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Help, Mr. President

Arnold Hamilton - July 9, 2009 2

BY SHARON MARTIN I took my own advice and am writing letters. I'm sending the following to President Obama. Dear President Obama: I am so happy...

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Party Of Franken, Party Of Palin

Arnold Hamilton - July 9, 2009 0

BY JOE CONASON The new senator from Minnesota is a comedian, writer and actor who lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and raised a lot of money from friends in Hollywood. The departing governor of Alaska is a hockey mom from a small backwoods town who likes to hunt and fish. Yet today, […]

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Are Latinos Ethnics Or A Racial Minority?

Arnold Hamilton - July 9, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP Some years ago, I shared cocktails along San Antonio’s River Walk with Richard Estrada, the legendary columnist for The Dallas Morning News. Estrada would trace the nuances of the Mexican-American experience while framing it in the long sweep of American history. I recall saying that U.S.-born Latinos didn’t seem so much a […]

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Rise Up, Observer Readers!

Arnold Hamilton - July 9, 2009 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Do you want single payer insurance? Not only do I want it, I need it. The opportunity seems to be slipping away from...

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Big Bankers Mount Sneak Attacks On Consumers

Arnold Hamilton - July 8, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Have you received your thank-you note? I’m still waiting for mine. More than a year into the Wall Street bailout, I’ve yet to get any sort of “thank you” from even a single one of the big banks that you and I propped up with $12 trillion in direct giveaways, indirect giveaways, […]