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Court to Reconsider Charges Against Sudan's Bashir
According to All Africa, The ICC is considering whether or not they should add genocide to the list of charges brought against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir In a ruling issued on Wednesday, the chamber ordered a court pre-trial panel which last year issued a warrant for Bashir’s arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes…
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Listen Up! Why the Plan to Close Gitmo Backfired
NPR’s Morning Edition explains what went wrong in the Gitmo closing.
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Obama's Faith a Private Influence
President Obama has a private relationship with his god, but one that influences his job. From The Washington Post More than a year into his presidency, Obama has not chosen a church in Washington, and has attended services just four times. No single figure has assumed the role of spiritual adviser — publicly, at least…
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Don't Mess With the 'Stache! Holder Responds to McConnell
Eric Holder doesn’t like Sen. Mitch McConnell’s creativity with facts and said as much in a letter today, responding to critiques of the White House’s handling of failed Christmas bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Spencer Ackerman has a nice pull quote over on The Washington Independent Some have argued that had Abdulmutallab been declared an enemy…
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Check It Out: First Lady Finds Comfort in Her Role
A clip from The Today Show’s interview with First Lady Obama.
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Quick Hits: SCOTUSblog to Run "Race and the Supreme Court" Posts
SCOTUSblog is running a “Race and the Supreme Court” series on their website. Below is a schedule which is subject to change. Week 1 “Has the Supreme Court Been Mainly a Friend or a Foe to African Americans?: The Supreme Court’s Impact on Black History for the Past Fifty Years” –Michael Klarman, professor at Harvard…
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James O'Keefe Just Really Likes White People
Over on Salon, Max Blumenthal has a nice rundown of ACORN pimp turned failed eavesdropper James O’Keefe and his history of racially-hostile conservative activism. Below are a few highlights Now an activist organization that monitors hate groups has produced a photo of O’Keefe at a 2006 conference on “Race and Conservatism” that featured leading white…
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Live Stream: Pres. Obama Talks to Senate Dems
President Obama talks to Senate Dems on C-SPAN
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Read/React: "Five Reasons Students Should Attend an HBCU"
Rolling Out provides five reasons to go to an HBCU. Ronald Childs, a graduate of Grambling State University, offered the following five reasons African American students should attend HBCUs: “They’re one of the few institutions that African Americans still control, so it’s more important now that we attend our black universities, that we graduate from…
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Check It Out: Las Vegas Salty at The President
If the president was speaking this way about Salt Lake City, The Buzz might understand the indignation. But Vegas? Come on.
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