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Rights for the new college football playoff system that starts this year. now thanks to an historic decision on tuesday it seems that the athletes at the center of all of this action may finally get a piece of it. and it may not just be a tipping point in collegiate athletics but in the american labor battle as well. the chicago branch of the national labor relations board ruled wednesday that northwestern football players led by their former quarterback kane colter have the right to hold a union election and to be eligible for workplace rights protections under the national labor relations act. colter the day after the decision visited msnbc s the ed show. the number one concern for us is that we don t have a voice and we don t have a seat at the table right now. all these rules and regulations are formed by the ncaa, the conferences, and we have no input in that. nobody comes and asks the players how do you feel about this? how do you feel you should fit in the equation. ....
on thursday he sat and spoke with pope francis at the vatican and today he leaves saudi arabia where he met with king abdullah on friday. the white house noted the purpose of the president s travels with this specific, pointed and inspiring language. to mobilize the international community and some of our most important partners in the world, at a time when the united states is dealing with a number of important challenges. yes, the president went abroad to get people to help us do stuff that is important and challenging. it s a far cry from the international enthusiasm that marked senator obama s 2008 european tour when he was still an aspiring presidential candidate. at that time candidate obama seeing the very embodiment of possibility for america to regain the role of symbolic leader carrying the shining deals of democratic self-governance and rule of law that has dimmed our nation since the invasion in iraq since 2003. so palpable was the hope of the obama presi ....