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Cold War Turning Point: Fifty Years On
John F. Kennedy delivers a commencement address that became known as a "strategy of peace" speech at American University on June 10, 1963. Photo courtesy of American University. Only a small plaque at an athletic field on the outer edges of...
Not Everyone Thinks You Should Wait 'Til 70 to Take Social Security
By Larry Kotlikoff Photo courtesy of Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have...
Bead for Life Participant: Don't Keep Your Money, Invest It
Watch Video A co-founder of Bead for Life and its participants talk about the business training program. In 2009, the PBS NewsHour profiled a group, Bead for Life, that trained Ugandan women to start businesses by rolling beads made of recycled...
Lawmakers Debate Leaks As National Security Whistleblower Reveals His Identity
Edward Snowden speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Photo by The Guardian via Getty Images "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong." That statement came from Edward Snowden in an interview published...
Can Tenuous Peace Among Lebanon's Religious Sects Survive Stress of Syria's War?
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Shields and Brooks on NSA Big Data Discovery, Christie's Election Maneuver
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