Racism without racists? Don’t believe the hype
There is an astonishing theoretical perspective taking hold in the American academy, and working its way down into the mainstream. And if it remains unchallenged, it seems that it is well on its way to becoming an accepted tenet.
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Sheriff: No foreclosure evictions on my watch
Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said Wednesday he is suspending foreclosure evictions in Cook County, which had been on track to reach a record number of evictions, many because of mortgage foreclosures.
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$700B bailout passes
After two weeks of contentious and often emotional debate, the federal government’s far-reaching and historic plan to bail out the nation’s financial system was on the verge of enactment Friday afternoon.
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Fossett plane found, sheriff says
Authorities have found the plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, but they have not found the millionaire adventurer’s body, the Madera County, California, sheriff said Thursday.
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Senate takes stab at ’sweeter’ bailout plan
The Senate today tries to resuscitate the $700 billion financial rescue plan — two days after the House killed it. The Senate votes this evening on a modified bill that adds sweeteners for House Republicans who shot down the measure. The sweeteners include tax cuts, Alternative Minimum Tax relief and raising the FDIC insurance cap [...]
15 jobs that pay $50,000 — and might be hiring
Receiving a paycheck is always nice. Even if you don’t love your job or you think you deserve more money, making a deposit in your checking account feels good.
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President Bush Urges Congress To Pass Bailout Plan, Warns That ‘Entire Economy Is In Danger’
Part Econ 101 lecture and part dire warning, President Bush took to the airwaves during prime time on Wednesday night to issue the grim assessment that if Congress doesn’t act soon to fix the financial crisis, “our entire economy is in danger.”
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Marine praised by Bush won’t get Medal of Honor
A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation’s highest military award, military officials said.
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We’re married, sleeping separately
It was the sock in the jaw that finally did it.
“We were lying in bed spooning when he had an elbow spasm and punched me in the jaw,” says Barbara, a 55-year-old graphic designer from Lansing, Michigan, who asked that her last name not be used.
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Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, Longtime Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad’s son has passed
Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who for many years led the nation’s largest contingent of Muslims and steered Islam away from the more separatist doctrine of his father, the late Elijah Muhammad, died Tuesday at his home near Chicago, The Washington Post reported.
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