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by Lawrence Bobo onJanuary 19, 2010
The president must address middle-class fears and stand up to Wall Street.
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by Dayo Olopade onJanuary 19, 2010
A year later and a Senate seat down, Democrats should wake up to what it takes to make change.
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January 17, 2010
President Obama is trying to remember the political struggles of blacks in America. He's also trying to win elections.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onSeptember 4, 2009
What the last of the great liberals can teach Obama about how to fight for health care reform.
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August 28, 2009
Michael Brown, son of the late Commerce secretary Ron Brown, remembers Ted Kennedy as a longtime friend of the family.
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August 27, 2009
The Root's Dayo Olopade and Terrance Heath of 'The Republic of T' discuss Ted Kennedy's liberal legacy...
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August 26, 2009
Ted Kennedy was as much a masterful communicator as a skilled legislator. His urgent message was simple and lasting: We must build a fair and just society.
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August 26, 2009
President Obama had not known Ted Kennedy for long. But he has continuously invoked and praised the Kennedy family legacy, from the educational initiatives under John Kennedy that brought Barack Obama Sr. to the United States, to the rumors of Obama's preference for Caroline to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate, to the handwritten letter Obama carried from Kennedy to the Pope, down to the gift of his family dog.
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August 26, 2009
Who will bring his empathy and compassion for the rest of America? Who will take up his causes?
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by Washington Post onAugust 26, 2009
One of the most powerful and influential senators in American history, Ted Kennedy was the last survivor of a family and a generation that dominated American politics in the 1960s.
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