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THE LAST WORD, MSNBC, July 18, 2011--Lawrence O'Donnell explains government debt ceiling crisis. He shows a fascinating clip of President Obama talking to a group of college students about his philos

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, July 18, 2011—Before Jabari Parker takes the floor to play a basketball game, he sits by himself in the locker room for a couple of minutes of prayer and reflection. "I pray that G

NEWSWEEK, JULY 9, 2011—The hacking scandal currently shaking Rupert Murdoch’s empire will surprise only those who have willfully blinded themselves to that empire’s pernicious influence on journalism

By MICHAEL WINERIP, NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 2011—There had long been suspicions that cheating on state tests was widespread in the Atlanta public schools, but the superintendent, Beverly L. Hall, was

WNBA.com: For the past two years you have organized your Christmas with Y.O.U. initiative, but what else have you done in the community? Charde Houston: I run a weekly focus group here in Minnesota

COMEDY CENTRAL, July 15, 2011--Stephen Colbert tackled Rupert Murdoch's phone hacking scandal on Thursday's show, and taking a cue from an editor at the now-defunct News of the World who believes that

July 13, 2011--Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) introduced a bill today that they claim would help manage a government default if the debt limit is not raised

By DIANE McWHORTER, NY Times, July 10, 2011--Chris McNair, symbol of the civil rights struggle in Birmingham, Ala., reported to federal prison last month, bereft of the media respect that has been his

By ROB HOERBURGER--Aretha Franklin sat alone with a Coke. It was the night of her 69th birthday, and all around, guests were filing into the Park Room at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel on Central Park S

WASHINGTON POST, July 2, 2011—Tomorrrow, July 3, 2011, my wife, Gwen, and I will reach the big “50.” That’s right: our 50th wedding anniversary, a milestone some friends believed would never be reache

THE DAILY SHOW, July 1, 2011--Jon Stewart spent the first part of Thursday night's "Daily Show" addressing the week's second-biggest media story (after Glenn Beck's last hurrah, of course): Mark Halpe

THE DAILY SHOW, June 30, 2011--Jon Stewart reports that Republicans look like they are taking Mitt Romney to the Big Dance--but with the same enthusiasm as someone taking his cousin to the prom.

MSNBC, THE LAST WORD, June 29, 2011--A newspaper op-ed from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mourned the loss of the Republican party as we once knew it. Lawrence O'Donnell debunks the ring-wing concept of

THE ED SHOW, MSNBC, June 28, 2011--Jon Stewart's ongoing debate with Fox News since his interview with Chris Wallace now has another layer: Herman Cain. On Wednesday night's "Ed Show," Reverend Al Sha

TALKING POINTS MEMO, June 29, 2011--For the first time, a Republican appointed federal judge -- part of a three-judge circuit court panel -- has ruled that the individual insurance mandate in Presiden

THINK PROGRESS, June 28, 2011--Since last year, low-income Arizonans have been feeling the impact of a series of brutal Medicaid cuts that officials predict will kick at least 135,000 people off the s

THE ED SHOW, June 27, 2011--Reverend Al Sharpton debates National Organization for Marriage supported Brian Brown on NY's recent Marriage Equality Law. Follow the arguments. See which man sweats.

POLITIFACT, June 27, 2011—On “Face the Nation” last Sunday, Bob Schieffer asked GOP Presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann about her PolitiFact report card. SCHIEFFER: I want to ask you ab

HUFFINGTON POST, June 27, 2011--When notable President Obama impersonator Reggie Brown began his gig at the Republican Leadership Conference earlier this month, it appeared that things were going well

N.Y. DAILY NEWS, June 21, 2011—This fall, Autum Ashante will be like any other giddy freshman starting college, with one notable exception - she's 13 years old. The Pelham Parkway teen has been acc

POLITICO, June 27, 2011--Hours before arriving back in the United States from a weeklong trip to Africa, first lady Michelle Obama on Sunday told ABC’s “This Week” of a “surreal” meeting with statesma

REVIEWED BY DAVID REYNOLDS, N. Y. TIMES, June 26, 2011—No less an authority than Leo Tolstoy included “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” on his short list of “examples of the highest art flowing from love of God and

By REV. DR. JACQUELINE J. LEWIS, JUNE 25, 2011—I am old enough to remember drinking at the colored only water fountain in Ruleville, Mississippi, my mom's hometown when I was five years old in 1964. M

REUTERS, June 25, 2011—When New York became the sixth and by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state Legislature Friday, it immediately

POLTIFACT, June 23, 2011--As many of our readers already know, a certain late-night comic aired a five-minute-plus segment last night featuring our work. We thought our readers might appreciate a one-