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Speaker Boehner’s Disgrace
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at the Capitol in Washington, July 25, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Seldom have we witnessed a …
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Crash Club: What Happens When Three Sputtering Economies Collide?
(Photo: doncav) When my old gang and I were 14 or 15 years old, many centuries ago, we yearned for immortality in the fiery wreck of a …
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So This Is Despair
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters during a news conference about the nation's deficit and increasing the debt limit, at the White House in Washington on July 11, 2011. …
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You Maaad! How Fox News Uses Hip-Hop to Create Race Panics
Lupe Fiasco, performing at the 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Fiasco appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show, where he criticized President Obama's policies, leaving O'Reilly to defend the president. (Photo: eastscene) …
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Murdoch’s 12 Mortal Sins
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., during an interview in his office in New York on Thursday, May 3, 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New …
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Exile in the Promised Land: Why Black America Won’t Walk on Obama
Black America is in crisis. In my neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, families live in small apartments next to empty boarded-up buildings. Cops arrest people at random to meet their quotas. …
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After the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco
Washington - Hours before the negotiations on the debt limit between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner collapsed, political reporters received a missive from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign …
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Budgeting for Ignorance
Will Rogers said that when Congress is in session, the public gets the same panicky feeling as "when the baby gets hold of a hammer." Rogers' observation …
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The Power of Song, From Selma to Syria
How should music rank among the ever-growing list of time-tested nonviolent methods such as boycotts, marches, strikes, sit-ins, and vigils?
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Right-Wing Pundits Jumped to Blame Muslims and “Jihadists” for Norway Attacks
When news began to unfold on Friday of the terror attacks in Norway that has left more than 90 dead, many blogs and Twitter accounts immediately lit up with …