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Mr. Obama: Resign Now

While Americans were whiling away the Memorial Day weekend, President Obama snuck through a terrifying new move toward dictatorship: he wants to subject Americans to "preventive detention."
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  05-27-2009  |  Commentary

The Symmetry of the African American and Gay Struggles for Civil Rightsnew

More needs to be done to integrate the message of equality into an all-inclusive community engagement strategy.
Random Lengths News  |  Nii-Quartelai Quartey  |  05-22-2009  |  Commentary

In Obama's Slogan, 'Yes We Can,' the Operative Word is 'We'new

The fresh air that rushes in now is the conviction that personal responsibility is not antithetical to collective obligation -- realized ultimately in government -- and that personal reward comes not from getting mine but from creating ours.
Seven Days  |  Judith Levine  |  11-12-2008  |  Commentary

An Open Letter to President-Elect Obamanew

Before Tuesday's election results were announced, we asked our fellow Milwaukeeans: If you could sit with the next president for two minutes, what would you tell him about your area of expertise? Here's what they had to say.
Shepherd Express  |  Staff  |  11-10-2008  |  Commentary

Rev. Wright & the Truthnew

We have a duty to ourselves to listen to the real Jeremiah Wright, to try to understand this complex mix that is America. He puts the patriotism of most politicians to shame.
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  05-01-2008  |  Commentary

Subverting Dr. Kingnew

Has it really been 40 years since the death and martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King on that shattering April evening here in Memphis?
The Memphis Flyer  |  Staff  |  04-04-2008  |  Commentary

Southern Hospitalitynew

The people surprised by how well Dallas' massive immigration rally went must be Yankees.
Dallas Observer  |  Jim Schutze  |  04-17-2006  |  Commentary

Trans Rights Come of Agenew

California has come a long way on rights for transgendered people in the last 15 years, but still has a long way to go.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Chris Daley  |  01-06-2006  |  Commentary

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