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by Terence Samuel onFebruary 23, 2009
President Obama needs to explain in simple terms how his expensive economic recovery plans will work. We need information not just inspiration.
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by Lawrence Bobo onFebruary 23, 2009
Alan Keyes is an embarrassment to the Republican Party with his rants on President Obama’s citizenship. So why aren’t responsible Republicans shutting him up?
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by Jack White onFebruary 19, 2009
Competence? A+. Leadership style? A+. This is what it must have been like when FDR took over from Herbert Hoover and got people believing and hoping again.
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by Dayo Olopade onJanuary 20, 2009
Progressive, yet traditional, aggressive, yet conciliatory. In a day of stirring symmetries, President Barack Obama began the first chapter of his four-year conversation with America.
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by Terence Samuel onJanuary 2, 2009
The new Congress convenes tomorrow to confirm Barack Obama's cabinet and deal with his controversially appointed Senate replacement. But in some ways, it starts today for Obama. Bye-bye, Chicago! Hello, Washington.
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by Camille Jackson onDecember 19, 2008
Esteemed historian reacts to a historic race, one he never believed he would witness in his lifetime.
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by Matthew McKnight onDecember 17, 2008
The Washington, D.C. area expects to receive as many as 5 million visitors for the inaugural events between Jan. 18 and Jan. 21. There are reportedly more than 14,000 homeless people in the Washington metropolitan area. So when droves of Obama maniacs rush D.C., what will happen to all the homeless people?
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by Kai Wright onDecember 16, 2008
The No. 1 way John McCain is not George Bush: He'll never be president.
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by Colin Delany onDecember 15, 2008
Why my mom's generation had so much trouble with the idea of a President Obama.
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by Henry Louis Gates Jr. onDecember 15, 2008
From toiling as White House slaves to President-elect Barack Obama, we have crossed the ultimate color line.
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