Opinion
Oak Creek tragedy rooted in right-wing extremism
August 8, 2012As a nation, we cannot allow this hate crime (or any hate crime) to be swallowed up by the next news cycle and then forgotten.
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“Ruby Sparks”: Guy creates perfect girlfriend, who created him?
August 7, 2012"Ruby Sparks" is a romantic comedy with some rather dreadful underpinnings.
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Movie audience laughs and cringes at “Killer Joe”
August 6, 2012Our matinee audience, nearly a full house, laughed all the way through "Killer Joe," but it was nervous laughter.
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Today in labor and peoples history: Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 6, 2012Today in 1965 in the presence of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and others, President Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act forbid the discriminatory voting practices against African Americans and...
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Baltimore Bank Riot of 1835
August 6, 2012On August 6, 1835 the Baltimore bank riots began. The several day long riot was prompted by a bank directors money making scheme.The directors invested depositors savings in the Union Bank of Maryland which went bankrupt....
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