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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 19, 2011
The plan is more hype than reality.
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by John McWhorter onOctober 19, 2011
Herman Cain's "brainwashed" comment is not as insidious as charges of abandoning the race.
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates onOctober 18, 2011
The GOP hopeful was not the only black person who sat on the sidelines during the civil rights movement, blogs Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Atlantic. But Cain should still be prepared to have his credentials questioned.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onOctober 17, 2011
Are Romney and Cain destroying stereotypes by showing diversity within groups?
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onOctober 17, 2011
So much for not questioning each other's love of country.
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by Clarence Page onOctober 16, 2011
Tea Partiers are delighted that their support of Cain proves that they don't dislike black people -- but his words suggest that he might, writes Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page.
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by Wayne Dawkins onOctober 15, 2011
GOP front-runners expected him to fade and then fall, but he is cruising and can no longer be ignored, blogs Wayne Dawkins at Politics in Color.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onOctober 14, 2011
Right now he has a lot of one and not much of the other.
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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 14, 2011
Cain is being fueled by Tea Party supporters.
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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 14, 2011
Low- and middle-income Americans would pay more.
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