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Obama should use his experience in Asia to bolster US positions
2:12 PM on 11/13/2009
OPINION - Thanks to his mother's humanitarian aid work, he received exposure to the world from the onset, which unquestionably shaped his diplomatic prowess...
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Breaking from the past to determine our future in Afghanistan
10:00 AM on 11/02/2009
OPINION - Admitting that a very evident human sacrifice was going to weigh heavily on his decision in Afghanistan, Obama once again broke from the past.
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Don't throw out ACORN over a few bad seeds
8:33 AM on 09/29/2009
OPINION - ACORN has worked diligently to register individuals from disenfranchised neighborhoods, help construct schools, find affordable housing for the poor, and more.
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Obama puts health care back on track
6:30 AM on 09/11/2009
OPINION - Single-handedly shifting the debate, President Obama has once again silenced doubters and brought the focus back on the real issue - an inadequate system that is failing the nation.
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MLK Jr. would have dreamt about health care too
9:00 AM on 08/28/2009
OPINION -- In today's age, what would Martin Luther King Jr. think about health care reform as a matter of civil rights?
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Prisons bursting at the seams, destroying our future
9:35 AM on 08/07/2009
As the battle lines for health care reform are being drawn - and redrawn...
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Rants against Obama reveal the real racists
9:16 AM on 07/31/2009
It's been just over six months since the first African American president assumed the reigns of leader of the free world, and thus became arguably the most powerful man on earth. Following slavery, centuries of institutional racism, unequal access to education, jobs and the pursuit of prosperity, America voluntarily voted...
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Healthcare reform is necessity, not luxury
8:23 AM on 07/17/2009
The United States of America is undeniably and unequivocally the most dominant and industrialized nation in the world. It's no wonder that countless people still flock to our borders with the hopes of attaining further economic opportunities, emboldened livelihoods and an overall advancement of their quality of life. Now, imagine...
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Let's remember what Michael did for us
7:51 AM on 06/27/2009
It was the mid-1970s. The nation was fresh off the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War was finally over and people began adjusting to a newly, fully integrated society. Blacks and Whites worked side by side, and women and minorities slowly but surely began to crack open...
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Black and brown should unite against racial profiling
8:54 AM on 06/22/2009
We often hear the phrase 'this country was built on the backs of slaves'. Men and women who were stripped of all rights and liberties, and forcibly made to execute the hardest labor around, are undeniably responsible for the construction and subsequent power of the United States of America. But...
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Coup in New York politics threatens racial progress
7:50 AM on 06/15/2009
Senate Democratic leader Malcolm Smith AP Photo/Mike Groll Last year, the people witnessed the benefits of their involvement in politics as they went to the polls in historic numbers, stood in line for hours in many cases and voiced their desire for change. President Barack Obama has urged for a...
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We need justice for Omar Edwards
12:31 AM on 06/08/2009
Justice delayed is justice denied. On May 28, Omar Edwards began his day like any other: kissing his 18-month-old and seven-month old children, hugging his wife and going out for another hard day's work. But later that evening, 25-year-old Edwards' life was tragically and violently cut short when his body...
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