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Juneteenth: Celebration of freedom
The SwampJames Frances Jr. leads the Emancipation Trail Ride in 2002 in Galveston, Texas. Riders traveled a mile for each of the 137 years since the Emancipation Proclamation was read in Galveston. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin Bartram)......Tags: Fashion Trends, Texas, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Issues
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A grand American tradition: The smear
The Swamp(A perspective piece in the Chicago Tribune) By Charles M. Madigan We now have a new thing in presidential campaigning, the anticipatory smear defuser. It's a simple thought: Before your enemies get any traction, embrace the slander, spread it around........Tags: Andrew Jackson, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, National Government
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House considers slavery apology
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown One hundred and forty-three years after the Civil War, and forty-four years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lawmakers are poised tonight to apologize for slavery and racial segregation under Jim Crow. Introduced by Rep.......Tags: Maryland, Civil Rights, Tennessee, Parliament, Arts and Culture
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McCain 'maverick' no more? 'Same guy'
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain, "the original maverick'' in campaign ads, faced a few pointed questions in person today on The View. "You used to be more of the maverick,'' Joy Behar told McCain to his face, "then you sort......Tags: George W. Bush, Whoopi Goldberg, Crime, Law and Justice, Barbara Walters, Social Issues
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McCain's Depression stat just a tad high
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain himself has admitted that he is not the best student of the economy, but tonight the Republican nominee for president missed the official mark by a fairly long-shot with his discussion of unemployment during the......Tags: Civil Rights, Population, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Barack Obama
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History: The McCains, and their black slave McCains
Spin CycleMcCain's ancestors were slave owners in Mississippi, and the descendants of their slaves are also named McCain. The WSJ just ran a piece about the black McCains, and this video gives you some of the flavor. Apparently, name aside, they're......Tags: Mississippi, Social Issues, Alcoholic Beverages
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McCain: Once, he defined Socialism differently
Spin CycleAmong the many things that have changed about John McCain this year: His definition of Socialism. Ever since Joe the Plumber decided to take on the cause of people making more than $250,000, McCain has been arguing that Obama's......Tags: John McCain, Politics, Social Issues, State Budgets
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Dixville Notch: Obama 15, McCain 6
The Swampby Mark Silva The first votes of the long-awaited 2008 presidential election have been counted, from the first Election Day polls to open. In Dixville Notch, N.H. It's Barack Obama 15, John McCain 6. We guarantee you: That margin......Tags: Sarah Palin, Social Issues, Regional Authority, Mississippi, Polls
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Obama, like Lincoln, ditches ideology
The Swampby Frank James Liberal supporters of President-elect Barack Obama's who thought he was one of them should ready themselves, for they are about to be Greeleyed. Horace Greeley, for those who don't or remember know their history, was the stridently......Tags: John Edwards, Horace Greeley, Barack Obama, Sports, Social Issues
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Michelle Obama geneaology off-limits
The SwampA surviving shack along road once known as Slave Street on a South Carolina plantation. Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather, who was born around 1850, lived as a slave, at least until the Civil War, on the sprawling rice plantation. (Tribune......Tags: History, Civil Rights, Population, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Obama's train ride: Lincolnesque imagery
The Swampby Mike Dorning and Mark Silva, updated at 6:45 pm EST President-elect Barack Obama, arriving in Washington Saturday night at the end of a 137-mile train journey evocative of Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, used the trip as a pre-inaugural......Tags: Religious Texts, Arts and Culture, Social Issues, Music, George Washington
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Obama's daughter: 'Better be good'
The Swampby Mark Silva The one overriding historical notation about President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday is one which he himself has not spent a lot of time talking about publicly. The first African-American. This is a nation which, long marred.....Tags: Connecticut, Renewable Energy, Social Issues, Executive Branch, Newspapers
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