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The Benefits of Being a White Ridiculous Candidate
Tea Party-movement-backed Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell today released a campaign ad in which she tells Delaware voters directly, “I’m not a witch.” I’m no advertising expert, but it seems to me that if you’ve got to remind people that you’re not a witch, your problems are bigger than a 30-second spot can handle. Besides…
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They Built It. Some Came
Media outlets of every stripe today are ignoring the message at the core of Saturday’s One Nation Working Together march—Americans need jobs—to focus instead on comparing it with Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally. Held in August, Restoring Honor was the conservative soiree of the summer, drawing Sarah Palin, Alveda King and 87,000 Beck acolytes, according…
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Progressives Prescribe 'Tea Party Antidote' With 'One Nation' Rally
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to demand jobs and justice from the government. Called “One Nation Working Together,” the rally was the culmination of months of planning by more than 300 partner organizations, which included the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the Human Rights Campaign and the…
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Debt-Collector Abuse: One Woman's Harrowing Tale
Unsettling audio of a racist and threatening California debt collector has emerged just as Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and George LeMieux (R-Fla.) make the first moves on their End Debt Collector Abuse Act (EDCA). Introduced late Wednesday, the bipartisan bill is a series of amendments to the already established Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA),…
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White House Unconcerned About NAACP March
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today addressed concerns about Saturday’s One Nation Working Together rally, an event at which hundreds of unofficial Democratic allies will march to express their disappointment in the nation’s economy and educational system. Led by the NAACP, but supported by activist groups in everything from LGBT rights to labor, One…
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Earning Green by Going Green
Born and raised in the ultra-polluted Suisun City, California, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins would eventually decide to make environmental justice in communities of color her life’s work. As the current CEO of Green for All, a post she took when Van Jones vacated it for the Obama administration, Ellis-Lamkins is at the forefront of the battle against…
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The Root Interview: The DNC's Tim Kaine on the Midterms
In 1994, under the new Clinton White House, the Republican Party fielded a strong pack of candidates in the midterm elections. The result was that they took 54 House seats from the ruling party and wrested control of a Congress that had been largely under Democratic sway for several decades. That was also the year…
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James O'Keefe and the 'Myth of White Privilege'
Try and imagine that, this weekend, I plan to stage an elaborate “prank.” Because I disagree with her politics, I’m going to coax Ann Coulter out from Connecticut under the pretense that I’d like to interview her. When she arrives, alone, she’s encountered by me and a couple friends, who tell her we’d like to…
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EXCLUSIVE: Franken Finds GOP Support for His Debt Act
A source close to Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) office has confirmed that Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) will co-sponsor Franken’s upcoming End Debt Collector Abuse Act. Prompted by a series of Star Tribune articles about caustic and relentless debt collectors who threaten, insult and terrorize American borrowers — some of whom are completely innocent — Franken’s…
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The NAACP Reaches Out to Gay-Rights Groups
On Sept. 22, Benjamin T. Jealous, the charismatic head of the NAACP, made history. On that Wednesday, Jealous spoke at Manhattan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village to promote the upcoming One Nation Working Together march on Washington, D.C. It was the first time in history that a current NAACP president…
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