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12 year-old Dymond Milburn beaten by police

12 year-old honors student Dymond Milburn was beaten by plainclothes police officers in front of her house. The officers mistook her for a prostitute (they claimed she was wearing “tight shorts”), drove up in a van, jumped out, grabbed her, … Continue reading

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Obama wins election

It’s official! Some part of me can’t believe we did this. I went down to my local polling place earlier today and voted (Obama for President, no on prop 8 ) — absolutely no line — and nearly all my … Continue reading

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Palin and “sexism”

Recently, a lot has been made about “sexist” comments referring to Sarah Palin. Honestly, I haven’t seen them. Nothing like that has come out of the Obama campaign. Maybe you could make the agrument that it has come out of … Continue reading

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Dennis Kucinich introduces 35 articles of impeachment against Bush

I caught a bit of this live on C-Span yesterday, and I think it’s about damn time. Of course this isn’t going anywhere, but it’s nice to see my favorite congressmen up there saying what myself and millions of other … Continue reading

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Clinton is out, Obama is the candidate

Finally. Now we can all focus on winning the actual election. And I think we will. Despite the prolonged primary race, the Democratic party is staying strong. Obama offers something new, whereas McCain has practically turned into Bush. I think … Continue reading

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Edwards drops out

I’m still rather busy, but this news was important enough that I felt I needed to report it. First Kucinich, now Edwards — my two favorite candidates are out of the race. He did not endorse either candidate, though I … Continue reading

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Seven years for pushing teacher’s aid

(April 1st): Shaquanda is now free. Read about it on her blog. In Paris, Texas, a town once famous for public lynchings, a recent sentencing of a fourteen year old black girl to seven years in prison for pushing a … Continue reading

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The good fight

Recently, a high school student from Kearny, N.J. named Matthew LaClair brought a tape recorder to school and recorded his fundamentalist Christian History teacher going off on an rant about everything from evolution to the afterlife, even going so far … Continue reading

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