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For Gays In Harlem, Change But Not Enough
Richard Ruperto walked into a record store in Harlem with a friend to buy CDs. As the two teens spoke, a man intruded on their conversation.
“Put some base into your voice, you fag,” he said.
Afraid, the boys bolted out of the store, leaving...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Discrimination, City University of New York
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'Occupy Wall Street' uses the street as a stage
Special to CNN"We are the 99 percent." This is the one belief all protesters in New York's Zuccotti Park have in common, according to OccupyWallSt.org. Although they claim to be using Arab Spring tactics, they are actually continuing a practice that emerged in Great...Tags: News Agency, Entertainment, Demonstration, Television, Unions
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On the Media: Tea party, Occupy Wall Street share a moment
You likely saw the quirky signs and heard some protesters talk about how they would just as soon disband the government. Then a reporter dutifully informed you that these people had gathered en masse but didn't really know what they wanted. Some in the...Tags: Social Media, Demonstration, Mass Media, MSNBC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase
How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment?
One clue is when the protesters are casually dismissed as hippies or rabble, or their principles redefined as class envy or as (that all-purpose insult) "un-...Tags: Demonstration, Finance, Financial Markets, Felix Frankfurter, Financial and Business Services
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Tea party group to Bachmann: Quit the presidential race
CNN Political ReporterA tea party group has a surprising and harsh urging for long-time tea party favorite Michele Bachmann: Quit the presidential race. "It's time for Michelle [sic] Bachmann to go," reads the first line of a statement from American Majority President Ned...Tags: News Agency, Americans for Prosperity, Television, Values, CNN (tv network)
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Marriage equality and race
After narrowly failing to pass a gay marriage bill this year, advocates in Maryland are putting together a savvy and high-powered campaign to persuade a few holdout delegates to embrace the issue. And they're aiming it straight at the constituency that...Tags: NAACP, Gays and Lesbians, Julian Bond, Justice and Rights, Michael G. Mullen
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Michele Bachmann says Bush, GOP embraced 'bailout socialism'
Michele Bachmann goes after not only Democrats but also fellow Republicans in her new book, accusing former President George W. Bush and her GOP colleagues in Congress of failing to stay true to conservative, free-market principles when they supported the...Tags: Political Candidates, Dean Martin, Justice and Rights, John McCain, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Occupy Wall Street
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelAs of this writing (October 12, 2011), it has been 26 days since the Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on. A while back, I wrote a blog about campaign finance reform and the proliferation of money in politics. At the time, I talked about money...
Jan 29, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jan 8, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 16, 2011
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Oct 5, 2011
|Story| CNN
Oct 12, 2011
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2011
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Oct 28, 2011
|Story| WXIN-LTV
Nov 1, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Nov 20, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2011
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