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MICHIGAN - Editorial on unemployment benefits: Congress cannot steal from the poor to give to the rich

There's simply no good justification — economic or social — to heap more hardship on those who were hardest hit by the economic downturn. It's not good for them. It won't be good for the country. When Congress gets back to work after the new year, restoring jobless benefits needs to be high on its agenda. READ THE REST...

IOWA - Rekha Basu: Strong voices needed on gun-control issues

TENNESSEE - Frank Daniels: Will 2014 give power back to the people?

MISSOURI - John Lilly: Clearing up misconceptions on medical care