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Jeff Sessions: Saying Millionaires Should Share Pain Is ‘Rather Pathetic’
Image via Wikipedia I believe there is an insult in there, directed to all of us non-millionaires. What’s so pathetic to ask those who have been blessed with material wealth to do more? While they are...
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Random Thoughts
Happy International Women’s Day to all my sisters! Your contributions to the world are appreciated and needed. A minimum wage increase is long overdue. Don’t succumb to the fear mongering of the...
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Obama Gun Policy Agenda Comes To Maddening End
By Sam Stein & Jennifer Bendry It ended in a flash. Months of work aimed at revamping the nations gun laws prompted by one of the worst shooting tragedies in U.S. history met an inglorious...
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Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites In 2012 Election
By Hope Yen America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential...
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Deficit Reduction Is Seen by Economists as Impeding Recovery
By Jackie Calmes and Jonathan Weisman The nation’s unemployment rate would probably be nearly a point lower, roughly 6.5 percent, and economic growth almost two points higher this year if Washington...
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After Ruling, States Rush to Enact Voting Laws
By Michael Cooper voting day in a small town (Photo credit: Muffet) State officials across the South are aggressively moving ahead with new laws requiring voters to show photo identification at the...
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Blacks Who “Stand Their Ground” Are Often Imprisoned
Trayvon Martin shooting (Photo credit: ChrisWaldeck) By Zenitha Prince The recent acquittal of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old unarmed Trayvon Martin has led...
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Our Economy Needs More Action, Fewer Words From Obama
By Imara Jones Barack Obama (Photo credit: jamesomalley) Today in his home state of Illinois, President Obama returned to the topic that is Americans’ number one priority but where he’s struggled to...
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North Carolina Governor Signs America’s Worst Voter Suppression Bill Into Law
By Ian Millhiser On Monday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed into law a massive voter suppression bill compiling numerous different provisions used to restrict voting in other states. Among...
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Colorado Legislator: Poverty Higher Among Black Race Because They Eat Too...
By Josh Israel In a meeting of the state’s Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force Wednesday, Colorado State Sen. Vicki Marble (R) delivered a long monologue suggesting that the reason for...
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