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Felon Voting Rights: A Boon for GOP?
(The Root) — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision this week to restore the voting rights of nonviolent felons returned to society is already different things to different people. It’s a sign of a welcome and surprising centrism from the leader of the state called “the cradle of the Confederacy.” It’s one of the most politically…
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A Feast for the Senses, Every Year in Seattle
(The Root) — As Seattle emerges from the rains of winter and spring and heads into the somewhat less rainy months of summer, we citizens of Rain City shed the fleeces, roll down the windows and try to remember where we put the sunscreen. It’s festival weather, and one staple of the season is Festival…
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Describing a Suspect: A Few Tips for Mr. King
(The Root) — The federal authorities and Boston police put out the word early after the bombings at Monday’s Boston Marathon: Bring us your implausible, your unlikely, your huddled hunches yearning to be heard. Advance and be recognized. “We are processing all the digital photographic evidence we can,” said Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge…
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Sister Act: The Rhodes Scholar Edition
(The Root) — Two sisters from the same African nation winning Rhodes scholarships — what are the odds? For the Mohamed family of Zimbabwe, the lightning of international recognition has struck twice in less than a decade. In 2004, Shazrene Mohamed, then a Harvard astrophysics student, won the prestigious honor. And on Tuesday, the Rhodes…
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Obama-Romney Round 1: The President's Stealth
The president let his opponent punch himself out in this week’s debate, Michael E. Ross writes in his Short Sharp Shock blog at Open Salon. Everyone thought Mitt Romney did a great job … but what did he do a great job doing? Testily going on offense from a defensive crouch; proposing to do what…
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Improving Black Education by Executive Order
(The Root) — In an action certainly aimed at energizing his Democratic base, President Obama will announce today that he is signing an executive order specifically intended to improve educational opportunities for African-American students. The president will announce the order Wednesday evening at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans. (Watch the live webcast…
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Obama, Romney Can't Avoid the Gun Issue
(The Root) — On Friday morning at about 12:39 a.m., when James Eagen Holmes walked into the Century Cinema 16 theater complex in Aurora, Colo., outside Denver; kicked open an emergency-exit door leading into Theater 9; and opened fire on a crowd of people gathered for a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, resetting…
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A Cultural Divide for Romney
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Arizona Republican presidential primary in a walk on Tuesday, handily defeating his closest challenger, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, by at least 20 points. Romney claimed the state’s 29 delegates and, combined with a razor-thin victory in the Michigan primary the same day, fully re-established himself as the…
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Michigan for Mitt: A Slim Victory
Maybe those trees were the right height after all. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made good on his plan to be the prodigal son come home in triumph on Tuesday night, winning the Michigan primary and besting former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with a victory that was close but convincing. “We didn’t win by a…
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Romney Wins Florida. Advantage: Obama
As expected, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Florida Republican primary on Tuesday night, the first primary on the GOP campaign calendar held in a state that comes close to reflecting the nation’s cultural and demographic diversities. Romney, having lately discovered his inner angry man, bested his only real challenger, former House Speaker Newt…
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