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Letter From North Carolina
On a recent Saturday morning in the heart of North Carolina, it was threatening rain, and I was standing in line with thousands of others in downtown Greensboro to do something I’d never done before—be part of the cheering crowd at a Barack Obama rally. Until just weeks ago, my engagement with politics had always…
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(Still) Down in New Orleans
New Orleans marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by getting ready for yet another deadly storm, evoking memories of the deadly combination of wind, water and government negligence that devastated one of America’s great cities three years ago. Even before Hurricane Gustav came roaring in this week, there was ample evidence that the city…
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She'll Take That
At Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony, Alicia Keys graciously thanked Prince for handing her the prize for best female R&B vocal performance for her smash “No One.” But she has so much more to thank him for. T.S. Eliot once wrote that, “bad poets imitate; good poets steal.” And Keys’ latest effort “As I Am” leaves…
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