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Haley Barbour’s Raid on Historical Memory

(An update follows this post.) Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is at it again. Seems like every time Barbour pops up in the news these days he’s busy whitewashing Mississippi’s racist past. The latest came my way yesterday via Digby and Joan McCarter at Kos. In an interview with the Weekly Standard, Barbour had the audacity [...]

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Vote!

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Dumbshittery Stops Right Here (Vote!)

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Jay Smooth Nails It

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The Sting of Victory

By Amanda Cary As a lifelong New Englander, I spent the final days of this election season in California. On the evening of November 5, after searching every newsstand for a newspaper to remember the historic day that came before, I finally found a copy of the San Jose Mercury Times. The two headlines read: [...]

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Eyes on the Prize

This is Nicole. She is one of the many talented photographers whose work I follow on flickr. The same night that the country voted for a Black president, majorities of voters voted against gay families and the rights of gay people in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas. Nicole is angry and so am I. We [...]

 
icon for podpress  Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land [4:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Election Night in Chicago

By Rebecca Thal We were way back in the crowd, on a patch of the lawn where it was possible to see the jumbotron only from tiptoe, and completely impossible to see the stage. So, when my flexed toes finally gave out, while Barack Obama’s words resonated around us, I kept myself occupied by looking [...]

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Poll Worker

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It’s a New Day

Have you seen the new one from will.i.am yet?

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Barack Obama for the Generations

Our election of Barack Obama to be President of the United States of America has been filling me with overwhelming emotions. As it has been doing for so many people. It has been hard to put any of this into words. For me it begins with my being a child of the Civil Rights Movement. [...]

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President Obama Is in the House

A new opentape for you all.

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President Barack Obama

 
icon for podpress  Sly and the Family Stone - Thankful N' Thoughtful [4:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Get Your 2008 Voting Information

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Abolish the Poll Tax

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MA Voters: Vote No on Question 1

If you are in Massachusetts, please vote NO on Question 1 this Tuesday. Question 1 is a dangerous, binding proposal to repeal the state income tax, effectively cutting the state budget by $12 billion or almost 40%. http://votenoquestion1.com/

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