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The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

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The importance of the black vote in last Tuesday's election can only be fully appreciated when considered against the historical backdrop of black enfranchisement.

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Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did

Erik Ose | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Obama's victory does not spell the end of racial disparity in America, but it is a ringing sign of progress, a triumph on the road to greater equality and realizing the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed to us.

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Early Voting Flood in Swing States Predicts Obama Tsunami

Erik Ose | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Banking base voters early is now allowing the Obama campaign to focus its energy in the home stretch on independent and undecided voters.

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I Used To Be A Republican

Martha Miller | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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The Republican machine selects symbols for which we vote, symbols to sell us, but symbols have no character, no judgment. Symbols do not make decisions.

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McCain and Palin Inciting Violence in North Carolina

Erik Ose | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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In the wake of McCain-Palin visits to North Carolina, a string of election season crimes have occurred around the state involving violence, vandalism, and harassment.

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Birch Bayh: What Leadership Ought to Look Like

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Here's why I like Bayh the father so much and why he sets a standard for leadership that we should be comparing others to.

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A Transformational Moment

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Young people see Obama's success as natural -- he's an inspirational leader who happens to be black. For my generation, this is a moment that we didn't think would come in our lifetimes.

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Hillary's History Lesson: Intro to MLK 101

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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This year a woman and an African-American man are two main contenders for the Democratic nomination, thanks in large part to the efforts of Dr. King. Let's give credit where credit is due.

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Framing MLK And LBJ

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

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King's legacy is a third-rail issue -- touch it and you die in Democratic politics. Clinton was seen as somehow "slighting" King, and so she had to pay the price.

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Clinton vs. Obama: Lest We Forget

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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The challenge confronting me and others, who worked with Dr. King, is how to set the record straight without appearing to third parties to be playing the so-called "race card".

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Johnson Did Help Give Life to King's Dream

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics

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Clinton was factually right and, after seeing the video of the comment, I am convinced that she met no disrespect to King's legacy.

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Huckabee and Paul: Not That Funny and Not That Righteous

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

I'll take Clinton's shaky public humor and shakier trustworthiness over Paul's righteousness, Huckabee's wit, and the devious and unfunny realities they obscure.

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