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Interview With President Barack Obama

April D. Ryan | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Danny Glover, Swine Flu Vaccination, Public Option, Congressional Black Caucus, Swine Flu, H1n1, Barack Obama, African Americans, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
April D. Ryan

Obama: "The Senate and the House bills are 95 percent identical. There's 5 percent differences, and one of those differences is the public option. But this is an area that has just become symbolic of a lot of ideological fights."

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11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Danny Glover, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Twestival, Slidepoll, Activists, Online Activism, Ashton Kutcher Twitter, Twitter Activists, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Social Activism, Ashton Kutcher, Impact News

Tired of reading tweets about breakfast and balloon boys? We've compiled a list of some of the top activists on Twitter, many of whom you might not ev...

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Harlem Chic

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 08.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Danny Glover, Cotton Club, Slyvia Waters, Albert Maysles, Londel’s Supper Club, Lena Horne, Body, Mojo, Communist Party, Philip Maysles, Tamara Tunie, Marcia Gay Harden, Food, Bette Midler, George Faison, Chez Lucienne, Hudson River Grill, Native, Tally, Manhattan, New York, New York City, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Seeing celebrities, the Governor, Danny Glover, movie maker Al Maysles and his son Philip, and George Faison, acclaimed and beautiful actresses Marcia Gay Harden, Tamara Tunie, and Bette Midler , people who, despite their fame, live or work in Harlem, is no big thing.

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Binding Arbitration, Sooner the Better

Danny Glover | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Labor, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Unions, Seiu, Workers United, Danny Glover, Business News
Danny Glover

I will always be a union activist, and I am proud of that. What I am not proud of is what the fight between UNITE HERE and Workers United/SEIU is doing to this movement I care so much about.

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What Obama Will Do for Africa: A Conversation with Salim Amin

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Muslim World, Video Journalism, Salim Amin, Last King of Scotland, Cuban Missile Crisis, Somalia, News Xchange, Media, Arab World, Reuters, Ethiopia, Gordon Brown, Saudi Arabia, Zanzibar, Mohamed Amin, Ethiopian Famine, Tanzania, Bob Geldof, Danny Glover, Africa, Somali Pirates, Palestine, Barack Obama, Tom Brokaw, New Media, Israel, Sudan, India, Julius Nyerere, Kenya, Idi Amin, Rwanda, a24, World News
Mayhill Fowler

At the News Xchange international broadcast conference... I talked with Salim Amin, a Kenyan and the founder of A24 Media, Africa's first online agency for video and photography.

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Paul Newman Charity Turns Into Star-Studded Tribute

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul Newman, Sean Penn, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Danny Glover, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Rita Wilson, Danny Devito, Hole in the Wall, Entertainment News

SAN FRANCISCO — A Hollywood who's-who turned out for an annual fundraiser for Paul Newman's children's camp that doubled as a tribute to the lat...

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Troubling the Water

Danny Glover | Posted 09.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Katrina, Trouble the Water, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Danny Glover, Entertainment News
Danny Glover

Today's launch of the film Trouble the Water opens up a meaningful space to examine critical issues that have remained unaddressed since Katrina three years ago to this Sunday.

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Christopher Hayes, The Nation, Election 2008, Progressive Democrats of America, Barack Obama, Momocrats, Hillary Clinton, Anti-War, The Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, John Kerry, Obama Centrism, Progressive Values, Darcy Burner Iraq, John Kerry Iraq War, Clinton Iraq War Policy, Samantha Power Obama, Christopher Hayes the Nation, Common Dreams, End Iraq War, Progressives for Obama, Clinton Winter Soldier, Barbara Ehrenreich Endorsement Obama, Samantha Power Iraq War, Democrats Policy Iraq War, Progressive Endorsements Obama, Danny Glover, John Kerry War Iraq, John Kerry Endorsement Obama, Progressive Movement, Barbara Ehrenreich, End Iraq War Obama, Hillary Clinton Iraq War Policy, Samantha Power, Barack Obama Iraq War Policy, Endorsements End Iraq War, Clinton Centrism, John Kerry Iraq Obama, Tom Hayden, Danny Glover Endorsement Obama, End Iraq War Clinton, Tom Hayden Endorsement Obama, Stephen Zunes, Obama Winter Soldier, Obama Iraq War Policy, Bill Fletcher Endorsement Obama, Bill Fletcher, Home News
Christine Escobar

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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Danny Glover Convicted of Trespassing

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Danny Glover, Entertainment News

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — Danny Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glo...

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Fox News Refuses To Run Pro-Constitution Ad

Media Matters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Danny Glover, Fox News, Media Matters for America, Constitution, Media Matters, Fox Advertising, Politics News

Fox News has refused to air an ad produced by the Center for Constitutional Rights that criticizes the Bush administration for "destroying the Constit...

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Hugo Chavez-Funded Film Premieres To Counter Hollywood

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Danny Glover, Hugo Chavez, Jorge Reyes, Francisco De Miranda, Entertainment News

President Hugo Chavez is taking on Hollywood with the first major film produced by his government. The historical saga about Venezuelan independence ...

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Kevin Spacey Meets With Hugo Chavez

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Danny Glover, Hugo Chavez, Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn, Entertainment News

Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America. Neither S...

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