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IOWA - Rekha Basu on Nelson Mandela: U.S. activism helped bring end to apartheid

To depict Mandela as superhuman or in a class by himself would be to miss the point of his life, which underscores the moral imperative on each of us, in the face of repression and injustice, to act. His lesson is how one person can summon the will and conviction to take on a brutal system, bring others onboard and keep seeking new approaches, even from a place of confinement, if one fails. READ THE REST...

MICHIGAN - Debora Matthews: Pay for mental health now - or pay later

TENNESSEE - Frank Daniels III: Optimism is the best tonic for sluggish economy

ARIZONA - Linda Valdez on Congress: DC's biggest do nothing