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MEDIA MATTERS, March 20, 2012 -- Fox News anchor Bret Baier responded to a new book reporting that in 2010, President Obama criticized the network for pushing the myth that Obama "is a Muslim" by sayi

THINK PROGRESS, March 19, 2012 -- Since his tragic death on February 26, Trayvon Martin — an unarmed 17-year-old African-American shot by “neighborhood watch volunteer” George Zimmerman — has become n

NEW YORK TIMES, March 19, 2012 — Ana Verdugo is a fan of Matt de la Peña’s young adult novels; she read his “Mexican WhiteBoy” in two days. Like the lead character, Danny, Ana is a Mexican-American

THINK PROGRESS, March 19, 2012 -- On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old whi

"When I say the name Trayvon Martin, does it mean anything to you?" Melissa Harris-Perry asked her MSNBC audience on Saturday. "If it doesn't, it should." Harris-Perry then took some time to explai

NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 2012 -- SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show tha

MSNBC, March 14, 2012 -- The government has been very busy performing nips and tucks on the reproductive rights of women, and Nina Turner, an Ohio State Senator, is sick of it. In a move that some as

THINK PROGRESS, March 11, 2012 -- An Ohio State Senator is turning the tables on men seeking to regualate women’s access to reproductive health. Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) has introduced legislati

HUFFINGTON POST, March 11, 2012, by Earl Martin Phalen, CEO Reach Out and Read -- Melissa Harris-Perry is a brilliant political science professor at Tulane University, dynamic commentator, and natio

Huffington post, March 10, 2012 -- MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry took some time on her Saturday show to discuss what she called a "manufactured controversy" that erupted around President Barack Obam

HARDBALL, MSNBC, March 9, 2012 -- Watch GAME CHANGE on HBO, Saturday, March 10 at 9 PM .

THE DAILY SHOW, March 9, 2012 -- Jon Stewart has the real truth about that newly discvoered video that Sean Hannity says Obama supporters have kept "under lock and key"--the one broadcast on PBS durin

THINK PROGRESS, March 8, 2012 -- Breitbart.com and Fox News believe that President Obama’s affiliation with the late Harvard professor Derrick Bell, as evidenced from a hug they share in a video from

POLITICO, March 8, 2012 -- Consider the hatchet buried. Four years after their campaign trail troubles, first lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that she considers Hillary Clinton “a role model” to

THE LAST WORD, March 7, 2012 -- Lawrence O'Donnell and guest Harvard Law classmate of Barack Obama discuss that newly discovered 1990 video of the future President speaking at a protest rally. Keit

HUFFINGTON POST, March 7, 2012 -- Before Andrew Breitbart's unexpected death, the conservative blogger and journalist had promised to release video footage of President Barack Obama that he said would

CNN, March 4, 2012 -– When reading Zora Neale Hurston’s seminal literary work,"Their Eyes Were Watching God"– the coming of age love story that chronicles Janie Crawford's search for self– the musical

HUFFINGTON POST, March 4, 2012 -- After beating Rick Santorum by just three percentage points in his home state of Michigan, GOP candidate Mitt Romney really needs to inject some life into his candida

THINK PROGRESS, March 4, 2012 -- On Fox News Sunday this morning, Chris Wallace challenged Rick Santorum on why he’s given such a small percentage of his salary to charity (1.76 percent) compared to M

HUFFINGTON POST, March 4, 2012 -- Fox News chief Roger Ailes is offering some startling praise to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in the form of a blurb for her new book "Drift." Maddow's new book, "Drift: T

Bit by Bit Whitney Houston Well there's a bridge and there's a river that I still must cross; As I'm going on my journey Oh, I might be lost And there's a road I have to follow,

THINK PROGRESS, March 2, 2012 -- Fox News devoted just a single segment to the escalating controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s vicious attacks on Sanda Fluke, the Georgetown Law student whom Republ

HUFFINGTON POST, March 2, 2012 -- Jillian Maldonado is a 29-year-old student at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center and an Avon sales representative who earns $300 a week. On most nights, she take

AND HE RODE UPON A CHERUB AND DID FLY; YEA, HE DID FLY UPON THE WINGS OF THE WIND—PSALM 18:10 SOMEWHERE OVER VIRGINIA, 1857 -- Suddenly they came crashing down on us. Long-necked geese were