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Go With the 'Fro
Afros are often associated with the black power movement of the 1970s. When Atlanta-based reporter Charlotte Moore decided to stop styling her hair and just let it grow into an afro, she found that many people started making assumptions about her political views.
Intelligence Quota Test
Columnist Joe Conason of New York Observer and Salon.com and author of Big Lies: The Right Wing Propaganda Machine and How it Distorts the Truth (St. Martin's Press, forthcoming) and Laurie Mylroie, adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of Bush v. The Beltway: How the CIA and the State Department Tried to Stop the War on Terror (Harper Collins, forthcoming), on the integrity of intelligence on Iraq's nuclear threat
Class Work
Stanley Aronowitz, professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of How Class Works: Power and Social Movement (Yale University Press, 2003), on why class isn't just about income
Go With The 'Fro
Charlotte Moore, lifestyles reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on reactions to her new hairstyle
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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!
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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.
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What's Next for the Movement?
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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.
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