Politics
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Hundreds Feared Dead in Haiti Earthquake
The U.S. government and international relief organizations scrambled overnight to mobilize a response to a disaster in Haiti whose dimensions are still unknown. The devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince late Tuesday afternoon destroyed the National Palace, many government ministries, major hotels and private residences in the 250-year-old capital city. Most communications with Haiti were…
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Saving Haiti
Some countries are just not lucky. Haiti is one of those places where bad things keep happening. The massive earthquake that destroyed a large part of the 250-year-old capital city, Port-au-Prince, is just the latest blow for a country that can ill afford any more disasters. In the last two decades, Haiti has suffered a…
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Forget 'Negro'! Let's Go Back to 'Colored'!
Apparently, the first buzzword of the new decade is one that’s also decidedly old: “Negro.” We’re not even a month into 2010, and already the second most famous and despised N-word in the English language has reared its head on two separate occasions, rankling people of all colors and from every point on the political…
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NEWS STAND: Obama Says No to Ford, New Orleans Power Shift, Racism in Italy
OBAMA DOESN’T BACK FORD President Obama doesn’t want Harold Ford Jr. to run for the U.S. Senate. The White House has indicated it does not want the former Tennessee Congressman to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this year’s Democratic primaries. Ford’s name surfaced last week as a possible opponent to Gillibrand, who was appointed by…
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Why Michael Steele Is Wrong About Harry Reid
GOP Chairman Michael Steele and other leading Republicans have called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign for suggesting in 2008 that then-Sen. Barack Obama had better chances of winning the presidency because he was “light-skinned” and didn’t speak with a “Negro dialect.” On Fox News Sunday, Steele said, “There is this standard where…
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Harry Reid’s in Hot Water. But What About “Teflon Bill” Clinton?
Bill Clinton may no longer be in the White House, but he’s still the Teflon King. While controversy has raged over Harry Reid’s comments about President Barack Obama’s electability because of skin color and ability to speak without a “Negro dialect,” Clinton has so far escaped much attention for remarks reported in the same book…
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Buckwheat Thinks Michael Steele is Hilarious
I was reading the newspapers and Buckwheat was watching Meet The Press at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes yesterday. Suddenly the famous Our Gang star emitted a high-pitched yelp, followed by uncontrollable giggles. “What’s come over you?” I inquired, putting down my newspaper. “Oh my, I think I jus’ heard Michael Steele say Sen.…
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Glenn Beck's Worst Nightmare: An America Without Minorities
There are no “minority” races in the public school systems of America’s Southern and Western states. Literally. A new study, released last week and reported in the New York Times, reveals that white students are no longer a demographic majority in the 15 states of Dixie. The same has been true in the West since…
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How 'American Idol' Paved the Way for Barack Obama
The ninth season of FOX’s juggernaut American Idol kicks off this week, promising the usual scary auditions, overwrought singing, acerbic critiques from Simon Cowell—and, of course, those spine-chilling moments when a rare talent makes the whole mess worthwhile. American Idol ushered in a new phenomenon in 21st-century network television: Prime-time, reality, talent contests, in which…