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Clarence Thomas under fire for Troy Davis decision
When the attorneys for Troy Davis filed an emergency appeal for a stay of execution at the Supreme Court at the 11th hour the entire world watched with baited breath for hours until we learned the fate...
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Was one of the youngest ever executed innocent?
It’s 1944, and police escort a 14-year-old boy into the death chamber. He stands just 5’1 and weighs a mere 95 pounds. He is so small in stature that dictionaries need to be stacked on the seat of the...
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Can Cain avoid becoming another Alan Keyes?
Herman Cain’s win in the much overhyped Florida straw poll of only 2,000 very conservative primary voters, was a signal to the mainstream media that he is a “serious” candidate for the GOP nomination....
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Waters goes to war with Obama's 'super-committee'
This week Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) continued to play her latest role of thorn in President Obama’s side. First, it was her request to be “unleashed” during a CBC jobs tour over the summer...
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How Obama made the 3 am phone call ad obsolete
During the 2008 Democratic primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama there was that now infamous 3 a.m. phone call ad. At the time the fear mongering-style ad was intended to scare Texas...
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'Saviour?' play takes on white privilege in Obama era
Saviour? a new play by award winning journalist and playwright Esther Armah tackles the hot button issue of race and white privilege in the Obama era. Thrown in the mix are a little sex and betrayal...
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Why the race of Cain's accuser can't be ignored
Republican President candidate Herman Cain got the “Allred treatment” this afternoon as infamous feminist lawyer Gloria Allred held a press conference with the fourth of his accusers. Four women have...
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Cain-wreck! Will candidate's denials come back to haunt him?
Shortly after 5pm Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain took to the podium in front of not one but five American “I am totally innocent” flags.The press conference was supposed to serve as a...
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Are Cain's 15 minutes of fame ending in a flameout?
We could all see this coming. The moment when Herman Cain’s ignorance on substantive issues would catch up with him has arrived. It’s a shame it wasn’t the allegations of sexual harassment it seems a...
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Can playing 'slavery card' win Iowa for Cain?
I totally get it now. It can’t be mentioned enough that Republican presidential “candidate” Herman Cain had a lucrative gig as a motivational speaker for many years In that context, everything he says...
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Should the Black Caucus follow Barney Frank's lead?
Rep. Barney Frank announced his retirement yesterday after 32 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. It is truly the end of an era. The exit of the fiery Massachusetts Democrat opens the door for...
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Herman Cain train veers off the rails with Ginger White affair
The weight of allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and extramarital affairs finally has caused the “Cain Train” to veer completely off the rails. Republican presidential candidate Herman...
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Glenn Beck jumps ship as Tea Party runs its course
If the war between Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart is any indication the tea party may have just run its course. With the rise of Newt Gingrich, the antithesis of the tea party prototype, Glenn Beck...
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Eric Holder says things about race Obama can't or won't say
Attorney General Eric Holder often says the things President Obama can’t or won’t say. Especially when it comes to the hot button topic of race and race relations in America. President Obama has...
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Ron Paul: Racist newsletters cause uproar in Iowa 2012 race
Everyone is coming to learn what a lot of us have known for a while about Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul for a while: that he has a segregationist past. The latest uproar over his racially...
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Rep. Frederica Wilson to introduce federal anti-hazing legislation
With all the fallout from the hazing death of a young drum major at Florida A&M University last month, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) announced today that she will introduce a federal...
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Ron Paul newsletters: Republican candidate can't keep story straight
In his latest attempt to deflect criticism for racially insensitive newsletters written in the first person and signed with his name in the 1980s and ‘90s, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul now...
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Glenn Greenwald defends 'Obama could rape a nun' attack on supporters
There are certainly ways to disagree with Obama administration policies without ad hominem attacks on Barack Obama the man or those who chose to support him. Saying those supporters would condone the...
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Don Cheadle feels the wrath of Barack Obama's Twitter warriors
Hollywood actor Don Cheadle learned the hard way what many public figures have known for a while: don’t say anything bad about President Barack Obama. There has certainly been an increase in the level...
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Obama deportation policies may put his re-election in jeopardy
In light of the news that an African-American teenager from Dallas Texas was mistakenly deported, President Obama’s immigration and deportation policies have come under scrutiny. Jakadrien Turner ran...
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