President Barack Obama has the opportunity, in this second term, to put his feet on history. He won an election that his opponent had essentially claimed, he has been firm about that which he would…
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When Barack Obama accepted his party’s presidential nomination in Denver on August 28, 2008 — the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream…
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Unlike the Sandy Hook School massacre in Connecticut, the horrific death of Hadiya Pendleton might not have been enough all by itself to spark Senate hearings on gun violence. Yet as an urban teen, her…
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On the eve of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the outgoing governor of North Carolina, Beverly Perdue, issued an historic “Pardon of Innocence” to each member of the Wilmington Ten after a 40-year…
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Over the last 15 years, it has become en vogue for a minority to be our Secretary of State. In 1996, Bill Clinton started the trend and broke barriers with the selection of Madeline Albright.…
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There is a lot of talk lately about the diversity, or lack of it, in President Barack Obama’s picks for his second term cabinet. Leaving aside the briefly floated idea of tapping U.N. Ambassador Susan…
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