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My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother

Suz Redfearn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suz Redfearn

My brother rolled into D.C. from Boston on a chartered bus, arriving in the dark outside a Marriott. I scanned the pack of fairly nondescript folks ...

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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The Birth of Desperation: Irresponsible Opposition

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Republicans are imploding, and the resulting compression into a black hole of nothingness is not pretty. Apparently nothing can escape this growing object, not even light or logic.

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Let's All Have a Beer and Talk Police Work

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norm Stamper

The president, wounded by a wave of criticism, hounded by police union demands for an apology and struggling to get the country's focus back on health care, did a very smart thing.

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Obama Backtracks Calling Police Action Stupid: Was It Moderation or Is Obama Becoming the First Wimp?

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

The fact that our president won't stand behind his words when they become controversial makes me quite concerned about his future.

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Drinking Past Racial Profiling: Obama and the Gates Arrest

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

As far as that pint of beer goes, I worry that it may take many shared kegs before we finally come together as a nation.

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Obama Addresses Gates At Briefing, Says He Called Officer

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on...

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