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 Cenac...
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Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 6:18PM
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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 the rest of the tape.
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Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 6:11PM
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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. Fine, it is spliced. And it was put online by Mov ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 10:45PM
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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 AND PUNDITS CONTINUED TO ARGUE OVER WHO SHOULD BEAR ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 10:25AM
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“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 FOX A LEGITMATE NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS ...
Posted Saturday, July 24th 2010 at 7:42PM
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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.
by Kate Dailey
This week Facebook will r ...
Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 10:59AM
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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 WORKS WITH SOME, ENOUGH, PERHAPS, TO ERODE OBAM ...
Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 10:28AM
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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 were Fox agenda items, all following a very, very ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 11:21PM
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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 persistent joblessness. It was, most people agreed, ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2010 at 3:32PM
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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, named France, Japan, Mexico, Spain or, yes, China.
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Posted Sunday, July 4th 2010 at 12:06PM
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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 temporarily impose the federal minimum wage on tens of tho ...
Posted Saturday, July 3rd 2010 at 11:59AM
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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 DO THEIR SHARE TO RIGHT THE WRONG.
COLUMBIA, M ...
Posted Thursday, July 1st 2010 at 3:48PM
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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 "Take Our Jobs" as a way to bring attention to the na ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 5:23PM
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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 budget soon.
Department of Personnel Administr ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 5:22PM
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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 TESTAMENT TO HOW FAR THE NATION HAS COME. ...
Posted Tuesday, June 29th 2010 at 10:57AM
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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 TROUBLE. INSTEAD, TROUBLE FOUND US.
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Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 9:57PM
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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 LOOKING UP TO SEE THE SAME HEAVENLY EXTRAVAGANZA ROLLIC ...
Posted Friday, June 25th 2010 at 8:54AM
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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 STARS BEAMING IN EVERY DIRECTION, FIREBALLS BIG AS ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 10:30AM
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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 UP AND COLLEGE IS NOW A BIGGER PART OF TH ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 8:20AM
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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 DEADLY FALL.
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Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 10:22PM
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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 GOING THROUGH. I HAD TO PEE TOO.
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Posted Monday, June 21st 2010 at 8:44PM
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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 OTHERS MASTERS? WHO MADE ALL THIS? WHO AM I?
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Posted Sunday, June 20th 2010 at 9:52PM
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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're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread yo ...
Posted Sunday, June 20th 2010 at 9:48PM
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