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A makeshift memorial in Berlin on Dec. 21, 2016.

A Christmas terror attack tests Germany: Column

Fear and anger over Berlin could see the far right gain ground in elections next year.

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Punchlines: Trump family, feuds and inauguration finance
The late-night comics tackle the latest on the Trump family's transition to the White House.

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Note from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump in 1987.

What Trump could learn from Nixon: Column
The 37th president's realism on Russia, China and foreign policy is worth emulating.

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President-elect Donald Trump in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 17, 2016.

Trump undermines our republic: Barbara Boxer
President-elect's cabinet picks, attitudes and business conflicts are a threat to American values.

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An elementary school in San Antonio in 2013.

Is America losing Español?: Column
We owe it to our history to save Spanish from going the way of German, Italian and Polish.

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New Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel in April 2016.

Chicago leaders, where are you?: Our view
Shocking spike in murders has many causes, but among them is a failure of city leadership.

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Supporting a trans child isn't abuse: #tellusatoday
Is 9 old enough to make decisions about gender?

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson

Chicago police: 'There are too many illegal guns'
Part of solution to crime must be to strengthen penalties for repeat violent offenders carrying those guns.

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Amber Dahlin holds a sign urged electors to vote their conscience outside the Colorado Capitol building in Denver.

Movement to alter Electoral College misplaced? Your Say
Despite calls for members of the Electoral College to "vote their conscience" and "dump Trump," the president-elect got more than the 270 electoral votes needed to take office.