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Supporters of an effort to get on the November ballot a measure to eliminate affirmative action in Missouri missed their midnight deadline last night. In all likelihood, it was not a strategic blunder, but probably…
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[The BBC has disabled embedding on their video, so here's some video from MSNBC...] Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Prominent St. Louisians David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr., are among Ebony Magazine’s “Power 150″ list of the Most Influential Black Americans of 2008. The…
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CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asked Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden and Republican VP candidate the same question earlier this week: why do you think Roe v. Wade is or is not a good…
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4 Comments For This Post Barbara Woodruff Says: April 23rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm Pennsylvania is a closed primary state and thus does not reflect the support of Sen. Obama by Indies. It’s obvious independents…
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[CORRECTED] St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay is calling on all the elected officials in his district to come to a phone bank at his office Monday to call through St. Louis City’s and St. Louis…
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More than a dozen Missouri elected officials, including U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, former U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan, and Congressman Russ Carnahan, gathered today to announce Senator Barack Obama is returning to St. Louis next weekend.…
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If you’ve got child support issues, we know just the hearing you should attend. The Family Court Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri is taking public testimony about child support guidelines from 1 to…
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In the hours before yesterday’s Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, producer Davin Hutchins of the American News Project and blogger Antonio French of PubDef.net spent the day yesterday interviewing supporters and opponents of Alaska Governor…
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