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Is Sarah Palin Woman Enough for the National Stage?
As Republican presidential candidate John McCain and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin officially hit the campaign trail together, there will be continuing scrutiny of the media's alleged sexist coverage of the Republicans' first woman candidate. While Palin and Hillary Clinton... Continue»
Posted on September 12, 2008
International Poll: Obama Preferred Over McCain
Barack Obama is the preferred U.S. presidential candidate in all 22 nations polled for the BBC World Service by the University of Maryland and Globescan. On average, Obama was preferred by a four to one margin (49 percent to 12... Continue»
Posted on September 12, 2008
First Book on Doonesbury Chronicles Trudeau's 'Obama-New Yorker-Cover' Moments
The first scholarly book to examine Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip notes that for all its cultural significance and political influence, the cartoon has been at times as misunderstood as another artist's New Yorker cover satirically depicting the Obamas as... Continue»
Posted on September 5, 2008
McCain vs. Obama: How Movement Defines Them
"This presidential contest is over stability for the country versus mobilizing in new directions, and the candidates embody that choice," say three Certified Movement Analysts: Karen Bradley of the University of Maryland, Karen Studd of George Mason University, and Jennifer Mizenko of the Election 2008University of Mississippi . Continue»
Posted on July 24, 2008
Exclusive Commentary from Obama's New Pastor: Rev. Jeremiah Wright is Standing on the Right Side of History
By Rev. Otis Moss III All my life I have been inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and my father, a King adviser, Dr. Otis Moss Jr. The prophetic brilliance of Dr. King to speak about... Continue»
Posted on April 18, 2008
Race is Still X Factor for Obama
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson As he heads into Pennsylvania, there's good news and bad news for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama in the recent exit polls of white voters in Democratic primaries. The good news is that by a lopsided... Continue»
Posted on April 11, 2008
Obama: Helping the U.S. Reach a Political Tipping Point
Stephen Jones, Central Michigan University assistant professor of history and authority on African-Americans in the legal process, says that we might be at the tipping point where our country is ready to elect an African-American president. "Barack Obama's political candidacy... Continue»
Posted on January 22, 2008
Open Government Requires Participation, Says First Amendment Scholar
In spite of the fact U.S. citizens can't vote on each individual issue or dilemma facing our nation, that's no excuse for Americans to refrain from participating in their own governance, declares Dr. Larry Burriss, a First Amendment scholar and... Continue»
Posted on December 25, 2007
Civil Liberties Question Still Surround Death Penalty in U.S.
It is shameful to continue to execute death row inmates in the U.S. without fixing major flaws in the justice system, says Allan D. Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society at Susquehanna University in... Continue»
Posted on December 25, 2007
Five Year Anniversary of AUMF
By. U. S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) When the Iraq War began in March of 2003, President Bush told the country it would be a swift and easy victory over Saddam's regime, and the formation of a stable, democratic state... Continue»
Posted on October 22, 2007
