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File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009.

Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured professor at Spelman College in Atlanta after siding with black women students in the struggle against segregation. In 1967, he wrote one of the first,...
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Republican presidential candidates hold TV debate

Republican presidential candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

BBC News

The Republican presidential candidates are battling it out at a national debate in Florida - the last before the battleground state holds its primary. Earlier, front-runners...
photo: AP / Matt Rourke

Gingrich reaches for the stars (well, the Moon at least)

A full moon taken from Sloane Square, London.

The Independent

The former House Speaker, who is running Mitt Romney a close second in the race for his party's presidential nomination, made the announcement during a rally on the "space...
photo: WN / Periasamy

The 'Malaise' of Hope

President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012.

WorldNews.com

Before Dante Alighieri descended into hell in the "Divine Comedy," an inscription above the door read: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. Listening to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address (SOTU), this is sadly what I was reminded of....
photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy

What's going on: Obama battles Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer over her book

President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.

Syracuse

jlkinsella January 26, 2012 at 8:33AM Follow This is not the first time that Pres. Obama has had an "intense conversation" with a Republican Governor on an airport tarmac. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45021.html Inappropriate? Alert...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

New York hydrofracking supporters hail Obama's speech, hope for end to Marcellus Shale moratorium

President Barack Obama walks to board his helicopter as he leaves the White House en route to Guadalajara, Mexico, for meetings with Prime Minister Harper of Canada and President Calderon of Mexico, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009

Lower Hudson Online

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obamas decision to support natural-gas drilling on federal lands is being hailed by supporters of hydraulic fracturing in New York. Obamas comments in Tuesdays State of the Union speech should send a message to...
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite

Michelle Obama celebrates with tacos as school lunches get a healthier overhaul (but pizza still ...

WASHINGTON D.C. - First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2011 Military Child of the Year ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington D.C. April 7, 2011. Margaret Rochon, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the Coast Guard's 2011 recipient. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley. (1194994) ( )

The Daily Mail

Michelle Obama celebrated a school lunch victory on Wednesday by tucking into an elementary school's tacos in Virginia. The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings, including popular pizza, will...
photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

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