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Kerry Kennedy: Tucson, King and Kennedy

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Kerry Kennedy - Jan. 17 (Opinion) - "What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice towards those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black..."

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Glenn Beck's Horrific Lie -- He Must Be Fired

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Cenk Uygur - Nov. 12 (Opinion) - I think Glenn Beck should be fired. He has told a lie so grotesque that it goes beyond the pale of even dirty politics. Just when I thought he couldn't shock my conscience anymore, he has done it. Let me explain.

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The silver lining of Arizona's immigration law

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Michael Barthel - Jul. 08 (Opinion) - The harsh and discriminatory law certainly warrants condemnation. But, in a perverse way, it also reflects progress – an ugly but seemingly necessary step toward assimilation for Hispanics.

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Toward Freedom - Reading The Grapes of Wrath in 2010: Capitalism and Immigration

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

TowardFreedom.com - By Alex Knight - May. 31 (Opinion) - John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath, following the Joad family as they migrate to California during the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s, sheds light on these questions in a way that perhaps every American can relate to. One of the most popular and well-written American books of all time, The Grapes of Wrath gives a very human perspective on the harsh lives of migrants, personified by the Joads – a family of poor sharecroppers from Oklahoma. Evicted from their family farm, just as the millions of Mexicans who have suffered enclosure from their land and become homeless and jobless because of NAFTA, the Joads travel to California in a desperate search of work, only to encounter the harassment of authorities and the hatred of the local population.

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The White House's Kagan talking points are wrong

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Guy Uriel Charles, Anupam Chander, Luis Fuentes Rohwer, Angela Onwuachi Willig - May. 07 (Opinion) - We questioned Harvard Law's diversity record under Elena Kagan. The White House pushed back. To their way of thinking, it does not matter if you don't hire people of color and it does not matter if you only hire one-in-five women because no one is going to care.

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Change at the Top of the World

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Link TV - By Charles Annenberg Weingarten - Dec. 08 (Advocacy) - Steeped in history and tradition, the arctic is a cold, vast and astonishing expanse of land and sea at the top of the planet. Join philanthropist and filmmaker Charles Annenberg Weingarten and Iqaluit Mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik as they meet the region's people, learn about Inuit culture and explore how their fragile ecosystem and time-honored way of life are faring in the face of global warming.

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Health Care, Not Assimilation

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

TruthOut - By Frank Joseph Smecker - Nov. 14 (Opinion) - While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some of the worse conditions imaginable.

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