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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Guest Column: Why Obama's Election Should Be Considered Historic

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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For only the third time in this column's two-and-a-half year history (see note below), I am turning over my soapbox to a guest columnist. As with bot...

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Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Being gay should be no more of a barrier to serving the United States military than being black now is. My guess is that sixty years from now, people will wonder what took us so long.

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