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Rick Warren Announcement Is Slap In The Face To GLBTQ Army

Scott Foval | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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Scott Foval

Mr. Obama, by choosing Rick Warren, you have sent a shiver up the spine of every GLBTQ American who believed that you might actually be the voice and actor of real change.

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Why Pastor Rick Warren Was the Wright Move

Beau Friedlander | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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Beau Friedlander

As it stands, we've got a president-elect who is putting Rev. Jeremiah Wright behind him for good so he can deliver on some campaign promises. Stay tuned... And keep the faith.

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Obama's Experiment

Bob Burnett | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Bob Burnett

On November 4th, Barack Obama was elected President as the result of the most effective political campaign in American history. The election of Ameri...

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Barack Obama: Change

Don King | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Don King

The world is watching American history in the making, live and in living color. We've taken an important step in the right direction by electing Barack Obama as President.

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Growling and Kicking for Social Change

Gara LaMarche | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Gara LaMarche

We need to not only tap the power, the knowledge, the wisdom of age; we need to do that in a way that works for older adults across all economic, social, racial and ethnic lines.

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Out Of Line: Preferences

Mort Gerberg | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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Mort Gerberg

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Change?

Bernard Rowan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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Bernard Rowan

It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.

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Sam Stein

Obama Defends Cabinet: The Change Will Come From Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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Speaking to reporters for the third time in three days, Barack Obama was asked directly whether the staff choices he had made for his cabinet and advi...

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Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Wendy Block

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

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What Kind of Revolutionary Will You Be?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

if there is to be any change, it is going to be brought about by us, "we the people," not the politicians. No president, no congressman and no judge can do what you can.

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Do The Right Thing: Hillary for Secretary of State

Russell Simmons | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Russell Simmons

What better message to send than to appoint as our secretary of state a woman who is already known throughout the world as a principled and gifted fighter for freedom and equality?

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The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested by the Auto Industry Bailout

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The question shouldn't be whether or not to bail out the U.S. auto industry, but how assistance to the car manufacturers fits within the larger national energy plan that is greener, self-sustaining and economically positive.

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In Defense of the 2009 (and Beyond) Dream

Jane Devin | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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Jane Devin

If we can dream it, it is possible. A battle to revitalize the human spirit requires no enemies, and a revolution of peace requires no violence.

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How the World Sees Obama's Election

Martin Savidge | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

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Martin Savidge

When it comes to seeing the world change and history made one of the best seats from which to watch is the anchor chair... and this week what a view.

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Barack Obama And Sam Cooke on Election Night

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Kerry Candaele

Bill Ayers was not Barack Obama's touchstone; rather, it was Sam Cooke and his never-ending refrain, Change is gonna come. And now change has arrived, and we embrace it.

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Writing Our Redemption

Charles Barber | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Charles Barber

We are, at this very moment, at the start of writing our National Redemption Script.

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Obama's Crowds Made the Difference

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 12.07.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

The reason I voted for Obama had little to do with the candidate and everything to do with the crowd.

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Hitting the Reset Button on the 21st Century

Mary Lyon | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

Maybe we were just behind schedule. Could it be that we simply got a late start launching the real New American Century?

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Sam Stein

When Biden Was Barack Obama (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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It's hard to remember, but at one point in time Joe Biden was considered the Democratic Party's Barack Obama -- the up-and-coming candidate of a new g...

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This Election, Plates of Human History Will Shift

Michael Hughes | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

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Michael Hughes

As November 4th approaches, voters are determining if they want to be an integral part of history, or on the wrong side of it. Forces are at work beyond description, like some divine hand pushing us forward.

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Howard Zinn Will Vote For Obama But Says Direct Action is Needed

The Real News | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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The Real News

"Obama will not fulfill that potential for change unless he is enveloped by a social movement, which is angry enough, powerful enough, [and] insistent enough"

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Howard Dean Rallies Pennsylvania: "We'll Win On The Ground"

Denise Dennis | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

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Denise Dennis

Alluding to his experience as a physician, Dean explained that in therapy, the intensity of pain must be stronger than the fear of change, of taking the steps that will make them well. He said the pain Americans are experiencing is now stronger than their fear of change.

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Advice for Obama: Listen to Mark Twain

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Sanford D. Horwitt

The problem with the word "change" is that it's soft and vague -- and that's how too many blue collar and undecided voters perceive Obama.

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Don't Think of a Maverick! Could the Obama Campaign Be Improved?

George Lakoff | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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George Lakoff

Obama needs to be Obama again, the inspiring figure who gives us hope, not the dull policy wonk. Post-Palin, the Obama-Biden campaign seems to have become the Gore-Kerry-Hillary campaign.

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Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?

Michael Jones | Posted 10.12.2008 | Chicago

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Michael Jones

Obama's words have changed. His ideas, so new, so fresh, now seem to be what we have heard before. From others. It's as if he has slipped from our fingers and into the hands of the professionals.

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