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Lawyer's Statement on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.
UPDATE: The disorderly conduct charges against Henry Louis Gates Jr. were dropped on Tuesday. Statement on Behalf of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — by Charles Ogletree This brief statement is being submitted on behalf of my client, friend, and colleague, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This is a statement concerning the arrest of Professor Gates.…
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The Root's Editor-in-Chief Arrested
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation’s pre-eminent black scholar, is accusing Cambridge police of racism after he was arrested while trying to force open the locked front door of his home near Harvard University. Cambridge police were called to the home Thursday afternoon after a woman reported seeing a man “wedging his shoulder into the…
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Calling a Stall a Stall in Health Reform
It was a busy weekend in the intensifying political brawl over health care reform. Most notably, Obama’s budget guru (and health care secret weapon) Peter Orszag caused a stir by pointing out just how naked some “centrist” Senators are in their effort to kill reform. The administration is cajoling lawmakers to vote on a bill…
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Buying Time on the Economy
Barack Obama has been president for exactly six months, and we’ll have to wait a while to find out whether all the frenetic activity in these opening rounds of his presidency will amount to anything over the long haul. There is no argument that the administration and the president have both been busy and ambitious;…
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Cashing in on Michael J
I’m a skeptic when it comes to people and their good intentions. With that said, what’s up with folks cashing in on Michael Jackson two weeks after his overdose? First, Daddy Joe was promoting his new record label at the BET Awards a few days after his celebrity-son dies. Then there were articles written everywhere…
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Tougher than Robben: Mandela Gets a Day
From Al Jazeera: “Supporters of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, have celebrated the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday with the launch of a special day in his name. Mandela celebrated with his family and friends on “Mandela Day”, which is being promoted as a day to do good and one his charity foundation hopes will…
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Obama-thon '09: The Health Care Edition
From the Washington Post: “Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the upcoming two weeks. With skepticism about the president’s health-care reform effort mounting on Capitol Hill — even within his own party — the White House…
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Filling a Black Hole
Last week, National Black Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Harry Alford gave Sen. Barbara Boxer the business over their disagreements about the climate bill before her committee. In testimony before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Alford admitted that he spoke “not as an economist” and as “not a climate change expert,” but…
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The Original Moonwalk
I was 9 when Neil Armstrong took that “one small step for man,” and even as a kid, I wasn’t impressed. The moon? Please. On Star Trek, they were whizzing by moons in other galaxies, and Tintin, the protagonist of my favorite series of graphic novels (even in the ‘60s they were way too fancy…
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NASA, We Have a Problem
Forty years ago this week, a man walked on the moon. The ultimate prize in the decade-long “space race,” the two-and-a-half-hour moonwalk by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin remains a testament to American exceptionalism, technological prowess and nationalist fervor. And face it, it’s pretty thrilling to watch. In honor of meeting the scientific challenge that…