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  • Listen Up! "Obama: Hospitals Must Grant Same-Sex Visitation"

    President Obama issued a memorandum Thursday to the Department of Health and Human Services, ordering hospitals to give same-sex couples the right to be with a partner who is sick or dying.

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  • Obama Weighs in on Hooks

    Here’s what President Barack Obama had to say about the death of the NAACP’s former executive director: Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks. As I was running for this office, I had the honor of spending some time with Dr. Hooks, and hearing about his extraordinary…

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  • Prison Gerrymandering Isn't Cool

    Adam Serwer of The American Prospect isn’t exactly a fan of prison gerrymandering One of the more insidious ways rural districts that contain prisons increase their clout is by counting the involuntary presence of convicted prisoners inhabiting the correctional facilities in their districts as constituents. This would make sense only in Maine or Vermont, where…

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  • Quick Clips: A Tea Party Timeline

    Thanks to ColorLines, here’s a timeline of the Tea Party’s history and the key players.

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  • *GASP!* Steele Falling Behind in Wooing More Minorities

    Believe it or not, Michael Steele is having a hard time bringing minorities into the GOP fold Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, under fire recently from members of his party for what they view as his shortcomings in management and communication, has also made little headway in another area: winning over minority voters…

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  • NAACP Dismisses Wells Fargo Suit

    The NAACP has dropped its racial discrimination charge against Wells Fargo “Wells Fargo and the NAACP have agreed to work constructively on ways to improve fair credit access, sustainable home ownership and financial literacy for communities of color and other historically disadvantaged communities,” Wells Fargo and the NAACP said in a joint press release. The…

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  • Officials Claim Cops Coerced Boys in NJ Gang-Rape Case

    As law enforcement investigates the alleged gang-rape of a seven-year-old Trenton girl, officials are now calling into question the the confession of two suspects and whether or not they were given under duress The two youngest boys charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl last month may have been pressured into confessing and implicating others in…

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  • Check It Out: Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network Conference

    Saw this video over on Jack and Jill Politics. Rev. Sharpton’s NAN Conference kicked off yesterday. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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  • Benjamin L. Hooks Passes Away at 85

    Benjamin Hooks, former head of the NAACP, has died Benjamin L. Hooks, a civil rights leader who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, has died, said the vice president for communication at the NAACP. … Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, Hooks grew up in the segregated South. Hooks served in the U.S. Army…

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  • 'In Living Color': You Better Recognize

    It’s seems unimaginable now, but the thing that you have to remember is this: Back in 1990, there really wasn’t a space for black comedy, real, raw, uncut funk that took the truth right to the edge and then shoved. Hard. Sure, there was The Cosby Show, but Dr. Huxtable’s subversion was subtle, safely contained…

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