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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Anonymous Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/chicago_fenger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/chicago_fenger/index.html?source=rss A girl from Chicago's Altgeld Gardens housing project talks about high school, murder and the long walk home By Vincent Rossmeier Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2009/08/04/hostages/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2009/08/04/hostages/index.html?source=rss The former president's trip may be successful in securing the release of two American journalists By Rebecca Traister Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/05/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/05/obama/index.html?source=rss Jesse Jackson's face in the crowd at Obama's victory speech conveyed the emotion of the many struggles that led to this moment. By Thomas F. Schaller Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign. By Edward McClelland Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there. By Debra Dickerson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss Why did unnamed Obama supporters attack Al Sharpton? He's only asking questions that need to be answered. By David Puner Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss Jesse and Al explain where Barack charts. By Joe Conason Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan. By Stephen Elliott Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/04/bus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/04/bus/index.html?source=rss Trying to force authorities to open an Air Force base as a shelter, Jesse Jackson and other black leaders picked up 150 evacuees at the squalid New Orleans Airport and headed into the night. By Stephen Elliott Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/03/the_bus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/03/the_bus/index.html?source=rss Louisiana black leaders, along with Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson, want to take Katrina victims to a shuttered Air Force base instead of shelters. And I'm going with them. By Tim Grieve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/29/jackson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/29/jackson/index.html?source=rss With his star turn in the Schiavo circus, Jackson provides political cover for Tom DeLay and the religious right. By King Kaufman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/11/27/woods/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/11/27/woods/index.html?source=rss Must Tiger Woods support every p.c. protest, no matter how trivial, just because he's benefited from the "struggles" of others? By Arianna Huffington Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html?source=rss Eight-term mayor Sharpe James insists reformist rival Cory Booker isn't black enough to run this troubled city -- and Jesse Jackson plays along. By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/05/harvard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/05/harvard/index.html?source=rss When Jesse Jackson tried to turn pampered professors into racism victims, it showed a civil rights movement unready for a new age. By Daryl Lindsey Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/04/10/china/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/04/10/china/index.html?source=rss "Diplomacy sometimes takes a little longer than people would like," the president says. And the people who don't like it include many conservative allies. By Carina Chocano Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/25/chpshot3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/25/chpshot3/index.html?source=rss After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal. By Benjamin Cheever Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/24/expectations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/24/expectations/index.html?source=rss Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess? By David Barash Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/23/monogamy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/23/monogamy/index.html?source=rss According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime. By Jimi Izrael Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/19/daddy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/19/daddy/index.html?source=rss The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught? By Joan Walsh Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/19/scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/19/scandal/index.html?source=rss Jesse Jackson joins the club of powerful men whose private transgressions are inevitably exposed -- but at least he handles it with a little class. By Carina Chocano Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/14/florida_xmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/14/florida_xmas/index.html?source=rss Sometimes it is better to give than to receive. By Anthony York Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/08/integrity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/08/integrity/index.html?source=rss Florida's controversial crusade to purge its voter rolls has revived an old partisan debate: Can states crack down on fraud without hurting eligible voters? By Kevin Sweeney Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/01/jackson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/01/jackson/index.html?source=rss Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer. By Camille Paglia Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/11/15/recount/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/11/15/recount/index.html?source=rss In which a befuddled Bush and a schizoid Gore do battle in a scene distressingly reminiscent of the most bilious days of imperial Rome. By Jake Tapper Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss A West Palm Beach rally for the enfranchisement of Democrats, and others.