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Angela Davis: Now That Obama Has a Second Term, No More “Subordination to Presidential Agendas”
Addressing the Peace Ball in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the renowned author, educator and political activist Angela Davis urges those content with President Obamau2019s re-election to continue pushing him …
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The Agenda for Obama’s Second Term: Full Employment and Fighting Poverty
Robert Pollin: President Obama needs clear goals in order to reduce unemployment and poverty in his second term.
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12 Ways Obama Smacked Down the Right in His Inauguration Speech
President Barack Obama's second inaugural address was music to the ears of many progressives.
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A Second Inaugural, A Second Conspiracy
The Billionaire Class wonu2019t rest until theyu2019re assured that what happened today never happens again.
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Don’t You Dare Conflate MLK and Obama
MLK would spend his birthday preparing a massive, disruptive action at the Inauguration.
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Obama Inauguration Sponsors Spent Millions Influencing Government
Corporate backers poured $160 million into lobbying since 2009.
At Obama’s Second Inauguration, How Emancipated Are We Really?
During Obama's re-inauguration, Americans celebrate other key anniversaries. But the promised land remains elusive.
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President Obama’s Second Term: Symbolic or Ironic?
MLK's “dream” was never about electing an African-American president.
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What a Second-Term Obama Can Learn From FDR
In essence, what FDR offered the American people was a new vision for the future.
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Corporate Party Favors at the Inaugural Shindig
Restrictions on government contractors giving money to politicians don't apply to the inaugural. They should.