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HUFFINGTON POST, January 5, 2012 -- MSNBC contributor and political analyst Melissa Harris-Perry will host her own show for the network starting in February. Harris-Perry tweeted the news on Thursd

NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 2012 — On the rough-edged streets of Harlem in the 1940s, the young Walter Dean Myers knew better than to carry his library books where other children could see them. “I

NEW YORK TIMES, January 2, 2011 -- He was buried after the Sept. 11 attacks with full honors from the New York Police Department, and proclaimed a hero by the city’s police commissioner. He is cited b

by David Frum, CNN, January 2, 2012 -- Monday is the second day of the year, which means millions of Americans have started new diets. They resolved to lose weight, get in shape, and they are start

HUFFINGTON POST, January 1, 2012 -- Despite recent accusations of racism and homophobia, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) stuck to his libertarian principles on Sunday, critic

THE LAST WORD, December 28, 2011 -- Lawrence O'Donnell shares clips from interviews Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul gave to comic Sacha Baron Cohen. Hilarity and mayhem ensue.

By Amy Goodman, ALTERNET, December 29, 2011 -- All eyes are on Iowa this week, as the hodgepodge field of Republican contenders gallivants across that farm state seeking a win, or at least “momentum,”

TALKING POINTS MEMO, December 30, 2011 -- So what’s the deal with Romney’s tax returns? Or more specifically, what’s the deal with Mitt Romney letting himself get more and more nippy press by refusing

HUFFINGTON POST, December 29, 2011 --2011 is drawing to a close, which means it is now time to report year-end ratings for cable news shows. As in previous months and years, Fox News dominated the lis

TALKING POINTS MEMO, December 29, 2011 -- History has caught up to Michele Bachmann. And it seems determined to make her a comical footnote in the 2012 presidential nomination fight. We’re about as

HUFFINGTON POST, December 28, 2011 -- Last week the Justice Department blocked a South Carolina law that would require voters to produce photo identification at the polls. Now a similar Texas voter ID

MSNBC, December 28, 2011 -- Al Sharpton laid into Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin for, according to Sharpton, spewing 'bogus claims' on Fox News' morning show "Fox and Friends." Wisco

THINK PROGRESS, December 28, 2011 -- The New York Times today has a quick run down of the biggest applause lines Rick Perry receives out on the campaign trail in Iowa. The Times reports that the crowd

MSNBC, December 27, 2011 -- Rachel Maddow discussed what she believed was the strong impact Fox News has on Republican voters and Republican candidates during her show Tuesday night. Maddow was ref

By Monique Ruffin, HUFFINGTON POST, December 28, 2011 -- The civil rights issue of our time is gay marriage, and the key players in our country's most significant civil rights movement are on the wron

CNN, December 22, 2011 -- David Margolick’s latest book, “Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock,” explores what happened to two teenagers captured in one of the civil rights movement’s most ic

By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 2011-- Suppose that President Obama were to say the following: “Mitt Romney believes that corporations are people, and he believes that only corporations

by David Gergen, CNN, December 22, 2011 -- Even though House Republicans are now wisely folding their tents, their disarray this week over extending a payroll tax cut has left a sour taste at year's e

HUFFINGTON POST, December 22, 2011 -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump continued to make the case for a potential third party presidential run Wednesday night, claiming that if he entered the race as an

POLITICS NATION, December 20, 2011 -- Rev. Al Sharpton takes us back to the turning point in the history of voting rights in the US--Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettis Bridge. Rep. John Lewis was

POLITICS NATION, December 20, 2011 -- IN Wisconsin, 470,000 voters do not have the proper documentation to allow them to vote. Rev. sharpton discusses legal remedies to the Block the vote campaign.

THINK PROGRESS, December 20, 2011 -- Nearly ten days ago, hardware giant Lowe’s caved to right-wing pressure and pulled its ads from TLC’s reality show about Muslim life in America. Following that dec

THINK PROGRESS, December 19, 2011 -- No one has benefited more from wealthy donors seeking to influence the 2012 presidential race than Mitt Romney. As of last August, Romney received more lobbyist co

THINK PROGRESS, December 17, 2011 -- The Florida Family Association has managed to do a lot of damage with its All-American Muslim boycott over the last week and a half, whether by convincing companie

HUFFINGTON POST, December 15, 2011 -- Education policies that affect millions of students have long been tied to test scores, but a new paper suggests those scores are regularly misinterpreted. Acc