NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 2011--There was nothing particularly surprising about the shrill skirmishing at the ideological edges of Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa. What was shocking were the antics in the center.
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Posted Saturday, August 13th 2011 at 5:54PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 2011--I must confess that every time Representative Michele Bachmann uttered the phrase “as president of the United States” during Thursday’s Republican presidential debate I blacked out a little bit, so I’m sure th ...
Posted Saturday, August 13th 2011 at 5:53PM
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By Dr. Sarah Sayeed, HUFFINGTON POST, August 12, 2011--"Urgent," the message read:
"ATTIRE GUIDELINES AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE: The World Trade Center site is an active construction site. Please read the following guidelines carefully. These ...
Posted Friday, August 12th 2011 at 10:00PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 12, 2011--As they tried to blame President Obama for the nation’s lowered credit rating, the Republican presidential candidates who squared off Thursday night in Iowa made several misleading, incomplete or simply false claims ...
Posted Friday, August 12th 2011 at 12:59PM
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THE LAST WORD, August 10, 2011--The film adaptation of “The Help.” a novel about the lives and tensions between Mississippi white women and their African American maids, debuts this weekend, and amidst its release it has raised many questions an ...
Posted Friday, August 12th 2011 at 12:51PM
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POLITIFACT, August 12, 2011--PolitFact staffers are watching the Republican debate from Iowa. We'll be updating this story throughout the night. When the candidates say something we've checked before, we'll post links to the previous Truth-O-Meter it ...
Posted Friday, August 12th 2011 at 8:34AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, August 11, 2011 -- Speaking to an occasionally rowdy crowd two days before the Ames Straw poll, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made what seems likely to become a much-discussed flub, declaring to a group of Iowans that ...
Posted Thursday, August 11th 2011 at 2:39PM
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August 9, 2011--Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) has already made one slavery-related gaffe during her presidential campaign, signing a pledge produced by the Iowa FAMiLY LEADER that included language suggesting black children were better off unde ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2011 at 8:54AM
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August 9, 2011--A new CNN/Opinion Research poll released today finds Republicans’ popularity badly bruised by the bitter debt ceiling debate, with the GOP’s unfavorable ratings climbing to an all-time high of 59 percent. The party’s favorable r ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2011 at 8:49AM
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To honor the 109 years of the club's storied existence, Real Madrid played a soccer match against 109 children in China. And don't worry, Madridistas, Los Blancos triumphed over their youthful foes.
Throughout their preseason tour of Asia, Cristia ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2011 at 12:15PM
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Houston’s biggest gathering on Saturday didn’t see national television news crews. It didn’t draw out protestors. It didn’t spark its own Twitter handle. And the event — which attracted an estimated 100,0000 people to a convention center ju ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2011 at 11:25AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 9, 2011--The hotel housekeeper who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in his 28th-floor suite sued him in State Supreme Court in the Bronx on Monday, seeking unspecified damages for a “violent and s ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 9:55PM
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August 8, 2011--CNN's Carol Costello had a rather testy exchange with PBS host Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West about their fierce criticism of President Obama.
Smiley and West have been two of President Obama's most high-profile African America ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 8:52PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 7, 2011, by Oscar Robertson —A great oversight will be rectified Thursday when the Harlem Globetrotters star Reece Tatum — better known as Goose — is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfie ...
Posted Sunday, August 7th 2011 at 3:56PM
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THINK PROGRESS, August 5, 2011--Reuters reports: “The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s on Friday, in a dramatic reversal of fortune for the world’s largest economy.” The new rating is AA+.
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Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 10:42PM
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Lawrence O'Donnell was so bowled over by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's staunch defense of a Muslim-American judge that he gave the Republican what he said was his show's first standing ovation.
Christie drew widespread attention for calling cri ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 10:45AM
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THE DAILY SHOW, August 4, 2011--Thursday night's "Daily Show" closed out the week with a look at our nation's myriad culture wars, including controversy over biracial Spider-man, free birth control and American Atheists protesting the showing of a cr ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 10:31AM
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THE ED SHOW, August 3, 2011--Michael Eric Dyson hosts with Bill Maher as they dissect and destroy the credibility of GOP Presidential hopefuls.
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Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 9:01AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, August 4, 2011—The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to spend nearly $130 m ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 8:54AM
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THE DAILY SHOW, August 2, 2011--Nearing the eleventh hour on Monday, the House passed a debt ceiling deal that will prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt, for now. Jon Stewart, who closely followed the debate last week between budget cut-seeki ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 10:58AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, August 2, 2011--Rachel Maddow's contract with MSNBC has been extended by several years, The Huffington Post has confirmed. The deal will be announced by MSNBC at the Television Critics' Association session in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 at 3:51PM
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Aretha Franklin Tribute - Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch, Yolonda Adams, Martina McBride Live From The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards 2011.
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Posted Monday, August 1st 2011 at 12:33PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 2011 — The two teenagers met inside an ice cream factory through darting glances before roll call, murmured hellos as supervisors looked away and, finally, a phone number folded up and tossed discreetly onto the workroom fl ...
Posted Monday, August 1st 2011 at 10:12AM
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CNN, July 31, 2011-- Edwin J. Fizer got off the train to report for training at Montford Point, North Carolina in the summer of 1942. He, like all proud Marines, had to prove his mettle.
Except, Fizer had another tough hurdle. He was black, an ...
Posted Sunday, July 31st 2011 at 10:18PM
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July 31, 2011--CNN's Don Lemon had a very testy exchange with Sen. Rand Paul about the debt ceiling drama on Saturday night.
As the House and Senate again failed to reach an agreement on how to raise the debt ceiling, Paul appeared on CNN to exp ...
Posted Sunday, July 31st 2011 at 11:00AM
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