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    April 20, 2012: How Would a Patriot Act? Part Four

    APRIL 20, 2012 2:46PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: people we should remember with more complexity, patriotism, civil rights leaders, jr., martin luther king, cesar chavez

    • 4 Ratings
    • 829 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Plagiarist/Misogynist– MLK in the Age of Media Demonization

    JANUARY 16, 2012 6:07AM

    By MalcolmXY


    Topics: video, politics, poetry, music, economy, belief/religion, civil rights, protest, inciting violence, non-violence, racism, race, jr., archibald carey, the king paper project, i have a dream, content of characer, humanity, adultery, plagiarism, war on drugs, drugs, us foreign policy, war, the isley brothers, the beatles, rodney king, muhammed ali, frederick douglas, freedom riders, huey p. newton, rosa parks, malcolm x, great leaders, flawed men, flaws, ron paul, day, mlk. mlk day, rev. dr. martin king jr., bitch slaps back, bitch slap, wayne brady, dave chappelle

    • 6 Ratings
    • 672 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    MLK's Challenge: a Radical Revolution in Values

    JANUARY 15, 2012 11:09PM

    By Donegal Descendant


    Topics: mlk, martin luther king, jr., birthday, holiday, memorial, riverside church speech, fierce urgency, politics, america, dream, vietname, militarism, racism, greed, nationalism

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2251 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business

    • 2 Ratings
    • 438 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Was Blanche du Bois Wrong?

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 7:45AM

    By Gordon Osmond


    Topics: jr., jimmy hoffa, sheila jackson leigh, waters, obama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 662 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Outsourcing Dignity: MLK Memorial Made in China

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 8:44PM

    By Tony Phillips


    Topics: business, politics, mao zedong, lei yixin, outsourcing, memorial, jr., martin luther king, china

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    I Still Have A Dream

    AUGUST 4, 2011 1:35PM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: great dreams, the american dream, martin luther king, jr., john kennedy, economic justice

    • 30 Ratings
    • 1207 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Party Girl: An American Memory of Politics and Fashion

    JULY 1, 2011 9:39AM

    By Miguela Holt y Roybal


    Topics: the moment i felt most american, open call, cinderella, stranger in a strange land, nm politics, u.s. sen. pete domenici, sr., u.s. rep. manuel lujan, jr., gunne sax, jessica mcclintock, ralph lauren, 1980s fashion, east meets west, patriotism, reagan inauguration

    • 2 Ratings
    • 794 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Breaking News: The Sue Ann Nivens Scandal

    JUNE 18, 2011 10:37PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: video, television, open+call, news, gossip, important new questions, john ensign, mary tyler moore show, fiction, comedy, business, the way the rascals were, long-remembered scandals, streisand memories, gennifer flowers, paula jones, monica lewinsky, elvis of politics, bill clinton+elvis, larry craig, mark foley, john edwards, william jefferson, lewis libby, jim mcgreehey, jack abramoff, tom delay, charles rangel, elliot spitzer, imf, strauss-kahn, bernie madoff, jeff skilling, ken lay, ted haggard, jimmy swaggart, jim bakker, o.j. simpson, pete rose, barry bonds, tiger woods, newt gingrich, andy dick, michael jackson, pamela anderson, tommy lee, jr., robert downey, jr., george michael, hugh grant, winona ryder, mel gibson, britney spears, paris hilton, arnold schwarzenegger, lindsay lohan, charlie sheen, wal-mart, twitter, anthony weiner, social amnesia, saturation+boredom, moral hysteria, moral panic, spin, amplification, secular media, rick perry, texas governor, entertainment tonight, fox news, political marketplace, moral panic, major scandal, scandal, ue ann nivens, david vitters, the wave machine, waves of scandal, open call, daniel rigney, danagram, betty white

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 2023 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    A Close Approximation of an Almost True Fact

    MAY 5, 2011 8:28AM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, teaching, writing, osama bin laden, social networking, plagiarism, ethics, martin luther king, jr., mark twain, quotations

    • 12 Ratings
    • 427 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "It WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN"

    APRIL 18, 2011 11:30AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: chuck palahniuk, john sawkins, sigmund freud, alberto manguel, geraldine brooks, voltaire, josephy lewis, ralph walso emerson, lemony snicket, it was a pleasure to burn. mark twain, challenged books, kurt vonnegut, jr., slaughterhouse five, american library association, office of intellection freedom, banned books, fahrenheir 451, book burning, burning books, ray bradbury, elijah rising, lyn lejeune, ingroup press

    • 27 Ratings
    • 933 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    The Day After

    APRIL 5, 2011 5:12PM

    By Just Thinking...


    Topics: atlanta council of international visitors, 1968, family, racial relations, dr. martin luther king, jr.

    • 0 Ratings
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    • 1 Comments
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    Assassins and Buggerers

    APRIL 1, 2011 2:51PM

    By Brad W


    Topics: belief/religion, news, politics, history, james early ray, martin luther king, jr., vatican, catholic church, sexual abuse, assassinations

    • 3 Ratings
    • 586 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Freedom: A New Look at Developmental Milestones

    MARCH 11, 2011 11:14PM

    By Emily Rapp


    Topics: child development, tay-sachs, jr., martin luther king, ronan

    • 9 Ratings
    • 446 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    "Apocalypse Now"

    JANUARY 17, 2011 10:41AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: blood meridian, science, politics, music, movies, fiction, books, belief/religion, the book of eli, blindness, 28 days later, cormac mccarthy, chris marker the road, la jete, matthew 24, the doomsday book, 2012, kurt vonnegut, galapagos, max brooks, the zombie wars, jr., walter m. miller, a canticle for leibowitz, mary shelley, the last man, john wyndham, the day of the triffids, nevil shute, on the beach, bible

    • 0 Ratings
    • 247 Views
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    the day the king died

    JANUARY 16, 2011 2:59PM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: mississippi goddamn, nina simeon, jazz, racism, mlk, jr., martin luther king, music, politics, news, belief/religion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1066 Views
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    Assassinations: 1960s and 2011

    JANUARY 12, 2011 5:43PM

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: gabrielle giffords, jared loughner, tucson, assassinations, malcolm x, jr., martin luther king, robert kennedy, john f. kennedy

    • 23 Ratings
    • 550 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    You Are Cornelius Dupree/State-Sponsored Blood Lust Must Die

    JANUARY 4, 2011 11:13AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: prison, dna exoneration, news, politics, cornelius dupree, jr.

    • 0 Ratings
    • 98 Views
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    January 17, 2011: The Real King (Repeat)

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 7:34AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: martin luther king, jr., civil rights, american history, stuff we should better remember

    • 0 Ratings
    • 220 Views
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    My John 3:16 riff...

    DECEMBER 15, 2010 1:53AM

    By Spaceman's Hairdo


    Topics: adam and eve, adolf hitler, jr., martin luther king, mahatma gandhi, robert johnson, ghost in the shell, hypocrisy, judgment, baraka, bill hicks, devil worship, satan, sin, bishop eddie long, devil, love, fear, hieronymus bosch, dna, the matrix, synecdoche new york, perception, dimension, god, religion, relativity, pi, evolution, death

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