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• 3-10-14
  

  How Obama Became a Publicist for His Presidency (Rather Than the President)

  by David Bromwich

  The truth is that Obama’s convictions were never strong, and they were untested until he became the president.

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• 3-3-14
  

  What's Missing from Obama's Presidency

  by Kenneth Weisbrode

  If Obama the president is supposed to embody a "stable pluralism," how can he inspire the rest of us to transcend it?

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• 3-3-14
  

  Even If Arizona Made Its Anti-Gay Bill Law, It Wouldn't Have Mattered -- It Would Have Been Unconstitutional

  by John A. Kirk

  It's *so* unconstitutional it's laughable -- these issues were supposed to be settled fifty years ago.

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• 2-24-14
  

  Remember Way Back When White Men Killed Black Men to "Defend" White Women? (Hint: We're Talking About 2013)

  by Crystal R. Sanders

  The justifications of the killers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis draw upon the dark, bloody history of the fear of black men and white women.

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• 2-24-14
  

  Inside the Republican War on Women

  by Ruth Rosen

  Mike Huckabee thinks women "need to be liberated from their libidos."

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• 2-6-14
  

  Three Myths About Reagan, Debunked on His 103rd Birthday

  by Monica Gray

  Reagan wasn't an empty-suit actor or a nuclear cowboy, but nor was he as natural leader as he seemed.

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• 2-3-14
  

  The Pete Seeger I Remember

  by Allan M. Winkler

  Seeger was more than just a musician or activist: he was my friend.

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• 2-3-14
  

  Pete Seeger: Singing Out To Seek a Better World

  by Ron Briley

  Born into a life of privilege, Pete Seeger turned his back on classical music and embraced the music of the people.

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• 1-31-14
  

  Remember the Latinos in the "So God Created a Farmer" Super Bowl Ad Last Year? Neither Do We.

  by Frank P. Barajas

  Here's hoping Dodge takes a more inclusive approach this year.

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• 1-29-14
  

  Remember the 1970s, When Congress Actually Stood Up to the Intelligence Community?

  by John Prados

  Otis G. Pike, the New York congressman who investigated CIA abuses in 1974, died last week. Politicos today could use his integrity.

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• 1-27-14
  

  Enough With the State of the Union Already

  by Scot Faulkner

  The speech is a pointless exercise in Washington excess, and isn't even in the Constitution.

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• 1-27-14
  

  Ed, Do You Really Want to Invoke Ted?

  by Michael Patrick Cullinane

  UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband is fond of citing Teddy Roosevelt's anti-trust crusades, but that's not going to be enough for an electoral victory.

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• 1-27-14
  

  You Won't Believe What Anti-Pot Crusaders Said About Weed in the 1970s

  by Emily Dufton

  Reefer madness, eat your heart out: One congressman from the '70s sais that youth marijuana use will leave America "with a large population of semi-zombies."

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• 2-3-14
  

  Can Buddhists Be Activists?

  by David P. Barash

  Buddhism is widely seen as quietistic, but that doesn't mean Buddhists can't be engaged in the world.

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• 1-25-14
  

  Is Obama Brave Enough to Give an Address as Radical as Grover Cleveland's?

  Now this was a Message to Congress Americans would remember.

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• 1-20-14
  

  Why is Hemp Illegal?

  by Bradley J. Borougerdi

  The real reason hemp is illegal may surprise you -- it has everything to do with Orientalism.

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• 1-14-14
  

  #NotYourAsianTigerMom: The Backstory

  by Ellen D. Wu

  The history behind Twitter's best response to Amy Chua's new book.

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• 1-13-14
  

  African American Poverty: Concentrated and Multi-Generational

  by Richard Rothstein

  Not only that, African American poverty has become MORE geographically concentrated over time.

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• 1-13-14
  

  Dear Tiger Mom: The 1920s Called and They Want Their Racial Theories Back

  by David J. Leonard

  Amy Chua's new book, co-authored with her husband Jed Rubenfeld, recycles the same sort of faux-scientific racism that was discredited decades ago.

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• 1-7-14
  

  Divorce Recession Drop Rebound

  by Philip N. Cohen

  After bottoming out in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, divorces are on the uptick again.