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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Immense crowds are cheering. These two photographs tell the smaller stories that put Obama on the podium tonight.
Phillyhappening saw these teenaged Muslim girls on a Philadelphia street last night. (Thanks, James Mills.)
[phillyhappening / Flickr]
David Smyth in Denver recorded this boy at a local Obama rally last week. (Hat tip ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Endorsing Obama [elycefeliz / Flickr]
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Obama on Sunday in an interview with Tom Brokaw. The significance of this was hashed out yesterday: as a Republican retired Army general, Powell adds to Obama's commander-in-chief cred.
For JCP, who is studying the Middle East at the University ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
[John Weise / Flickr]
At the same Minnesota rally last week at which McCain said Obama wasn't a scary guy, he also clarified that Obama is not an Arab. "No, ma'am," he said, in response to a woman who felt Obama was of Arab extraction, "No, ma'am. He's a decent family ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
With last week's New Yorker flap and Obama in Iraq today, it seems a good time to feature this find from Sarolta Cump. It's a video made by 19-year-old Louma about what it means to be a Muslim. Directly relevant to the election? Maybe not. But vilification of Islam ...
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Posted by Katherine |
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This week's New Yorker cover shows Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, Michelle outfitted as a Black Panther/terrorist, a flag burning in the fireplace, and Osama bin Laden in a gilt frame on the wall. It is, of course satire. Or it's supposed to be. It seems to be confusing ...
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