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Bank of America and the Whopper.

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‘American Idol’, Holland America Join Forces

Holland America announced its intentions to get “American Idol” and Broadway veterans to perform on their ships to “bring more intimacy to evening shows,” according to USA Today.The cruise line isn’t giving specifics as yet, but the line sites the like… Continue reading

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Jeff Greene, Florida Senate Candidate, Is The Latest And Greatest Entry In 2010′s Yacht Follies (VIDEO)

During this time of widespread financial misery, one would hope that the election season would yield a crop of politicians capable of relating to the struggles of ordinary people.Unfortunately, this year we’ve seen instead the rise of the yacht-owning … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ Hits The Baseball Field (PHOTOS)

Michelle Obama broke our her sneakers on Tuesday at Camden Yards in Baltimore where she hosted a “Let’s Move” event in conjunction with the local Boys and Girls Club of America and the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program. She pitched and ca… Continue reading

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Interview With a Philosopher: On Replacing The U. N. Security Council

John Davenport teaches philosophy and ponders radical ideas at Fordham University in New York City. He is the President of the Soren Kierkegaard Society of North America, and is author of the book Will as Commitment and Resolve. We chat here about repl… Continue reading

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Forget Ritual Suicide, What About Joe Barton’s Political Suicide?

Oh, how that sneaky Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) toys with our emotions! We never know how we’re gonna feel about him (okay, pretty sure we love the guy–but he sure can bum us out) on any given day. He’s always so full of surprises!Earlier this week, during… Continue reading

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Barack Obama Recreating Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech (Video)

Perhaps you remember that historic day back in August of 2008 when Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for President of the United States. It was the twenty-eighth day of the month, exactly forty-five years after Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech during his March on Washington. The comparisons between the two men proved inevitable, and Obama’s campaign, nomination, and victory charged a jaded America with a new sense of hope and vitality.

As I give you a first look at director Shyam Madiraju’s very cool (and slightly modified) composite version of Obama recreating Dr. King’s speech, it’s worth recounting a story a former history teacher told me the day after Obama won our nation’s highest office — a story you’ve likely heard in some form or another. When he asked a black student what President Obama’s accomplishment meant to him, the student responded that, for the first time in his life, he actually believed what had, up until then, been only inspirational rhetoric — that in America, if he put his mind to it, he could accomplish anything.

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Of “Epic Foolishness” And Epic Fails

Bob Herbert’s latest New York Times column, "Our Epic Foolishness," could (and perhaps should) serve as the introduction to a book about how America got into the various messes we’re in — from the ongoing ecological disaster in the Gulf, to the unrepentant and un-remedied recklessness of Wall Street, and beyond. Herbert, a featured speaker at America’s Future Now!, deftly puts into context the considerable crises facing the country, hitting the high (or, perhaps, low) points of a long, depressing story that still more voices would tell in greater detail.

It is the story of a great nation whose people for too long placed the reins of government in the hands of those who did not — and do not — "believe in" government, and left the public interest in the care of people whose primary interest was– and remains — profit.

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HuffPost College Meets Campus Progress: Your Ultimate Platform

In many ways, HuffPost College is a portal to the future — we feature stories on what students are doing, thinking, feeling, seeing, wanting and where they might be going. The news for students this year has not been good. But despite the tides against them, America’s youth are ambitious, restless and optimistic. They want a lot, and they want it sooner rather than later, no matter what the economy, the job market or anything else dictates.

Beyond the studies and surveys and reports that show these waves of change, though, the best testimony of what matters to college students comes from straight from YOU. We heard you — and the nearly 150,000 of you who voted — in April when we partnered with the White House for an open chat about student loan reform. And now, we’re excited to join forces with Campus Progress for their College Keynote Address Contest.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Discusses the Current Political Landscape (Part 1)

The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.

Reverend Jackson has been called the “Conscience of the Nation” and “the Great Unifier,” challenging America to be inclusive and to establish just and humane priorities for the benefit of all. He is known for bringing people together on common ground across lines of race, culture, class, gender and belief.

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