Adam Serwer

Your Weekend Random-Ass Roundup

J.D. Bell | Posted 01.11.2012

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J.D. Bell

Commentary from the blogosphere you may have missed this week.

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Jason Linkins

Red Cross Study: A Majority Of Teens Now Support Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.13.2011

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Over at the Daily Beast, Daniel Stone dives into a study on torture conducted by the American Red Cross. "Americans' opinions on torture seem to have ...

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Weekly Pulse: White House Takes Offensive Against Health Care Repeal

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week, House Republicans will hold a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill is expecte...

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Obama Nobel Speech: Reviews, Reaction (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Pundits are reacting to President Obama's speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. On MSNBC's Morning Joe the hosts were surprised that the president ...

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How Heavy the Load

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vibe Magazine, Mark Anthony Neal, Adam Serwer, Hazel Carby, Harvard, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Ferentz LaFargue

Training public servants to treat black people more humanely is a very different task than training public servants to treat black people more humanely because they might be Harvard professors.

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