Fillibuster Reform: Frustrated by the GOP’s growing use of filibusters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a Senate vote in the new year to limit their use. “I think that the rules have been abused and that we’re going to work to change them,” Reid, D-Nev., told reporters this…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Dismantling the PIC by nancy a heitzeg The results…
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Miami Herald: Why Obama Wins Florida: Though votes are still being tallied, President Obama is all but assured a victory in Florida because the lion’s share of the outstanding ballots come from Democratic-heavy counties. Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by 55,825 votes — or 49.9 percent to 49.24 — but…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Editors note: Next week we will be back on…
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Praise Song/Prophecy commentary by nancy a heitzeg For reasons unclear to me at the time, I re-read the 2009 Inauguration poem, “Praise Song for the Day”. And there it was. Not just a poem for one day, but everyday. A poem for now. A poem for tomorrow. Not just a…
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LA Times: The reelection campaign for President Barack Obama is getting a modest boost from some major names in the art world — John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Claes Odenburg, Chris Burden and Frank Gehry. “Artists for Obama” is a portfolio of limited edition prints and other…
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SPIRIT AND ELECTION 2012 Commentary by Kay Whitlock Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C. This is an unusual Critical Mass Progress post, written because almost everyone I know is feeling psychically worn and battered by this election…
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Early voting ends on Friday in Colorado, Nevada, and Wisconsin, and on Saturday in North Carolina and Florida. Everything You Need Right Here (10)
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