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Perry's 'ranch problem' injects racism into GOP race
8:34 AM on 10/03/2011
OPINION - For years, including some during his tenure as governor, he and his family hosted hunting and other events at a West Texas hunting camp they leased called 'Ni**erhead'...
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Is religious bigotry the GOP primary 'X-Factor'?
12:27 PM on 08/15/2011
OPINION - Christian conservatives are once again injecting distracting wedge issues into the debate...
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Is Barack Obama's presidency aging badly?
8:36 AM on 08/04/2011
OPINION - The optimism of 'Yes We Can' and 'Change We Can Believe In' has turned into the pessimism of 'if not now when' and 'if not you, who?'...
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Decades after MLK's death, fight for labor rights persists
8:45 AM on 04/04/2011
OPINION - If Dr. King were alive today, what would he say?
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Obama sells US on Libya intervention, for now
8:10 AM on 03/29/2011
OPINION - The real questions going forward are, for how long and to what end?...
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Why are blacks always the biggest targets of budget cuts?
8:42 AM on 02/15/2011
OPINION - One reason is a failure to develop what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called permanent units of political power...
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Can Obama win re-election if unemployment stays above 8 percent?
9:04 AM on 01/27/2011
OPINION - The Obama administration must take the lead and regain control of the narrative, define its focus, and addresses the fears and concerns of the American people...
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MLK parade bomb should spark dialogue on racist rhetoric
9:00 AM on 01/20/2011
OPINION - What is missing from most of the analysis of these events is the subtle and sometimes not so subtle racial context of the dialogue and imagery being used...
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Can Bill Burton be a breath of fresh air at the White House?
8:17 AM on 01/06/2011
OPINION - Having an African-American as the spokesman for the president is a big deal and a good thing but any focus on Burton's ethnicity will quickly pass...
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Haley Barbour needs a civil rights history lesson
8:45 AM on 12/21/2010
OPINION - Haley Barbour's failed attempt to re-write history stems from bigoted white supremacist ideology and must be rejected as such...
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Why the case against Waters is crumbling
11:18 AM on 11/29/2010
OPINION - Questions also remain regarding the investigatory process and the racial make up of those being investigated...
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Rangel must resign or risk further harm to Harlem
1:57 PM on 11/16/2010
OPINION - A proud and brilliant political mind has been reduced an unfortunate pubic spectacle...
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Can Obama reach common ground without selling out black base?
8:53 AM on 11/04/2010
OPINION - How does the president work with this new crop of conservatives whose ire has been focused as much on race and ethnicity as pubic policy?...
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Are Tea Partiers the new Dixiecrats?
8:36 AM on 11/01/2010
OPINION - History does have a way of repeating itself and unfortunately, too many people don't know their history...
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New NAACP report puts the heat on Tea Party racism
10:22 AM on 10/20/2010
OPINION - If there are links between the Tea Party and racist hate groups as the report indicates, then it "should give all patriotic Americans pause."...
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How a foreclosure freeze could heat up our economy
8:04 AM on 10/12/2010
OPINION - In an economy that is still in recession, a rebounding housing market would go a long way towards providing much needed economic stimulus and stability...
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Minimum wage missteps may backfire on GOP
8:15 AM on 10/07/2010
OPINION - It would appear that RNC Chairman Steele is arguing the wrong side of a number of issues but the reality is he does not understand what the issues really are...
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Fox's 'gangsta rap' headline continues ghettoization of Obama
9:19 AM on 09/30/2010
OPINION - What are they afraid of? President Obama has called for change not Mau Mau revolution...
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Are African-Americans 'exhausted' with defending Obama?
9:52 AM on 09/21/2010
OPINION - Too many people have been asking 'where's the beef?'...
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What Obama can learn from Fenty's fall
9:03 AM on 09/15/2010
OPINION - Fenty lost the support of African-Americans in DC not because of the de-racialized nature of his politics but because of his arrogance...
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