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New Haven's White Firefighters Win Promotions

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Home

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)-- A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landma...

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Bill O'Reilly as Rapper -- The Times Discovers Talk Radio-Hip Hop Nexus

Ari Melber | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

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Ari Melber

After years of skirmishing under the radar, the nexus between conservative talk radio and hip hop has come to the fore.

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After New Haven: Random Ruminations on Race

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Disparate Impact, Disparate Treatment, Title VII, Frank Ricci, Civil Rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ricci v. Destefano, New Haven Firefighters, Anthony Kennedy, Ricci, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

At some point, the surgeon has to pick up the knife; the fire captain has to send his people into the burning building. They need to know what they're doing.

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Think Again: Sotomayor and SCOTUS: Captured on a Carousel of Time

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Pat Buchanan, National Review, Rush Limbaugh, National Security, Ricci, Sonia Sotomayor, Michael Steele, Maher Arar, Discrimination, Race, Gant, Justice, Barack Obama, Extraordinary Rendition, Media News
Eric Alterman

The debate over Sotomayor's "priorities" has shed next to no light on the nominee views or decisions, but has proven awfully revealing about the state of conservatives' collective neuroses.

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Sam Stein

Upcoming Supreme Court Rulings Could Have Impact On Sotomayor's Confirmation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ricci, Voting Rights Acts, Supreme Court Race, Sotomayor, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Supreme Court Hearings, Sotomayor Race, Politics News

One of the most controversial rulings in Judge Sonia Sotomayor's tenure on the appellate court happens to be one of her most recent. Her decision -- a...

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