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Racial Politics and the Non-White Vassals of White Politicians

Michael Meyers | Posted February 10, 2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Civil Rights, Newt Gingrich 2012, Rachel Maddow, Rick Santorum, Gop, Msnbc, Politics, Racism, 2012-Presidential-Race, Ron Paul 2012, Mitt Romney 2012

I am cussin' every time I turn on the TV and hear liberal pundits accuse the GOP Presidential candidates of outright racism and of the use of racial code words. It's as if we're existing in a pre-civil rights revolution time warp instead of the 21st century where race in...

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Has the Obama Administration Hijacked Black Leadership in America?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted February 10, 2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Msnbc, Al Sharpton, Black Leadership, Cornel West, Melissa Harris Perry

In a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Professor Cornel West "went H.A.M." on Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry.

In what might be his strongest public comments yet, West referred to Harris-Perry as a "fake" and a "fraud" for allowing herself to be used by the liberal...

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Lobbyist Poses as Mechanic in Anti-Union Super Bowl Ad (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

Read More: Rick Berman, Anti-Union Ad, Anti-Union Super Bowl Ad, Rick Berman Lobby, Rick-Berman-Rachel-Maddow, Super Bowl Anti-Union Ad, Video

America just got rickrolled.

There we were last week, innocently partaking in the annual testosterone-fest that is the Super Bowl, when we were treated to an ad featuring a group of supposed auto mechanics lamenting that they never voted for the union they're in. But look closely. One of these...

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Occupy Wall Street: RIP

Mark McLaughlin | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

Read More: #Occupywallstreet, Adbusters, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Media, Occupy Wall Street Media Coverage, Occupy Wall Street Protest

Occupy Wall Street is not a political movement. OWS is a satire created by a Canadian media property that exploited blogs, social media and mainstream news media to generate momentum. The movement may never die. RIP refers to the mainstream attention that the media and politicians gave to this movement.

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Will Hispanic Voters Swing the 2012 Race?

Charles Garcia | Posted February 10, 2012 | Latino Voices

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Latino Vote 2012, Obama Hispanic Voters, Obama Latino Voters, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Latino Voters, Obama Hispanic Vote

This post originally appeared on CNN.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush recently argued in an op-ed that Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory in the 15 swing states that will decide who will win the race for the White House. Is his political intuition right? And...

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Are We on the Brink of War With Iran?

Trita Parsi | Posted February 10, 2012 | World

Read More: Iran Israel War, Iran War, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Obama Iran, Panetta Iran War, Iran Obama, Iran Strait Of Hormuz, Obama Iran Engagement, Obama Iran Policy, War With Iran

This post originally appeared on The Nation.

Only 12 minutes into his presidency, Barack Obama reached out to the Muslim world and Iran, offering America's hand of friendship if Iran would in turn unclench its fist. Yet three years later, we are closer to war than we were...

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Confessions of a Wall Street Reactionary

Jeff Reeves | Posted February 10, 2012 | Business

Read More: 000, Stock Price, Apple Iphone, Apple Stock Price, Apple Stock Price Per Share, Dow Jones 13, Dow Jones High, Ipad Apple Price

Apple is bigger than Exxon Mobil -- and now Apple is about to hit $500 a share! The Dow is approaching 13,000! Unemployment is at a three-year low!

All those things sound grand, right? But in reality, not a single one of those numbers means a darn thing...

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Shooting the Messenger Is Not the Answer

Astrid Caldas | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Science, Climate Scientists, Global Warming, Wsj

Note to readers: This post builds on the one taken down last week. Many apologies.

Yet another blog post commenting on the WSJ debacle about non-climate scientists' opinions versus climate scientists' opinions got me thinking (again) why the conversation about climate...

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The GOP Problem: 'It's Halftime in America'

Bob Burnett | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

This year's Super Bowl program contained a commercial "It's Halftime in America", featuring Clint Eastwood. Initially this seemed to be a public service pep talk for the nation, then a promo for Detroit, and it turned out to be a Chrysler ad. The commercial outraged Republicans....

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Got Happiness? Where Marketing Meets the Science of Well-Being

Joseph F. Coughlin | Posted February 10, 2012 | Science

Read More: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Gen X, Baby Boomers, Happiness, Innovation, Marketing, Well-Being

Are you happy? Have you noticed the number of companies that are no longer promising the best quality, experience or even the best price for a product or service as the reason to give them a try? Instead they appear to be offering something we used to think money couldn't...

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The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

Jason Apuzzo | Posted February 10, 2012 | Entertainment

His documentaries have been among the most provocative films featured in the Sundance Film Festival over the past several years. Bolder even than Sacha Baron Cohen, he's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and now, in his new film The Ambassador, the Central African Republic and the...

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In Year of Uprisings, Reporters Brave Crackdowns from Wall St. to Tahrir Square

Michelle Chen | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

You wouldn't think handling a notebook or a camera could be a hazardous line of work. But according to the latest global Press Freedom Index, abuse and oppression of reporters has made journalism an increasingly risky job in many countries. The past year has even left a notable...

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The Bob & Chez Show 2/9/12

Bob Cesca | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

Read More: Bob Cesca, Chez Pazienza, The Bubble Genius Bob And Chez Show, Catholics, Cnn, Contraception, Erick Erickson, Religion, Ron Paul

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This week's show highlights: Contraception and Catholics; The New Obama-Muslim Meme; The Republican War Against Women...

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GOP Construction of a Fictional "Obama" Has Taken a Turn to the Absurd

Mitchell Bard | Posted February 9, 2012 | Politics

Bill Maher, in relaying his last "New Rule" on the Jan. 27 episode of "Real Time," returned to an argument about the GOP presidential race that he has advanced regularly:

"You know, Republicans have created this completely fictional president. His name is Barack X. And he's an Islamo-socialist revolutionary who...

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Bringing Our Communities Together: What Can Be Learned from the GLAAD and Roland Martin Situation

Gregory Cendana | Posted February 9, 2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Roland Martin, Roland Martin CNN, Roland Martin GLAAD, Roland Martin Homophobia, Roland Martin Suspended, Roland Martin Suspension, Roland Martin Tweets, Roland Martin Twitter

There was a lot for me to think about after this year's Super Bowl: the ads that aired, the comments that were made, and particularly the responses to the comments that rocked the nation.

After many days of reflection, and seeing many events unfold, including the recent suspension of CNN...

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Unusual Suspects Want to Ban Page 3

Rebecca Gill | Posted February 9, 2012 | UK

Read More: Dominic Mohan, News International, Page 3, The Sun, UK Media, Leveson, Media, Platform 51, Sexism

On Monday Dominic Mohan was recalled to the Leveson inquiry where he defended Page 3 as a "British institution". Unfortunately he missed the all important word 'was'- it was a British institution - and not a particularly good one at that.

Platform 51 commissioned a...

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Why Would Israel Attack Iran, Really?

Ira Chernus | Posted February 9, 2012 | World

Read More: Barack Obama Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Israel Iran, Obama Iran, Iran Israel, Iran Strait Of Hormuz

Just days after the New York Times Magazine's lurid cover story, "Israel vs. Iran," the Washington Post struck back with a two-fisted effort to win the "most dire prediction" contest. The Post's foreign policy pundit David Ignatius wrote a widely-circulated column claiming inside information:...

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The "Roland Effect": Why Words (Tweets) Matter

Danielle Moodie-Mills | Posted February 10, 2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Roland Martin, Roland Martin CNN, Roland Martin GLAAD, Cnn

"If you don't have something nice to say... then say nothing." This is an old adage we teach young children. Why? Because as adults we know that words matter, and if we've learned anything at all from the recent spate of anti-gay bullying incidents, it's that words can cause...

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The Smoking Gun: Plot by Fossil Fuel Giant to Further Corrupt Aussie Media Exposed

John F. Bruno | Posted February 9, 2012 | Media

Read More: Climate Change, Australia, Australia Global Warming, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming, Global Warming Deniers, Media Bias, Video

An explosive new piece of investigative journalism, "Monckton, Rinehart and a plan to capture the Australian media" by Aussie journalist Graham Readfearn, is turning the climate change world upside down.

Readfearn learned about a remarkable video (via Twitter!) of a meeting hosted by the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, a group...

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A Teachable Moment for CNN's Roland Martin and GLAAD

Debbie Hines | Posted February 9, 2012 | Media

Read More: African Americans, Roland Martin, Roland Martin CNN, Roland Martin GLAAD, Anti-Gay Bullying, Cnn, Gay Rights, Glaad, Media, Media News, Super Bowl 2012

CNN's suspension of Roland Martin following GLAAD's demand that he be fired for his Super Bowl offensive rants on Twitter shows two wrongs don't make a right. If this were a football game, Roland Martin and GLAAD deserve a penalty for the way each handled the matter. But, Roland Martin...

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