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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Those Left Behind

Those Left Behind

Colleen Rowley

In the excitement of Barack Obama's extraordinary campaign, have we forgotten where we have come from and how many have been left behind? Has this all been a fanciful dream where we all live in an American utopia where racism no longer exists and all men really are created equal? Thinking back on our recent past, it is not hard to see the deep rooted issue of race in America very close behind us. In states like West Virginia where isolation has prohibited progress from taking it's course, where people have stayed on an island as the world evolved around it, racism has not slowly died away but rather allowed to live on in the minds of those still living in the past.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Please Religion, Don't Fuck This One Up

Please Religion, Don't Fuck This One Up

Ethan Cooper

On March 13th, Barack Obama's political future became threatened by his long time Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Wright's comments about America spread across the internet requiring Obama to condemn the sermon and speak out against racial divisive banter in context to America's long history of racism in a speech he delivered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Swiftboating of Barack Obama

The Swiftboating of Barack Obama

Jennifer Bryant

The right wing campaign has turned it's sites against this new foe, one filled with the promise of uniting Americans with hope and not fear. They spread lies that he is a Muslim, that he was sworn into office on the Koran, refuses to say the pledge of allegiance and is the Anti-Christ. All of these accusations are verifiably false. Any person who does not see this country as a nation dependent on a well informed citizenry for the institution to run properly, does not know their history.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

What does Barack Obama's

What does Barack Obama's "change" mean?

Colleen Rowley

Traditionally, most people vote on a combination of character traits and the issues and solutions the candidate supports. It is simply human nature to have a stronger personal connection to one person over another and vote on those emotional instincts. Using emotions alone to make decisions about your future is a reasonable way forward into an unknown future.

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