The UpTake's Chuck Olsen interviews author Irwin Tang about his book, "Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters." McCain first used the work "gook" in the mass media in his 1973 article for U.S....

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At the Netroots Nation conference this past week, Al Gore made a surprise visit and struck out hard against Republican "hair of the dog" solutions to the connected energy and global warming crises.

"The idea that we're...

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At the National Conference for Media Reform 2008, a producer for FOX's The O'Reilly Factor, Porter Barry, ambushes PBS's Bill Moyers and peppers him with questions regarding...

The UpTake was on hand to live stream and record Barack Obama's Democratic primary victory speech from the Xcel Center in Saint Paul Minnesota on Tuesday evening.

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Bloggers at The Uptake present live streaming coverage of Barack Obama's speech today at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the same building where John McCain is scheduled to accept the Republican Presidential nomination in September. Obama is scheduled to take the stage after the Montana race is called...

Planning on using wireless to blog at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this September? Better have a plan B, because RNC officials are warning the media that...

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Contrary to what you might hear the legacy media say, voters in Oregon don't think the long campaign has hurt the Democratic party's chances in the 2008...

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Citizen Kate got with some of the just-under-half of Indiana that voted Obama on Tuesday. Stevie Wonder led the chorus at a rally in Indianapolis:

What...

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From the progressive center of North Carolina comes this report from Brian Russell of yesh.com. He explores why music and politics go hand in hand, why...

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Citizen Kate catches up with Old Hollywood Celebrities at a Hillary Clinton event in Indianapolis, Indiana: "So I made it to my first big Hillary event...

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Minnesota's Republican Party seems... camera-shy. Over the past several months, Republicans have prevented journalists from recording their candidates at events. The latest incident saw reporter Gavin Sullivan...

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On the ground reporting of morning turnout and voting machine problems.

Video by Noah Kunin.

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In the last-minute adrenaline-fueled rush for volunteers on election day, the Obama and Clinton campaigns in Pennsylvania use dramatically different tactics for volunteer recruitment.

Video by Noah...

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While chasing Senator Hillary Clinton through central Pennsylvania I asked her supporters about their motivations. Committed supporters in town after town said they were ready to take...

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While chasing Senator Hillary Clinton through central Pennsylvania, I talked to people who are voting for her and those who are considering giving her their support. On...

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The Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania is in transition: economic recession and recovery exist side by side. Here are four perspectives of small business owners on the race for the Democratic nomination for president.

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ABC News has told news organizations that they can only use 30 seconds of video from Wednesday night's debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton....

If you consider yourself middle class, then you probably have a right to be upset about taxes. In Minnesota and most other states, when you include all local, state and federal...

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"I think this Delta thing is just one more way for a couple of rich guys to get a little richer." -Dawn Mikkelson, Documentary Film Maker

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Schlomo Rabinowitz searches for the Olympic Torch in San Francisco. He Interviews a supporter of the Torch run, and questions others about if or when it...