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African American activists, including Jeremiah Wright and Cornel West, blast Cuba on racism
Top of the TicketBlack luminaries, including Cornel West, Ruby Dee and Melvin Van Peebles, are condemning persistent racism in Cuban society, prompting a rebuke from the Havana government.... -
Whopping 31% of Americans still Not Angry yet at the nation's news media
Top of the TicketLeft-handed right-wing writer tries to see hope in a puny proportion of Americans not yet minding the news media.... -
19 months in, a few Americans think Obama is Muslim, but nearly half don't know what he is
Top of the TicketSo what is Barack Obama's religious faith and why all the confusion?... -
'The Speech' edited by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
The Speech Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Bloomsbury: 272 pp., $18 In March 2008, Barack Obama gave himself an extended audition for president with "A More Perfect Union," his now-famous speech on race...Tags: Barack Obama, Rubber Products Industry, Trinity United Church of Christ, Civil Rights, Racism
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'The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election' by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson
The Battle
for America 2008
The Story of
an Extraordinary Election
Dan Balz and
Haynes Johnson
Viking: 432 pp., $29.95
For the record, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist for the 2008 Democratic primaries, Mark Penn, remarked in a March 2007 memo...Tags: Bill Ayers, Primaries, John F. Kennedy, White House, Ronald Reagan
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Obama's first State of the Union: What he will say vs. what he should say
Top of the TicketSo tonight Barack Obama gives his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress before millions at home muttering back at their TV's and a predictably partisan audience of House and Senate members following or ignoring...... -
McCain, Obama videos campaign for attention on YouTube
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJohn McCain's image takes a drubbing in the world of Web video, particularly in comparison to his likely opponent for president, Barack Obama. Nearly 51,000 people subscribe to Obama's channel on YouTube, the most popular video sharing site, compared to...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Iraq War (2003-2011), David Letterman, Hillary Clinton
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McCain aide suspended for publicizing anti-Obama video
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA low-level political staffer for the John McCain presidential campaign has been suspended indefinitely for sending out an electronic link to a YouTube video connecting Sen. Barack Obama to the comments of his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The...Tags: Television, Science and Technology, John McCain, Barack Obama, Entertainment
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Letters to the editor
Taxes as a tool to fix economy Re "Gov.'s staff exploring new taxes," May 2 The only proven solution to California's budget deficit is a sustained economic recovery. A sales tax on services would impede that recovery. Increasing the price of services...Tags: Alternative Energy, Gray Davis, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, State Parks, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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The Obama-McCain miracle
Previously, Schnur and Cain discussed the GOP’s future, the political and historical implications of Barack Obama's victory, voter enthusiasm about the election and the factors that shifted the race in the Democrats' favor.
A vote on Iraq became...Tags: University of Southern California, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, John Edwards, Iraq
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Barack Obama's election puts the 'mutt' front and center
Winding down his first news conference as president-elect, Barack Obama indulged a question about the puppy he'd promised his daughters, Sasha and Malia. He noted there were "two criteria that have to be reconciled." On the one hand, there was a need...Tags: Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, White House, Dog (animal), Jimmy Smits
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'The James Brown Reader,' edited by Nelson George and Alan Leeds
The James Brown Reader
50 Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul
Edited by Nelson George and Alan Leeds
Plume: 318 pp., $17 paper
WHAT would the late James Brown make of Barack Obama? Most definitely, Brown would say he was down with the message...Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment, Movies, Civil Rights, Racism
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