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Having the right parent or connections was always an enormous help in making one's way in the world. But for the mythology of our Horatio Alger nation to exist, it needs a bedrock of truth. You can ...

The University of Massachusetts - Amherst is located in one of the bluest areas of one of the bluest states in the country. But that's not helping [Jason Vassellhttp://www.justiceforjason.org/]. ...

In newly found video of the incident, Oscar Grant is clearly assaulted by a second BART cop just minutes before he is shot and killed by Johannes ...

I've been an agnostic on the whole Caroline Kennedy thing in that I really didn't have a reason to care one way or the other ...

That would be me. More or less, mostly more. Recently, I had been working 3 days per week at a startup, 1/2 per week for a professor, and doing some consulting, all doing data analysis and ...

This week, Mrs. Rieux and I are joining millions of our fellow Americans heading toward ...

Food and other Humanitarian Aid has been destroyed. Refugees fleeing to safety. The time has passed for this to have been stopped. Even the buildings housing the Press are getting hit. I truly ...

I am so thrilled to announce that my cover art is featured on the brand new issue of America's longstanding liberal voice, The Nation magazine! It's an idea I've been planning for the ...

Let's stop being cynical for just a minute. This video made me cry.

I've never put "breaking" in a title yet - but I just heard this on a preview to the news. KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland is reporting that the BART (Bay Area Rapid Tranisit) officer who shot and killed ...