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Yahoo's appointment of a pregnant woman as their new CEO shows that we continue to see more and more cracks in the glass ceiling here in the United States. While women do not serve in elected ...
by cks175
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on Sun Jul 22, 2012 at 12:26 PM PDT
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Just a brief diary. Many of you already know that Robinswing has been busy fighting cancer and periodically writing on other blogs. Both she and her voice are stronger than ever. She is a fierce ...
by amazinggrace
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on Sun Mar 18, 2012 at 06:37 AM PDT
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I just want to point out a few things I've noticed about the way the corporate media treated President Obama today. Where the f'k was he? Was there any footage of him being cheered at Ground Zero ...
by Little Lulu
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 08:07 PM PDT
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Yeah, so I'm not one of your big, well-known Daily Kos diarists or anything. In Firefly speak, "I'm known by some."
So I'm just one more voice, not the loudest, not the quietest, adding to the one-...
by Progressive Witness
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 08:26 PM PDT
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There are some on this site who are contending that meta discussions are inherently counter-productive and pointless. While I am usually for a little less talk and a lot more action, there are times ...
by Blue Boy Red State
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 08:02 PM PDT
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My friend, noise of rain didn't try to do it, but he inadvertently persuaded me in ...
by ruleoflaw
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 07:48 PM PDT
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It is no secret that dKos has being undergoing a period of turbulence. I've hung around here for a long time, and though I can assure people that these tensions go a long way back, they seem to have ...
by Dale
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 08:23 PM PDT
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So says Floyd in 'Hey You'. And the time has come to quit the "kool-aid drinkers" and references to race in disparaging OUR US President Obama. Now I freely admit, I have no idea what is going on in ...
by yawnimawke
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 07:44 PM PDT
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I've learned alot here and I spend more time lurking than I should. I've never written a diary because I've yet to believe I have something to say that hasn't already been said better by some ...
by jguzman17
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 07:00 PM PDT
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I'm so white I carry a fire extinguisher instead of sunscreen. I'm so white that drivers flash their high beams as they approach me walking on the sidewalk. I'm so white that I broke my leg and ...
by joe from Lowell
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 07:03 PM PDT
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Although I've been a member here since 2006, I rarely write diaries. Instead I prefer to lurk, being educated by those smarter/wiser/more knowledgable, and to participate in the community by ...
by Sarea
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 06:28 PM PDT
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I've been torn since friday about what I was going to do regarding my participation on this site. I can think of several excellent reasons why I should leave the site forever, and I can think of ...
by mallyroyal
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 06:08 PM PDT
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Building a sustainable progressive movement or achieving desired electoral outcomes depends upon multi-racial coalition building.
One would think building such a movement or achieving desired ...
by seeta08
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 05:56 PM PDT
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One of my earliest and longest struggles at DailyKos was understanding racism. If I've learned anything, it's that I still don't truly understand it. And it's because I acknowledge that that I am ...
by TooFolkGR
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 05:05 PM PDT
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I am so very tired of bigotry and nastiness.
by mapamp
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 05:13 PM PDT
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or, a whitebread redneck majority-dailykos-demographic dude tries to become a sistah . I'm taking the week off ...
by bubbanomics
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 04:49 PM PDT
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There are various reasons why the issue of racism and race has trumped my other philosophical beliefs throughout my life. In my 20s I thought myself a Marxist, in my 30s a socialist, in my 40s a ...
by Brit
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on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 02:57 PM PDT
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by Robinswing
257 comments
on Fri Sep 24, 2010 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Education is the Civil Rights Movement of our generation. Many are alarmed to learn that strong and loyal Democrats support School Choice. To be clear, School Choice is a series of reforms who ...
by princss6
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on Fri Sep 03, 2010 at 08:08 AM PDT
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by Robinswing
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on Fri Sep 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM PDT
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