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HUFFINGTON POST, April 5, 2012 -- Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSimone.com. Se

POLITICO, April 5, 2012 -- After accusing a federal appellate court panel of throwing a “hissy fit” about President Barack Obama, outspoken CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Thursday that the orde

HUFFINGTON POST, April 5, 2012 -- Comedy Central announced Wednesday that First Lady Michelle Obama will appear as the guest on "The Colbert Report" on Wednesday, April 11. The appearance will mark Mr

HUFFINGTON POST, March 31, 2012 -- Before George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin on February 26, a 911 call recorded the voice of someone screaming. Whether that person was Martin or Zimmerman -- who po

HUFFINGTON POST, March 30, 2012 -- Barack Obama: good first dater, bad... hairstylist? We're always tickled to hear the first couple dish about the early stages of their romance. The Obamas, who've

THINK PROGRESS, March 30, 2012 -- The story of Trayvon Martin’s death has gripped the nation’s attention for much of the last two weeks. While questions abound in Sanford, Florida as details slowly tr

HUFFINGTON POST, March 29, 2012 -- Rachel Maddow appeared on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" on Thursday night to discuss her new book about war, "Drift: The Unmooring Of The American Military." Mad

HUFFINGTON POST, March 29, 2012 -- If you haven't been keeping up with this week's health care reform hearings in Washington, let Jon Stewart sum it up for you. On Thursday night's "Daily Show," he mo

THINK PROGRESS, March 28, 2012 -- Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) shared today her powerful story of being sexually abused and raped as a child. In a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. M

THINK PROGRESS, march 28, 2012 -- Joe Oliver has inserted himself into the debate surrounding the murder of Trayvon Martin, making himself the public face of the defense of shooter George Zimmerman. O

THINK PROGRESS, March 28, 2012 -- It’s been more than a month since Trayvon Martin was shot dead by George Zimmerman. Tonight, ABC News release video footage of Zimmerman arriving at the police st

HUFFINGTON POST, March 26, 2012 -- In a bizarre turn of events, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed an empty chair on his program Monday night, after scheduled guest Craig Sonner reportedly fled fr

THE DAILY SHOW, March 8, 2012 -- Is Barack Obama a Socialist? Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams gets to the bottom of this crucial issue by putting the question to actual Socialists.

THE HILL, March 26, 2012 -- Former Supreme Court clerks and lawyers who have argued before the court mostly expect the justices to uphold President Obama's healthcare law, according to a new poll.

By Juan Williams, THE HILL, March 26, 2012 -- Just in time for the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on

CNN, March 25, 2012 -- With the Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of the President Obama's health care law, more patients than ever have been asking for my thoughts

HUFFINGTON POST, March 25, 2012 -- MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry mocked Geraldo Rivera's incendiary comments about slain teenager Trayvon Martin with biting sarcasm on Saturday. Martin was unarmed w

By John Timoney, NEW YORK TIMES, March 24, 2012 -- THE very public controversy surrounding the killing on Feb. 26 of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, by a crime watch volunteer, George Zimmer

By Judge H. Lee Sarokin, HUFFINGTON POST, March 23, 2012 -- Imagine this scenario: a man shoots and kills someone. He tells the police he was temporarily insane at the time. So they say "OK you can go

HUFFINGTON POST, March 22, 2012 -- Current TV's Jennifer Granholm choked up while discussing the murder of Trayvon Martin on her show on Wednesday night. Martin, an unarmed Florida teenager, was sh

By BILL MAHER, NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 2012 -- THIS week, Robert De Niro made a joke about first ladies, and Newt Gingrich said it was “inexcusable and the president should apologize for him.” Of co

NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 2012 — Seven years after Florida adopted its sweeping self-defense law, the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, has put that law at the center of an increa

THINK PROGRESS, March 21, 2012 — Nearly one month after shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman remains a free man. The Sanford Police maintain that Zimmerman’s conduct was legally justi

HUFFINGTON POST, March 21, 2012 -- Lawrence O'Donnell forcefully criticized the police handling of the Trayvon Martin case during his Tuesday show. The killing of Martin — an unarmed teenager who w

TALKING POINTS MEMO, March 21, 2012 -- When the Supreme Court hears arguments on the Affordable Care Act next week, the central question the justices will consider is whether the federal government h