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Is Weed Safer Than Booze?

By attempting to change "stereotypes" about marijuana users, the campaign hopes to make Colorado the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use.

Harvard's First Woman of Color?

Maybe Warren and Harvard Law were co-conspirators in an act of deception that served both of their purposes at the time — but has come back to haunt a now politically ambitious woman who was by all accounts a good teacher whatever hue she may be

Obama and Clinton: Thats The Ticket

Parental Anxiety and That Darned Magazine Cover

Romney Tries To Have It Both Ways in Car Bailout

Crackdown on "Bully" Cops

On Gay Marriage, Obama is On the Right Side of History

The growing acceptance of gay marriage is a benchmark in the country’s long march toward equal rights, whether by race, gender, or sexual orientation. It owes much of its force to the civil rights movement, which informs the national sense of right and wrong today. Obama, w …

GOPs Lunacy Over Lugar

Occupy Needs To Rethink Their Approach

Why Obama Owns Bin Laden

What We Should Have Learned From Rodney King

Could it happen again? That is the taboo question on the 20th anniversary of Los Angeles’s murderous Rodney King riots, just as another racially charged prosecution—this time in Florida—captures headlines across the nation. Sadly, the answer is yes. As the Oakla …

Dems Must Bring Back GOP from Crazy

Poor Feeling Brunt of Recession

Working Harder for the Government's Sake

Tax Freedom Day, the date representing the point each year when Americans have earned enough to pay all their taxes, won't be reached this year until April 17, four days later than last year. In California, it's even later.

Playing The Violence Card

Here’s how it works. When confronted with an instance of racially charged violence against a black person, a commentator draws attention to the fact that there is much more black-on-black violence than white-on-black violence. To play the violence card — as many crimi …

Florida's History of Failed Justice

Trayvon's death recalls the forgotten killing of an innocent black teen nearly 70 years ago.

Recognize decent acts of U.S. warriors

Why Race Still Matters

Title IX: 37 words that changed everything

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

Morality crisis is in the boardrooms, not bedrooms

  Republicans have morality upside down. They're condemning same-sex marriage, abortion, access to contraception and the wall separating church and state. But the moral crisis in America isn't a breakdown in private morality. It's a breakdown in public morality. What Ameri …

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