Independence

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• 6-30-14
  

  July 4th Quiz: Was the Revolution Caused by a Misunderstanding Over a Word?

  by Thomas P. Slaughter

  The expansive definition of independence, with its obverse of defining community narrowly, is not new but it is very American and pre-dates our existence as a nation.

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• SOURCE: Truthout
  4-1-14
  

  The Nativist Origins of Philippines Independence

  by Rick Baldoz

  This week marks the 80th anniversary of the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which established conditions for the United States to grant the Philippines its independence after nearly five decades of American rule.