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A Partnership for a New Latin America

Luis Alberto Moreno | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite headlines of drug violence and political polarization in some countries, these trend lines underscore a positive new narrative quietly taking shape across the hemisphere.

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How Do We Get to 80 Percent Clean Energy?

Brian Keane | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama used his State of the Union address to ask Congress to help America achieve 80 percent cleanly-sourced electricity by 2035. So how do we begin this work?

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Obama Versus JFK on Corporate Greed: A Telling Comparison

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past six months, President Obama has revealed his towering intellect, basic decency and sophisticated world view. However, we have yet to observe the toughness and passion required to take on the forces that drove the U.S. and global economy into a ditch.

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Memories, Parallels of JFK's and BHO's Inauguration

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forty-eight years before Barack Obama's inauguration, I was a teenager, sitting in front of a 12-inch Motorola console, watching 43 year-old John F. Kennedy of inaugurated as our 35th President.

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A Dream Obtained: The Future of Black Politics

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

With the election of 2008 demonstrating how far this country has progressed with issues such as sexism and racism, it should be interesting to see if America will respond any differently to a Commander-in-chief of color.

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Obama and Kennedy -- The Men and The Myths

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given a long life and a little luck Barack Obama promises to be a much better president than the Jack Kennedy I can recall.

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Un-Conventional Behavior

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Call me corny -- but tonight as I watched Michelle Obama and her daughters, I couldn't help flashing back to the beautiful young family who personified elegance and hope in 1960.

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Ich Bin Ein Whatever

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier today I wrote a post about all the "Ich Bin Ein" headlines that were springing up around Barack Obama's visit to Berlin, in a callback to the ...

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Obama Berlin Speech: Reagan, Kennedy Comparisons; More Media Reactions

The Huffington Post | Dan Duray/Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama's speech in Berlin today and those of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. (They w...

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Obama: Weak Like JFK

Robert Silvers | Posted 05.25.2011

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If JFK's multi-act dance with Krushchev taught us anything, it's that negotiation isn't weakness. As to the historical analogies, bring 'em on. There's worse than being compared to a Kennedy.

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Horton Hears a Racist

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't think the filmmakers for Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who are evil or that they deliberately set out to send an awful message. But somehow it seems worse that they didn't notice.

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JFK's Daughter Endorses Obama

New York Times | Caroline Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

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OVER the years, I've been deeply moved by the people who've told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did ...

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Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears

Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to qu...

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Obama Campaign Rakes In the Dough After Iowa

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is raising contributions at the rate of $1 million a day so far this year, campaign manager David P...

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Woman Who Made Clinton Cry Voted For Obama

Political Radar | Kate Snow and Jennifer Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The woman whose empathetic question -- "how do you do it?" -- sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Se...

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The Weekly Standard's Latest Dewey Moment

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's the cover for this week's issue of The Weekly Standard, excitingly available on newsstands now. Here, once again, we encounter the renowned ju...

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Did Edwards Slip Help Clinton In New Hampshire?

Political Wire | Stuart Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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While some will suggest that Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory can be traced to her emotional comments shortly before the primary, and othe...

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Hillary Rips Barack: You're No MLK

NYT's The Caucus | Sara Wheaton | Posted 05.25.2011

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As they barnstorm through New Hampshire, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband are often introduced by supporters who once backed another can...

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Could Obama Win New York's Democratic Primary?

New York Sun | PETER KIEFER | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seemed next to impossible just a few days ago: the idea of Senator Obama competing against -- much less beating -- Senator Clinton on her home turf...

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Obama's Grandmother On Hillary's Chances For Beating Barack

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the end of a dusty, dirt road lined with mango and mimosa trees, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives sat outside on plastic chairs surrounded by chicke...

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