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Note to Republicans: Cuts Don't Cut It
Written by Eugene Robinson After slamming Democrats for not focusing on “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Republicans have decided to ignore their own winning message in favor of “cuts, cuts, cuts.” This is bad economics — and bad politics. If you don’t believe me, read a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, published Thursday, that has what should…
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All Hail Mayor Rahm
By Jonathan Capehart My reaction to Rahm Emanuel’s stunning and decisive victory over anyone else in the Chicago mayor’s race was neatly summed up by his friend and former White House colleague David Axelrod. “Two things are surreal: the nature of the victory and how fast it got counted,” Axelrod told the Chicago Sun-Times. The…
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El DeBarge Has a Second Chance at Music and at Life
Written by Lonnae O’Neal Parker El DeBarge looks like he feels good about himself. Twenty minutes before he takes the stage at the BWX Lounge in Hanover, sounds of cheering fans reach the singer in a curtained-off room. He fixes his scarf to adjust his appearance, though, truth be told, there’s nothing wrong there –…
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Scientists Find DNA Change Accounting for White Skin
Edtor’s Note from The Root: As many have noted since this posted, this article was first published in 2005 and was promoted last week in error. If you wish to continue reading, please keep that in mind. By Rick WeissWashington Post Staff Writer Scientists said yesterday that they have discovered a tiny genetic mutation that largely…
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Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC's 'Countdown'
By Paul Farhi Keith Olbermann, the combative left-leaning anchor of MSNBC’s most popular program, Countdown, surprised viewers Friday night by announcing that the show would be his last. Olbermann said he had been told by MSNBC that the cable network was ending his contract. Although neither the network nor Olbermann publicly cited a reason for…
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GOP's Rude Awakening on Health Care Repeal
By Eugene Robinson This whole health-care thing isn’t quite working out the way Republicans planned. My guess is that they’ll soon try to change the subject — but I’m afraid they’re already in too deep. Wednesday’s vote to repeal President Obama’s health insurance reform law was supposed to be a crowning triumph. We heard confident…
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House Votes to Repeal Health Care Law
By Felicia Sonmez and David A. Fahrenthold The House on Wednesday evening passed a bill that would repeal the national health care overhaul, approving the measure on a largely party-line vote. The repeal bill passed 245 to 189, with three Democrats — Reps. Mike Ross (Ark.), Dan Boren (Okla.) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.) — joining…
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Oldest African American Carried No Anger, No Stress
Written by Courtland Milloy Mississippi Winn usually sat in the pew in front of my parents, my two sisters and me at the Avenue Baptist Church in my home town, Shreveport, La. If I had known that she’d become the oldest living African American in the country, I might have at least spoken to her…
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Striving for Passionate, Not Poisonous, Dialogue in MLK's Honor
By Al Sharpton The senseless violence in Arizona this past weekend left all of us stunned, but this devastating act hit home for me more than most. I have been a victim of violence that could have cost my life, and I have been involved in controversies that led to violence in which my words…
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A Health Care Fight Democrats Should Welcome
By Eugene Robinson If the incoming Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is serious about trying to repeal health care reform, there’s only one appropriate Democratic response: “Make my day.” Just to be clear, there’s no earthly chance that a bill repealing the landmark health care overhaul could make it through Congress and be…
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