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Samantha Power Is Right

Steve Kettmann | Posted 08.14.2011

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Steve Kettmann

Samantha Power was a key influence on Barack Obama during the period when he was still in the Senate. She issued a challenge in May: Use technology, but do not let it use you.

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PHOTOS: Eagle Rock's 'Good Will Hunting' House For $899,000

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.27.2011

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Via Curbed LA: Calling all cinephiles! A piece of LA film history has hit the real estate market -- and it comes with a price chop. This is the house ...

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Meet Obama's Favorite Professor

Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite his lofty claim to fame as Barack Obama's favorite professor, Roger Boesche doesn't let the compliment inflate his ego -- or define his teachi...

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Reclaiming Open Spaces in Our Urban Landscape

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

President Obama launched the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to develop a conservation and recreation agenda that would use community-based soluti...

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A Bronx Tale About Mass Transit: Take Note, Los Angeles

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Epstein

Though I'd come to N.Y. for the Project for Public Spaces training, it was the DOT transit and public space projects and Sadik-Kahn's leadership that captured my imagination.

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A New Route to a Better LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Epstein

Lately it does seem as though LA has turned a corner in the quest to leave behind its car-obsessed past.

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The Occidental President: Obama and Teachable Moments

Derek Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Derek Shearer

Our students are no longer in love with the idea of an Oxy President, but they like the idea that he is in the White House using his liberal arts education to struggle with the issues of the day.

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Occidental College Offers Course In Stupidity

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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We honestly don't know what's funnier the class title or the hyper-deconstructionist language used in the course description. Only in the bubble of th...

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Jason Linkins

From 'Barry' To 'Barack': Occidental College Video Has The Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hey! As it turns out, Ben Smith's Remainders post from yesterday did contain an item that had (potentially) great meaning and suspense! Namely, this ...

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Reading The Pictures: Obama Inhaled, Still Does Sometimes

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2008-12-22-shaw_obama_nicotine.jpgIf this picture had been released during the campaign, it would certainly have been appropriated for "gotcha" purposes.

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