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Gates Crowley Beer Summit! Part Deux

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Remember when Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley and President Barack Obama all sat down for the major news ...

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Reflecting on the Gates Arrest

Jim Luce | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Driving While Black, Immigration & Naturalization, Gates’ Arrest, David Gilfix, Jim Luce, D.W.B., Racism, James Crowley, Orphans International Worldwide, Flying While Muslim, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, Media News
Jim Luce

The Gates arrest uncorked pent-up emotions and helped reveal a dirty national secret: racial profiling is real, it violates the highest ideals of our country, and it demeans the daily experiences of too many people.

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Head in the Sand?

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Sullivan, Robert Gibbs, Joe Wilson, Race, Maureen Dowd, Mlk, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Marten Luther King, African Americans, James Crowley, Beer Summit, New York Times, Racism, Henry Gates, Health Care, Deep South, Politics News
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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Caption Contest: President Obama, Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley

Rinku Sen | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

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Rinku Sen

Two months later, the White House has released this photo, with President Obama, Henry Louis Gates, and James Crowley. So we're holding a caption contest. Bonus points if you make us ROTFL.

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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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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Aug. 3, 2009, News (?) Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Richard Valeriani

The beer bash culminated 10 days of non-stop media coverage. And Michael Jackson wasn't even involved.

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White Racism Black Bigotry: The Talk About Race is All Wrong!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.

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Gates, Crowley, Biden and Obama: A Teachable Moment?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living

Read More: James Crowley, White House Rose Garden, Mark Goulston, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Cambridge Police, Henry Louis Gates, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

In truth, what maintains the walls between races, generations, genders and globally between nations is more "fearful aggression" than true hostility.

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Gates: Crowley And I May Go To Red Sox Game

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics

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CHILMARK, Mass. — Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer, but also described rec...

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Left, Right & Center: Wall St. Bonuses, Health Care Deal, China and the Beer Summit

Huff Radio | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Beer Summit, Henry Waxman, Henry Louis Gates, Health Care, Wall Street Bonuses, China, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Huff Radio

Andrew Cuomo discovered that $33 billion in bonuses were paid by Wall Street firms during the height of the meltdown and the public bailout. Where's the outrage?

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Last Call for No Alcohol

Joseph Freeman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Joseph Freeman

The Gates and Crowley get-together Thursday night, Twyman said, distracts the president from more pressing issues such as health care and might encourage kids to experiment with booze.

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Obama Got Involved In Gates's Personal Dispute

Frank Serpico | Posted 08.31.2009 | New York

Read More: James Crowley, Henry Gates, Barack Obama, Frank Serpico, New York News
Frank Serpico

The President of the United States should have known better than to have gotten drawn into a local-level issue.

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President While Black

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Beer, Birthers, Beer Summit, Barack Obama, Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, James Crowley, Andy-Borowitz, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

The phenomenon called "Driving While Black" is nothing new. But now the so-called Birthers have come up with a novel variation on it: President While Black.

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Sgt. Crowley Still Doesn't Get It

Mario Ruiz | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Mario Ruiz

While Crowley claimed that there was 'no tension' at the table, pictures of the event speak volumes: where Gates appears to be attentive and listening, Sgt. Crowley seems perturbed, slightly above it all, put upon.

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Happy Hour at The White House...Sort of

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Beer Fest, James Crowley, Joe Biden, Jr, Lucia Whalen, Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Sybil Adelman Sage

As Vice President Joe Biden joined them, Lucia Whalen, who happened to be passing by the White House, called 911 to report "strange activity on the South Lawn."

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Top Ten Things Overheard At The White House Beer Summit (VIDEO)

Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

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Dave lost one of his favorite monologue topics yesterday as the beer summit came and went. Once the president invited Henry Louis Gates and the man wh...

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Obama Sends the Wrong Message to Our Children

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama Racism, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Beer, Joe Biden, Obesity, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Politics, Richard Nixon, Alcoholism, James Crowley, Racism, Breaking Politics News, Henry Gates, Glenn Beck, Children, Comedy News
Bruce Tenenbaum

Obama and Gates drank purely foreign libations while Crowley's choice, Blue Moon, is, like Obama, only half American. Is this really the message we need to convey as our economy struggles to climb out of recession?

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Gates/Crowley In An Alternative Universe

Jim Watkins | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: James Crowley, Beer Summit, Henry Louis Gates, Jessica Biel, Sgt. James Crowley, Media News
Jim Watkins

Let's visit an alternative universe where the protagonists behaved in a slightly more reasonable manner during their fateful confrontation.

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Before We All Have A Beer

Anna Deavere Smith | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, James Crowley, Obama Beer, White House Beer, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Race, Politics News
Anna Deavere Smith

There are many practical ways that we can do race work, not just race talk in our daily lives. But should we go back to work the same way as before?

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Drunk-Ass Biden Crashes White House Beer Party

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

Furious that the party had started without him, Mr. Biden reached into a tub of cold beers and smashed a bottle over the edge of Mr. Obama's desk.

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A Beer For The Guys -- A Leech For The 911 Caller

Martin Lewis | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Martin Lewis

While Crowley gets the 15 minutes of White House fame -- and a free beer -- that he inveigled out of the President -- perhaps a decent lawyer will come forward and offer to represent Lucia Whalen.

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Class and Race Again: Brewskies and Jungle Monkeys

Pam Spaulding | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Henry Louis Gates, Race, Class, Justin Barrett, Barack Obama, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

The beer summit confirms the role of class in this whole brouhaha. Beer is a social signifier that Gates, Obama, and Crowley are just regular guys shooting the sh*t.

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The Gates Arrest: Racism? Not so much. Classism? You betcha!

Zondra Hughes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Skip Gates, James Crowley, Classism, Prejudice, Henry Louis Gates, Post-Racial, Cambridge Police, Politics News
Zondra Hughes

This was a classic town vs. gown drama, a show-me-the-power move, and Gates slipped up.

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A Matter of No Middle Ground

Harvey Grossman | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Right to Free Speech, First Amendment, Henry Louis Gates, Police, Police Officers, Politics News
Harvey Grossman

Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim. He was standing up for his rights.

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The Beers Obama, Gates, Crowley Will Drink At The White House

Huffingtion Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is due to get together tomorrow night with Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley for their much-anticipated beers and reconciliatio...

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