! Apparently, the republican candidates for the French primaries agree on one thing: the vital…
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Prisoners of the War on Poverty Michelle Yang Dec 19, 2015 In 1964, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “unconditional war” on poverty and a year later he…