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Head in the Sand?

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Clarence B. Jones

On issues of race, Obama will forever be either the man who healed the septic wound that runs across the back of this nation, or the man who turned away from the mirror to solve more "practical" issues.

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Oh, About That "End" of the Obama Honeymoon ...

William Bradley | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

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William Bradley

Where Obama may have made a mistake is in being too substantively accommodating with people who are basically not going to support him except in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion.

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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Texas Family on Canvassing "Vacation" in Swing State NC

Joan and Elizabeth Cheever | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

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Joan and Elizabeth Cheever

JOAN: It began with the news of voter list purging. Ten days ago, the media identified six "swing" states as having "problems" with voter registratio...

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