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One possible silver lining of the Shirley Sherrod fiasco is that there may be an opportunity to have a frank discussion about race. For more, we're joined by our Senior Racist Correspondent Wyatt C

Within hour of the tape surfacing, the NAACP and the Obama Administration condemned Sherrod's comments and the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack "Vil-Sacked" her. And that's when they watched

Conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart admitted in a speech not too long ago that he "hearts" al Qaeda. Or so he does in a new video that was just put online. Okay, it's a video that seems spliced.

NEARLY A WEEK AFTER THE SHIRLEY SHERROD CONTROVERSY SHOOK THE POLITICAL FIRMAMENT, THE DEBATE OVER WHAT IT ALL MEANS CONTINED TO DRIVE THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE. BUT NO CONSENSUS EMERGED AS PARTISANS AN

“BASIC JOURNALISM CALLS FOR GETTING INFORMATION, CHECKING IT OUT, LOOKING FOR CONTEXT AND TRYING TO GET TO THE TRUTH,” SAID THE ETHICS COMMITTEE CHAIR AT THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS. “IS

FACEBOOK CAN MAKE NETWORKING AND SHARING PHOTOS EASIER. BUT THERE IS ALSO A SINISTER SIDE. ASIDE FROM THE DUBIOUS PRIVACY ISSUES, FACEBOOK CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. FACEBOOK CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.

THE SHERROD CASE HAS FULLY EXPOSED THE RIGHT-WING CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY BY USING RACIAL FEAR. DELIBERATELY HYPED AND EXAGGERATED ALLEGATIONS WON’T WORK WITH MOST PEOPLE—BUT IT W

RACHEL MADDOW, July 21 Fox News has run with a few different stories this year that they really pushed all on their own. They weren't mainstream news stories -- they weren't even news, really. They

by Paul Krugman, NY Times, July 5, 2010 There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of pe

Pop quiz: Who was emperor when the United States declared independence from China? Give up? Perhaps you should ask one of the Americans who, when asked what country the U.S. separated from, nam

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and JUDY LIN, Associated Press July 2, 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A state appellate court on Friday sided with the Schwarzenegger administration in its attempt to temporaril

FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, WILLIAM GATEWOOD LAY IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE. THAT ENDED TUESDAY WHEN THREE BASEBALL FANS CONTINUED THEIR QUEST TO LOCATE EVERY FORMER NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYER WITHOUT A HEADSTONE AND D

FRESNO, Calif. -- The United Farm Workers union - in a tongue-and-cheek appeal - is encouraging U.S. citizens and legal residents to become farmworkers. The union is launching a campaign called "Ta

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration on Wednesday warned state workers that they will have their pay cut to the federal minimum wage if California lawmakers don't pass a bu

BYRD’S TRAJECTORY—FROM BITTER SEGREGATIONIST TO BELOVED DEAN OF THE SENATE—IS ACTUALLY A HOPEFUL QUINTESSENTIALLY AMERICAN STORY. THE FACT THE BYRD’S EARLY WORDS AND DEEDS ARE SO SHOCKING TODAY IS A

WITH THE STARS FLICKERING AROUND US, UNDER GOD’S WATCHFUL EYES, I FELT SAFE. WE WERE HIGH ABOVE ALL THE DANGER, HOPELESSNESS AND TURMOIL OF THIS WORLD. AS LONG AS WE WERE FLYING, WE WOULD FIND NO TR

THE ASTOUNDING SPECTACLE COVERED THE WHOLE SKY, SO UNIMAGINABLY VAST YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE IT FROM ANYWHERE ON EARTH. I IMAGINED AUNTIE BEE AT THAT MOMENT, BACK IN OUR OLD CABIN. SHE WOULD BE LOOKI

THE SKY WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DARK. IT WAS PEACEFUL. I SETTLED IN FOR WHAT LOOKED TO BE A QUIET, RESTFUL NIGHT. THEN IT BEGAN. OUT OF NOWHERE, THE ENTIRE SKY LIT UP LIKE IT WAS MIDDAY. SHOOTING S

A RECENT STUDY SHOWS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO DBATE ARE 70 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE. “I GET THIS CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE I DEBATED,” STEPHON SAID. “MY GRADES ARE

I HAD A THOUGHT THAT MADE ME SHUDDER. WHEN THE LAST JAR OF FUEL GOES AND THE FLAME DIES AND WATER COOLS, THE PROPELLER WILL STOP. WHAT THEN? UNFORTUNATELY, I KNEW THE ANSWER. A LONG, QUICK AND DEA

AS SOON AS I TRIED TO MOVE I FELT A STINGING PAIN IN MY BELLY. I WAS FULL OF WATER AND THE PRESSURE MADE ME FEEL I WAS ABOUT TO BURST. “PEEEEEE-O, PEEEEE-O, PEEEE,” RANDALL SANG. I KNEW WHAT HE WAS

THE NIGHT SKY MADE ME THINK. THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO BUT DREAM AND WONDER. MY MIND WAS FREE TO GO ANYWHERE AND SOON THE IDEAS CAME FLOODING IN. WHY AM I A SLAVE? WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE SLAVES AND OT

Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You'