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Artur Davis Struggling To Escape Race In Deep South Election

Politico | Nia-Malika Henderson & Jonathan Martin | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Artur Davis, Alabama, Rep. Artur Davis, Race Issues, Artur Davis Governor, Obama, Race, Artur Davis Health Care, Joe Reed, Politics News

After last year's historic presidential campaign, a new season of opportunity seemed at hand for African-American candidates in the South. Not only ha...

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Po' White South: Another Look At The Uninsured

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Southerners, Health Care Reform, Uninsured, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

The po' white south makes up most of the uninsured. Chew on that for a while. Then ask yourself where the strongest opposition to health reform comes from (hint: it's red states).

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When Searching for Extremists, Don't Forget South Carolina

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, South, Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, Joe Wilson, Jose Padilla, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

While overbroad and inaccurate analysis of the extremist risk is often faulty and bigoted, it can sometimes be equally humorous.

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Understanding the South Ain't Easy

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Politics, Jim Wallis, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Morality, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

If I must accept a party affiliation as a label, it would most likely be the religious left. If that sounds weird to you, it's merely a testament to the excellent job the right has done to brand itself as the party of the faithful.

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Veterans' Day Parade To Go Ahead -- With Rebel Flag

Miami Herald | Tania Valdemoro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Confederacy, Veterans Day, Confederate Flag, Florida, Miami, Naacp, Politics News

Organizers will go ahead with the popular Veterans' Day parade in Homestead despite the controversy over a group marching for the first time with the ...

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Sotomayor, Obama, and the Looming Republican Race Problem

William Bradley | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, South, Sonia Sotomayor, John McCain, North Carolina, Michelle Obama, Birther, Manchurian Candidate, Obama Birth Certificate, Watergate, Gordon Liddy, Video, Politics News
William Bradley

The "Manchurian Candidate" fantasy is alive and well in Republican ranks. And is it a long-term problem that they are largely opposed to the first black president and first brown Supreme Court justice?...You bet.

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GOP's Reliance On South Masks Extent Of Party Decline

The National Journal | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican National Committee, Republican Party, Gop, South, Southern States, Electoral College, Politics News

Founded in the decade before the Civil War as the Northern voice of union, the Republican Party today is more electorally dependent on the South than ...

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Ridge, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Connecticut, Immigration, Iraq, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Guns, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Moderates, Charlie Crist, Mark Kirk, Gay Rights, New Jersey, Conservatives, Maine, Katrina, Republican Party, Illinois, Abortion, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Civil Unions, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, New York, Susan Collins, Jon Corzine, Jon Huntsman, South, Israel, Christopher Christie, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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An Open Letter to Frederick Douglass, Upon the Inauguration of President Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: First Black President, Obama, Race, South, Frederick Douglass, Religious Right. Obama, Slavery, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Like millions of white Americans, I voted for our new black President, and I did so with confidence and enthusiasm, as I would have voted for a savior come to rescue our nation.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: South, Treasury Department, Balance of Payments, Venezuela, Stabilization Fund, America, Opec, World Bank, Economy, Reserves, Brazil, Ecuador, Imf, Bolivia, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

There is good reason to believe that South America, in particular, can weather this storm with minimal damage if it adopts the right macro-economic policies.

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Obama Shuffle: Election Day Poetry

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: South, Appalachia, Ohio, Swing States, 2008 Presidential Race, African Americans, Kentucky, Poetry, Barack Obama, Media News
Jeff Biggers

I've been on tour in the swing states of Appalachia these days -- southern Ohio, West Virginia, southwest Virginia -- having crisscrossed through Indi...

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North Carolina Provides Insight Into Changing Southern Politics

Yuna Shin | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: WIlmington Coup D'etat, Committee of Twenty-Five, North Carolina Democratic Party, Alfred Waddell, Race Riot, Woody White, Timothy Tyson, North Carolina State Senate, South, Blood Done Sign My Name, Wilmington, New Hanover County, Wilmington NC, 1898 Race Riot Commission, Daily Record, Wilmington 1898 Race Riot, Julia Boseman, North Carolina, Barack Obama, North Carolina Republican Party, Alex Manly, Wilmington Star News, Home News
Yuna Shin

Wilmington, N.C. -- Polls have shown Obama slightly ahead of McCain in North Carolina for the last few weeks. Can this be true? North Carolina has n...

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chapel Hill, GOP Slime Machine, Jesse Helms, Obama, Mccain, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Civil Rights, Politics News, Fear Watch 2008, 2008, Gay-Baiting, Hate Speech, Voting, North Carolina, Jim Hunt, Fear, John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Obama 2008, Battleground States, Gay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Charlie Black, Gay-Bashing, Barack Obama 2008, Mccain-Palin, Swing States, Lee Atwater, John McCain 2008, McCain-Palin Ticket, John McCain 2008 Campaign, Joe Herzenberg, Mcdesperate, Southern Voters, Race-Baiting, Race, Lobbyists for McCain, Race in Politics, Glbt, Southern History, 1984 Election, Race Card, GLBT Democrats, McCain's Lobbyist Problems, GLBT History, South, Politics News
Erik Ose

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

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Unbuckling the Bible Belt from the Legacy of Slavery

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Mike Huckabee, South, Religious Fundamentalism, Slavery, Jesus Thieves, Christianity, Bible Belt, Martin Marty, Biblical Literalism, Barack Obama, Living News
Robert S. McElvaine

Hardly anyone mentions that the "the Bible Belt" and "the Black Belt" refer to essentially the same part of the country. That easily overlooked fact is of enormous significance.

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Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Poverty, Check Cashing, Louisiana, Microlending, Nobel, Payday Loans, Obama, Mccain, Western Union, Rural, Teen Moms, Bush, Education, Clinton, South, Palin, Public Transportation, Communities, Shreveport, Economy, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.

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Greening Hollywood: "Globalization on Acid" Is Sleep Dealer's Theme

Paige Donner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Environment, Darren Aronofsky, Moving Image Film Festival, Sleep Dealer, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Bioneers Conference, Globalization, Alex Rivera, Technology, Third World, Sci-Fi, Drones, Nodes, Privatization of Water, Global South, South, The Future, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

"When you look at the future from the POV of the South, labor, migration, border security...all these issues, including privatization of water, waterworks, aqua terrorism loom large."

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McCain Campaign Enlists The Fear Factor One More Time

Bob Vanderet | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama, South, Karl Rove, Terrorism, National Polls, Sarah Palin, Landslide, Racism America, Terrorist, Election 2008, Race, John McCain, Fear Factor, Campaign 2008, Obama Race, Home News
Bob Vanderet

As electoral projections suggest Barack Obama might win by a landslide, John McCain's campaign once again tries to cast Obama as the Angry Black Terrorist who, in Sarah Palin's words, "doesn't see America the same way you and I do."

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Ode to The Catfish (Stuff the Other White People Like, and A Whole Lot of Black People, Too)

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.26.2008 | Living

Read More: South, Food, Poor, Food Prices, Catfish, Greers Ferry Lake, Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, Catfish Farms, Living News
Beth Arnold

It was sad news to read of the decline of Southern catfish farms in today's New York Times. The farmers are going under because the cost of corn and ...

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Obama's Sort Of Audacious Southern Strategy

Ben Mishkin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Campaign 2008, South, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Georgia, Obama's Southern Strategy, North Carolina, Travis Childers, Mississippi, African-Americans, Tom Schaller, Southern Strategy, Home News
Ben Mishkin

Barack Obama's "Southern Strategy" based on expected "historic turnout in the African-American community" has come under scrutiny recently, setting off a new round of debate on the matter in the blogosphere.

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Reverend Wright In Jesse Helms's North Carolina

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Gop, Jesse Helms, Race in the South, Richard Moore, North Carolina, Wright Issue, Obama, Jeremiah Wright, NC Wright, South, Wright Problem, NC Primary, Race Issues, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Senator Clinton, African Americans, Race Vote, Reverend Wright, Andy Griffith, Beverly Perdue, North Carolina Primary, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Mayhill Fowler

Reverend Wright is a problem in North Carolina. Down-ticket Dems hare already injecting race into their races. Jesse Helms was such a force in this state for so long that "some of that" is still lingering.

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nebraska, George W. Bush, Colorado, General Election, Media, Electoral College, China, South Dakota, Nevada, Virginia, Ohio, Superdelegates, West, Racism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Alaska, John McCain, Rural Voters, Presidential Election, Clintons, Texas, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Idaho, Japan, Midwest, Religion, Urban Issues, Muslims, South, Iowa, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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