Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “There’s a lot we still need to know about what motivated him, obviously.He’s a Chechen, but their beef is with Russia, not with us. But, he’s also a Muslim. And the fact is that Islamic rage is still out there. We saw it [...]
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Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘What Is Riskier Than Living Poor in America?’
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “What is riskier than living poor in America?” Seriously! What in the world is riskier than being a poor person in America? I live in a neighborhood where people are shot on my street corner. I live in a neighborhood where people have [...]
They’re Playing the Race Card Again
It was bound to happen. It’s just sad coming from Melissa Harris-Perry. In a piece she did for The Nation recently, the purpose of which was to throw a lighted match into the Democratic base camp, she goes straight to the race card and doesn’t prove her case. Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals [...]
From Cambridge and Princeton, Cornell West
West begins with a bit of historical revision. West suggests that the President discarded him without provocation after he offered the Obama for America campaign his loyal service and prayers. But anyone with a casual knowledge of this rift knows it began during the Democratic primary not after the election. It began, not with a [...]
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