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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien Challenges Contributor Over Possible Birther Remark

Posted 05.30.2012

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Soledad O'Brien and contributor Will Cain had a heated discussion about Mitt Romney's reference to the president's birthplace and citizenship in a rec...

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CNN Shakes Up Morning Team

Posted 05.30.2012

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CNN added a new face to its morning line up. The network announced on Tuesday that former ABC News correspondent John Berman will join the network ...

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Allen West Refuses To Name Alleged 'Communists' In Democratic Party

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.19.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), who claimed up to 80 House Democrats were Communists, refused to name any of them when asked Thursday on CNN. Asked by CN...

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Soledad O'Brien Fires Back At Roger Ailes

Posted 04.16.2012

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Last Thursday, Fox News chairman/CEO Roger Ailes made a mean-spirited comment about CNN’s Soledad O’Brien while speaking to journalism students at...

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Fox News Chief's Jaw-Dropping Comment About CNN Host

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 04.13.2012

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Roger Ailes made a jaw-dropping comment about CNN's Soledad O'Brien during a college lecture on Thursday night. The Fox News chief was speaking to ...

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Women, Violence and Meditation: Transcending Traumatic Stress

Jeanne Ball | Posted 04.09.2012

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Deep within us is the silent, transcendental field of our awareness, which remains untouched by life's negative impressions.

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Soledad O'Brien: Trayvon Martin Is Like Rosa Parks

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.30.2012

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CNN's Soledad O'Brien dove headfirst into the ongoing conversation about the death of Trayvon Martin on Thursday, hosting a special devoted entirely t...

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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien Bets On Romeny's 'Etch-A-Sketch' Moment

Posted 03.22.2012

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CNN's Soledad O'Brien revisited a key moment from her show on Wednesday when GOP candidate Mitt Romney's campaign adviser Eric Fehrnstrom compared the...

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The Right Plays Politics With the Holocaust

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

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To trivialize anti-Semitism (and by extension the Holocaust) by tossing the "anti-Semite" charge around with joyful recklessness is ugly, disrespectful, and obscene. Is it too much to ask the right to show a little respect for the dead?

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Diploma Of Harvard's First Black Alum Discovered In Condemned Chicago House

Posted 03.15.2012

An abandoned home near 75th and Sangamon, on Chicago's South Side, was the unlikely hiding place for an important piece of black history -- the papers...

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Last Night In New York City: Dance Theatre Of Harlem's 'Vision Gala'

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.29.2012

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At the Dance Theatre of Harlem's "Vision Gala" Tuesday night in New York City, special guest host Soledad O'Brien and the evening's honorary chairpers...

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WATCH: Marie Colvin's Mother Speaks Out

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.29.2012

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Marie Colvin's mother has made a series of emotional calls for her late daughter's body to be returned to her from Syria, where she died last week. ...

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WATCH: 'Bachata King' Helps Get Out The Latino Vote

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.23.2012

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Singer Romeo Santos is looking to do more for the Hispanic community than serenade them with his soulful Bachata songs. This election season, he's...

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Senator Toomey's Tax Plan Can't Do Everything That He Says It Does

Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.18.2012

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The only way that Senator Toomey's plan could avoid raising taxes on people with incomes below $200,000 would be if he designed it in such a way that it lost significant revenue overall and, thus, added significantly to the deficit.

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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien Questions Romney's Backtracking

Posted 02.03.2012

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Soledad O'Brien questioned Mitt Romney's claim that he "misspoke" when he said that he was not concerned about the very poor. The GOP frontrunner m...

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Romney in the Safety Net Hot Seat

Meredith A. Bennett-Smith | Posted 04.03.2012

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I'd be more inclined to overlook the comment, ridiculous as it was, if Romney wasn't in fact campaigning on what could be described as a fairly anti-safety net platform. History is on my side here.

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WATCH: Jon Stewart's Shocked Praise For Soledad O'Brien

Posted 02.02.2012

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Jon Stewart was shocked into praising Soledad O'Brien's questioning of Mitt Romney's comment about the "very poor" on Wednesday. Fresh from his vi...

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Allen West Retreats From Contentious Comment

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.01.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is backing away from comments he made over the weekend telling Democratic leaders to "get the hell out of the United States o...

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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien's Extremely Tense Clash With Author Of Controversial Obama Book

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.14.2012

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CNN's Soledad O'Brien had an extremely tense conversation on Friday's "Starting Point" with the author of a controversial new book about the Obamas. ...

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CNN Debuts Its New Morning Shows

Posted 03.03.2012

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CNN debuted its new morning shows on Monday, marking Soledad O'Brien's official return to morning television. The programs, which are titled "Earl...

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CNN 'American Morning' Signs Off

Posted 12.30.2011

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CNN's "American Morning" signed off on Friday, after ten years on the air. In November, CNN announced that it would dismantle its morning show and...

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CNN's New Morning Show Gets Name And Debut Date

Posted 12.29.2011

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Update: CNN announced the names of its new morning shows. The 5-7 a.m. show will be called "Early Start." Soledad O'Brien's 7-9 a.m. program will be t...

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Soledad O'Brien: 'You Cannot Be A Great Rider With A Bad Horse'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 11.24.2011

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In our weekly "Love Of The Game" series, Huffington Post BlackVoices talks sports with a person of note. This week, CNN anchor and special correspo...

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Soledad O'Brien: 'I Don't Think He's A Racist At All'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.11.2012

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As the Internet revolution continues to unfold, certain ethnic groups still remain on the outside looking in at the tech industry. Many of today's lea...

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Soledad O'Brien, Michael Arrington, and the Non-Existent Black Entrepreneur

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 01.07.2012

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Soledad O'Brien's public spanking of Tech Crunch founder Michael Arrington is, in my opinion, the stuff that legends are made of.

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