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James Thindwa's blog
No Jobs Make Mean Streets
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As urban economies collapse, gun violence rises
When Anthony Haydin woke up on June 30, he did not imagine his street would be the scene of one of Chicago's most deadly shootings. Three people had been shot in an apartment right across the street from his. Police said the victims had been murdered in a "gang-and-drug related shooting."
Hypocrisy and Double Standards: How Fox News and the Rightwing Mock the Constitution
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The sensationalist media inquest into Sen. Barack Obama's associations has cheapened the national debate. It has also exposed the hypocrisy and double standards of the conservative media.
Fox News, which has championed this "guilt by association," questions Obama's fitness for office because of his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
GOP's Vanishing Options: Obama Call For Racial Healing Threatens Key Electoral Strategy By James Thindwa
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The over the top coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and now Barack Obama's San Francisco gaffe, especially in the conservative media, signals growing GOP concern about the electoral implications of Senator Barack Obama's call for racial healing and reconciliation.
