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A Change is Gonna Come

Terrance Heath | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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My son will be growing up in a world my father didn't, a world with more possibilities open to him than existed before; closer, at least, to the world as it should be than the world as it was. Or is.

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Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did

Erik Ose | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Obama's victory does not spell the end of racial disparity in America, but it is a ringing sign of progress, a triumph on the road to greater equality and realizing the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed to us.

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Notes from a Dad of Children Like Barack

Roderick Spencer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living

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The proof of my children's lack of anxiety over their racial identity, is the amused, slightly puzzled way they watched their parents bawling our eyes out in front of Barack Obama's victory speech last night.

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The Long Exhale

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The tears running down my face last night and this morning were of something so much more than happiness, so much more than simple relief. They were an exhalation.

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Barack's Big Gamble ... And His Vision

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Why did Obama risk following a strategy that had failed so often in recent campaigns? Obama saw something in the zeitgeist.

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The Time-Bombs Ticking Under Obama's Presidency

Johann Hari | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Mr President-Elect, there is a pile of ticking time-bombs waiting in your in-tray and you have to defuse each one of them, fast. Welcome to the next four years of your life.

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At Long Last, It's Beginning To Feel Like America

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

We set about the task of freeing ourselves from the darkness of this decade and the shadows that have for too long haunted us. In this respect, all of us -- all races -- are a little more free at last.

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A Contrarian Open Letter to Black America

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The reality of politics and race are such that having a black president will mean little if there are no changes in the material conditions of Black America.

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History on Cuba - Hidden in Plain View - In Florida's Election Returns

Sarah Stephens | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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In the election returns, hidden in plain view, is license for President-elect Obama to fundamentally rethink U.S. policy toward Cuba and expand on his incremental approach.

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Election Morning 2008

Jill Robinson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living

Being pleased to make this vote, this connection with my land again will stay with me for as long as what forever might be.

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The Morning After

Laurel Kaufer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

As we have heard from the analysts on both sides for much of the last month, this year we saw "the perfect storm" hit the Republican party in almost every conceivable way.

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African Americans vs Gay Americans?

Judy Wieder | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

It looks like I still have a lot of work left to do, a lot of marching and protesting--even though I did that already for others and they're not doing the same for me.

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What Do We Do Now?

Av Sinensky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

For the first time in my life I got a glimpse into what it must have felt like for my grandparents in 1948: to witness with their own eyes the realization of an impossible dream.

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Environmental Groups Congratulate Obama on Victory

Maura Judkis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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Among the many celebrating Barack Obama's victory today are environmentalists. Here's what some have to say:

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On Obama, Race and the End of the Southern Strategy

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Following the Iowa caucuses, I came away believing then, as I do now, that Obama's powerful voice that emerged that night had the potential to have a profound impact on America.

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The President-Elect

Terence Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama seems to have an almost perfect ear for the American political pulse, a kind of political GPS that tells him where people are and where they want to go.

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Crossing Two Chasms at Once

Francine Hardaway | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

I'm so glad to be alive. I'm wiped out by the last eight years, but I don't care. Some things are bigger than I am, and bigger than life, and I just lived to see one of them. Toot, 'ya did good.

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Obama's Branding Genius

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

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AdAge announced today that yesterday, November 4, is the most significant day for marketers in the history of the world.

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What Obama Needs To Do First: Make Clear How Bad It Is

Henry Blodget | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

If President-Elect Obama were an incoming CEO, he would now be preparing for a massive write-off of the mountains of rotted junk buried on the company's balance sheet and an announcement that recovery will take a long, long time.

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This Year's Jewish Vote

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Every four years, like a broken record, we are subjected to the refrain from Republicans that "this is gong to be the year the Jewish community votes Republican," but it never proves true.

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A New Deal for America? Yes We Can!

Matthew Stein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

It has been estimated that we could fund the changes necessary to turn our world around by shifting just 1/6th of the world's military budget into programs that support energy efficiency.

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The Obama Victory: America Enters the Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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An advocate for the environment will be the next US president. We may be eight years late, but America is finally poised to enter the 21st century.

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American Beauty

Darin Murphy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

It's nearly impossible to grasp the sheer gravity of this moment. All watched with gaping mouths, transfixed by pride and disbelief, as Obama appeared for the first time as the next President.

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This Week in Blackness Episode 12: President-Elect OBAMA

Elon James White | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

The Brooklyn Comedy Company is proud to present its 12th installment of the web series. Comedian Elon James White has a few spaztastic moments after hearing of the Obama win.

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How to Come Down From Euphoria

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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President-Elect Obama is clearly a very smart guy and a very good politician. Unlike the last Dem with those credentials, he's also exceedingly disciplined. Those qualities will come up against a couple of very major problems.

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