VIRGINIA, 1857—Twenty-five slaves lived in three log and daub cabins on our tobacco farm. We had no windows but we didn’t need any. The walls were not solid. There were spaces between the slats that did nothing to keep out cold and rain. I could ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 1:54PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, February 10, 2012 -- Rachel Maddow used her Thursday show to respond to columnist and Fox News pundit Cal Thomas' comment that she should never have been born.
Speaking at a panel about the Obama administration's ruling on contrac ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 10:39AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, February 9, 2012 -- In public relations, 'spin' is the term people use when they would like a topic or story covered in a specific manner, in a certain light. In the realm of politics, unfortunately, some elected officials and their ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 10:32AM
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ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HISTORY’S FIRST FLIGHT. This historical fiction by Richard Kigel (SynergEbooks 2010) tells the improbable story of history’s first successful attempt to fly. According to Josiah Brantley, born a slave i ...
Posted Thursday, February 9th 2012 at 5:15PM
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As you all know only too well, the “history” of Black History isn’t pretty. It has long been abused, misused, mislaid, misplaced, dismissed, disrespected, simplified, ignored, mischaracterized, misunderstood and falsified.
Clearly, some of t ...
Posted Thursday, February 9th 2012 at 5:14PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, February 8, 2012 -- Michelle Obama. Jimmy Fallon. Let the games begin.
On Tuesday night's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," the First Lady invited Fallon to the White House for a little friendly physical competition. Though the cont ...
Posted Thursday, February 9th 2012 at 1:25PM
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POLITICO, February 4, 2012 -- Donald Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney may have consumed the news cycle on Thursday, but Nevada Facebook users see the endorsement as a net negative for Romney, according to a Facebook/POLITICO poll.
Forty-one perc ...
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THINK PROGRESS, February 3, 2012 -- After the Koch brothers secretly
mobilized $100 million from fellow billionaires to unseat President Barack Obama last weekend, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) wrote an op-ed in Politico today accusing the Obama administ ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2012 at 10:22AM
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William Still was just a boy when he helped the first one escape. He never knew the man's name; only that he was being hunted by slave catchers.
But in the years ahead, there would be many hundreds more. And Still vowed their stories would never ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 8:39PM
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THINK PROGRESS, February 3, 2012 -- During an interview last night with Nevada reporter Jon Ralston, Mitt Romney attempted to walk back his statement that he is “not concerned with the very poor.” “It was a mistake. I misspoke,” Romney said.
ROMNE ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 11:17AM
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MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry has a new show with a premiere date and title.
The self-titled show, "Melissa Harris-Perry" will debut on Saturday, February 18. MSNBC originally announced that Harris-Perry's new show would debut on Saturday ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 11:27AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, February 1, 2012 -- In the summer of 1865, a former slave by the name of Jourdan Anderson sent a letter to his former master. And 147 years later, the document reads as richly as it must have back then.
The roughly 800-word letter ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 11:00AM
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HBO’s upcoming movie “Game Change,” which zeroes in on John McCain’s 2008 presidential run, paints a less-than-flattering picture of his running mate, Sarah Palin, a new trailer shows.
In the clip from the film — which is based on the bestselling ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2012 at 11:12PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, January 29, 2012 -- For those wondering if President Obama will watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, the New Yorker's latest cover offers some insight into the big game the President currently has his eyes on.
The cover — drawn by Barr ...
Posted Sunday, January 29th 2012 at 9:41PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, January 28, 2012 -- As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass. But with apologies to Sherlock Holmes, an iPhone — specifically, the iPhone 4 — proved quite useful in helping po ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2012 at 1:16PM
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THE LAST WORD, January 26, 2012 -- Lawrence O'Donnell interviews former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on proper and expected protocol when public officials meet the President.
Also, Professor Melissa Harris-Perry discusses historical parallels to t ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 1:35PM
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TALKING POINTS MEMO, January 27, 2012 -- Out of the three officials who met President Obama on an airport tarmac near Phoenix earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) is now the only one who has characterized the president as anything other tha ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 1:29PM
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THINK PROGRESS, January 26, 2012 -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker called into WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer show this morning to condemn New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for suggesting that voters should decide whether gay and lesbian people should be allowed ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 11:14AM
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THINK PROGRESS, January 26, 2012 -- ov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) defended his call for a ballot referendum on marriage equality, suggesting that the majority should vote on the rights of the minority.
“The fact of the matter is,” Christie argued, “I ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 11:09AM
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TALKING POINTS MEMO, January 26, 2012 -- President Obama didn’t exactly walk away from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) during their disagreement on Wednesday on an airport tarmac near Phoenix, said one of the only people to witness the exchange up close. ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 10:59AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, January 27, 2012 — Democrats see the chance that President Obama’s heated exchange with Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona on the airport tarmac in Phoenix could help him with the Hispanic voters he came West to court this week.
The run-in ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2012 at 10:55AM
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NEWSWEEK, January 16, 2012 -- You hear it everywhere. Democrats are disappointed in the president. Independents have soured even more. Republicans have worked themselves up into an apocalyptic fervor. And, yes, this is not exactly unusual.
A presi ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2012 at 4:08PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, January 21, 2012 -- Al Sharpton challenged Newt Gingrich to meet him to discuss his controversial comments about blacks and food stamps, and poor children working as janitors.
The Hill reported that a man in South Carolina questio ...
Posted Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 9:37PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, January 21, 2012 — When Newt Gingrich was House speaker, lawmakers would routinely arrive at his elegant suite in the Capitol and find an unexpected adviser sitting on the couch: his wife, Marianne.
Like the wife who preceded her a ...
Posted Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 9:25PM
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President Barack Obama hit the ground running this week with his newfound fame as a musical entertainer. The Obama campaign has released a ringtone version of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," available for download on the campaign website.
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Posted Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 9:23PM
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