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An Obama Victory Will Itself Reassert US Leadership: First Person of Color to Govern Any Country with a White Majority, Ever

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: President, Left-Brain, Obama, Right-Brain, White, Person of Color, Barack Obama, Politics News

The election of an African-American man to the presidency is an achievement for which no description is hyperbole: earthquake, transformational, monumental, whatever your pleasure.

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Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

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Is Biden Ready For The Big Game?

Tom Douglas | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

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Tim Kaine seemed like a no-brainer, but Obama is the Jordan on this team. He needs role players. It remains to be seen whether Biden is more like a Luc Longley or a Steve Kerr.

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Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Muslim, Pat Leahy, Terrorism, Tom Daschle, Right-Wing, Terrorist, Anthrax Attacks, White, Bruce Ivins, Media, Pro-Life, Press, Christian, Republican, Catholic, Media News

If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question -- what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

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Standing Up To Low Down Local Anti-Obama Racism

Zachary Pickens | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Affirmative Action, Apollo Braun, Obama Is My Slave, Racism, White, Black, Campaign, Doron Braunshtein, Barack Obama, Home News

I went to the shop with the offending t-shirts and asked the designer: "Is there is no responsibility attached to the free speech?" I said I thought his shirt was disgusting and that he should be ashamed of himself.

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Oh I Get It, The Left Just Doesn't Want to Win This Year

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, John McCain, Pragmatism, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, Nancy Pelosi, Don Imus, White, Fisa, Harry Reid, Obama, Black, Muslim, Politics News

Obama's a pragmatist, not a messiah. He has to win in order to make the changes I want. What merit is there in attacking him for his stance on FISA, now?

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

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Who's that Boxer in the Picture? (Hillary Clinton Rents a Negro*)

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Boxer, Clinton, Primary, Rent, Damali Ayo, West Virginia, Fighter, White, Black, Negro, Pennsylvania, Race, Politics News

You might assume that the people standing behind the mic at a primary victory speech are local supporters. So who's the black man with the boxing gloves at two of Clinton's victory speeches?

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Message to Hillary (And the DNC): Win Indiana, And You're in the Money

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Blue Collar, The DNC, Youth Vote, Male, White House, Rural Voters, Barack Obama, Black Voters, Presidential Race, White, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Indiana Primary, Politics News

A Clinton win among Democrats in the parts of Indiana that most resemble the rest of mid-America is irrefutable proof that she can go toe to toe with the GOP with these voters.

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It's The Con Job, Stupid!

Chip Collis | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Bittergate, Blue Collar, Clinton, White, Obama, Pennsylvanians, Hillary Clinton, Working Class, Home News

Two of the three presidential candidates are running a major con job on you right now: It's in their attacks on Obama. He was right about economically disadvantaged and politically sidetracked Pennsylvanians.

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It's Not About Him Now -- It's About Us

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, White, Black, 2008 Elections, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Race, Barack Obama, Politics News

A young African American leader, more than four decades ago, told us about his dream for our nation. This week, another young leader outlined what it would take to realize that dream.

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Race Is Not A Black And White Issue

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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This campaign season isn't the last time race is going to be an issue in America. But the next conversations we have may come from a completely unexpected direction.

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We Are Here Because Of Ashley

Karen Russell | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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The cynics will continue to blather on about Rev. Wright and the politics of guilt by association. Others, like me, will be inspired by Obama's call to action and continue this provocative and healing dialogue on race.

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Obama's Problem, He Happens to Be Black

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Hispanic community leader Adelfa Callejo, 84, said yesterday that Barack Obama would have trouble gaining Latino support because Black politicians hav...

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McCain / Rice ?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Since Republicans have all but anointed John McCain as their presidential nominee, it's about time to start speculating on who he's going to choose to...

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What More Does Lou Dobbs Have to Do to Prove He's Not Racist?

John O'Bryan | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Mexicans, Racist, Illegal Immigrants, Jowls, Lou Dobbs, White, Immigration, 236.Com, Media News

Just because Lou Dobbs spends night after night fighting to criminalize people who cross the desert to pick your tomatoes, some loony leftwingers have accused him of harboring white supremacist sentiments.

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