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Tea Party Rep: “Black Men Prefer Drug Dealing To Education”?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Republican Party leaders in central Illinois are calling on their own candidate for state senate to step down following racist remarks he made at a candidate’s forum last week. Continue reading →

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Weekly Address: Strengthening Education, A Level Playing Field

Posted on October 10, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The President explains that even as we focus on creating jobs immediately, we must also ensure the economy is better for our children by investing in education — not cutting it by 20% as Congressional Republicans propose. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Fave Republican Powell Doesn’t Hire Illegals

Posted on September 21, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Former Secretary of State and Harlem native Colin Powell has clarified his recent remarks on immigration policy, saying he does not hire illegal immigrants to do repairs on his home. The onetime secretary of state for George W. Bush waded into one of the most contentious culture-war issues of 2010 during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”  — the latest in a series of dissensions from conservative orthodoxy that have prompted some of his former GOP colleagues to question his party allegiance. Continue reading →

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hw pick: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Rev. Martin Luther King

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nearly 40 years after his assassination in April 1968, after the deaths of his wife and others who knew both the man and what he stood for, some say King is facing the same fate that has befallen many a historical figure Continue reading →

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