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Aim those arrows accurately
February 2, 2010We have nothing to gain, and everything to lose, if the Republicans - the strongest advocates for Wall Street and corporate profits at the people's expense - succeed in stopping Obama.
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Climate change moves and countermoves
February 1, 2010From right to left, players on all sides of the legislative and political battlefield are trying to move the debate their way.
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He got the ball rolling
January 28, 2010Last night the president got the ball rolling, but he didn't roll it far enough or always in the right direction. So now it's our turn.
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Setting the record straight for Emmett Till
January 28, 2010A review of "Simeon's Story, An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till" and an interview with the author, Simeon Wright.
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James and Esther Jackson and the long civil rights revolution
January 28, 2010A celebration this week recognized the contribution of the Jacksons and the Communist Party in the struggle for African American freedom, and welcomed the new book "Red Activists and Black Freedom."
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