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Scalia Misquoted On Brown v. Board Of Education (CORRECTED)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Activist Judges, Justice Scalia, Brown v. Board of Education, Constitution, Antonin Scalia, Politics News

CORRECTION: An item posted here -- reporting that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if he were on the court in 1954, he would have dissen...

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Jimmy Carter and the Race Card

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Obama, Carter, Obama Racism, Jimmy Carter, Brown v. Board of Education, Jimmy Carter Racism, Race Card, Politics News
Lance Simmens

Racism is not the sole explanation for the hateful rhetoric that has been leveled at the President, it may not even be the driving rationalization, but to suggest that it plays little or no role is both wishful thinking and naïve.

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Rethink Learning, Now

Sam Chaltain | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Brown v. Board of Education, Equity, Sam Chaltain, Grassroots, Al Franken, High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teaching, Fairness, Learning, Living News
Sam Chaltain

Learning involves more than basic skills and regurgitating information. It requires higher-order skills and the capacity to digest, make sense of, and apply what we've been taught.

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Why the President Has Been Losing on Health Care, and What He Needs to Say

Drew Westen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Speech on Health Care, Public Option, Roe v Wade, Death Panels, Olympia Snowe, Ronald Reagan, Michael Dukakis, Pension Plans, George Bush, Washington Post, Taxpayers, Economic Recovery, Great Depression, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Al Qaeda, 401k, Bill Clinton, Brown v Board of Education, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Fdr, Medicare, Medicaid, Electronic Records, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News
Drew Westen

At this historic moment, the White House has determined that the best way to win the center is to tack right. But sometimes, the best way to win the center is not to move to the center, but to move the center.

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Sotomayor's "Wise Latinas"

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York

Read More: LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Brown v. Board of Education, Mendez v. Westminster, Puerto Rican, Hostos, Nuyorican, Sonia Sotomayor, New York News
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol

Informed initially by their own experiences, these Latinas galvanized efforts to effect societal change that produced results far beyond identity politics. Each could serve as a worthy role model for Latina and non-Latina professionals.

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Why the California Court's Decision Is Good for Gay Marriage

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Activism, Proposition 8, California, Strauss v. Horton, David Paterson, Progressive Agenda, Civil Rights Act of 1964, California Prop 8 Ruling, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act, California-Supreme-Court-Gay-Marriage, Don't Ask Don't Tell, California Gay Marriage, Prop 8 Ballot Initiative, Ballot Initiatives, Gay Rights, New York Gay Marriage, Ban on Gay Marriages, Brown v. Board of Education, David Paterson Gay Marriage Bill, California Supreme Court Gay Marriage, Vermont Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court, Maine Gay Marriage, New Hampshire Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Vermont Gay Marriage Override, Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

We should view the California court not as opposing gay marriage, but rather as promoting public deliberation and democratic action on the subject of equal rights.

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Gay Marriage in Vermont: Three Progressive Lessons

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Title IX, New Federalism, Federalism, Grassroots, Progressive Agenda, Lily Ledbetter Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vermont Gay Marriage Veto, Connecticut Gay Marriage, Progressive Politics, Vermont Gay Marriage Bill, California Gay Marriage, Governor David Paterson, Brown v. Board of Education, Connecticut Gay Marriage Ruling, Vermont Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Ban, Vermont Gay Marriage Override, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

For too long, federalism, the Madisonian concept of shared power between state and federal government, has been an idea monopolized by conservatives.

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NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond tells Gay America to Demand a Front Seat on the Bus (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mildred Loving, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Prop 8, Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Harvey Milk, Same-Sex Marriage, Evangelicals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Loving vs Virginia, Brown v. Board of Education, Julian Bond, Civil Rights. NAACP, Homophobia, Racism, Religion and Politics, Politics News
Tom Gregory

Bond's response to many of the biblical passages used by Christian conservatives to condemn homosexuality (including those favorite scriptures in Leviticus) is must-see TV.

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Rush, Race, and the Religious Right

Randall Balmer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brown v. Board of Education, Rush Limbaugh, Family Values, Jesus, Religious Right, Racism, Bob Jones University, Barack the Magic Negro, Roe vs Wade, Republican Party, Evangelicals, Politics News
Randall Balmer

I have come to the reluctant conclusion that one reason politically conservative evangelicals so adore Limbaugh is that he expresses the racism they feel but cannot allow themselves to articulate.

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Race and Symbolism in the House Gallery

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Mark Sanford, Republican National Committee, Ty'sheoma Bethea, President Obama, Governor Mark Sanford, Race Relations, President Barack Obama, South Carolina Schools, Speech to Joint Session of Congress, Race, Racism, Brown v. Board of Education, First Lady Michelle Obama, South Carolina, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Stimulus Bill, Dillon, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The very public display of Ty'Sheoma Bethea's struggle illustrates the heartlessness of Governor Sanford's posturing against accepting badly needed stimulus money for South Carolina.

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Tobey Maguire To Star In Brown V. Board Of Education Film

Variety | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tobey Maguire, The Crusaders, Brown v. Board of Education, Entertainment News

Tobey Maguire is attached to Universal's "The Crusaders," a drama about the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case. Gary Ross is attached to ...

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Hey, There, Pay Attention -- The Supreme Court May Be Up For Grabs

Martin Garbus | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Obama Supreme Court, John McCain Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Election 2008 Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Politics News
Martin Garbus

For the first time in decades, the makeup on the Court is direct and center in the election. McCain and Obama have staked out totally different positions -- and whoever wins will have two nominations.

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