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On Other Websites: Week of July 15, 2013

  • Peniel E. Joseph: Trayvon, Race and American Democracy
  • Anthea Butler: The Zimmerman Acquittal -- America’s Racist God
  • Mark LeVine: Flamenco, Car Bombs and a 'Happy' Future for Iraq
  • Peter Wood: Why Mitch Daniels Was Right About Howard Zinn
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: For Obama, Bush, Reagan, No Vacation from Politics
  • Joan Walsh: Rand Paul Completely Mangles Lincoln
  • Stephen F. Cohen: Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes
  • Leon Hadar: The Arabs Will Have Their Gettysburgs
  • Marketus Presswood: On Being Black in China
  •  Louis Rene Beres: Israel’s Release of Palestinian Terrorists Would Violate International Law