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Barack Obama cares about black people
Mike Madden
The next president has already shown he's planning to visit the parts of Washington past the monuments, where the tourists don't go.
Bushes already moved out of White House
Alex Koppelman
Ahead of schedule, George and Laura Bush have packed up and sent out most of their things.
Are we there yet, Martin?
Joan Walsh
MLK helped pave the road to the White House for Obama, but it will take more than Tuesday's inauguration to fulfill King's dream.
Obama takes the Abe train
Rebecca Traister
In the last moment before hope collides with the awesome task ahead, the president-elect retraces Lincoln's historic rail journey to Washington.
Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture
Glenn Greenwald
The new Attorney General just said that Bush officials authorized torture. A treaty signed in 1988 by Ronald Reagan compels the U.S. to prosecute those who authorize torture. What's the way out of that?
Ain’t no stopping them now
Alex Koppelman
On a day when the wind chill hit 11 degrees, 40,000 excited Baltimoreans waited for hours to hear Barack Obama speak.
Salon at the inauguration, via Twitter
Alex Koppelman
As Barack Obama's swearing-in as president approaches, we'll be bringing you real-time updates of all the action.
RNC candidate Dawson: I’ll be Dems’ “worst nightmare”
Alex Koppelman
South Carolina GOP chairman Katon Dawson says he'll "expose" Democrats "for what they're doing to the American public."
Pro-life group slams Krispy Kreme for baby-killing treats
Alex Koppelman
Krispy Kreme is offering free doughnuts on Inauguration Day, and one antiabortion group thinks there's a malicious secret agenda behind it.
The Bush legacy: A nationalized banking sector
Andrew Leonard
No Democratic administration would ever dream of achieving what has transpired under the Republicans: Government ownership of Wall Street.
“Every kid gets a trophy”
Joan Walsh
Bush's goodbye address is a festival of self-pity and delusion.
Can’t we all just get along?
Mike Madden
As Biden and Clinton say goodbye, the Senate's Democratic majority girds for ... collegiality.
Bush says goodbye
Alex Koppelman
In a farewell address to the country, the outgoing president looks ahead, but also falls back on familiar themes.
Despite GOP bluster, mostly smooth sailing for Holder
Alex Koppelman
The attorney general nominee faced a few tough questions during his confirmation hearing, but didn't encounter the promised level of opposition.
Judge not buying feds’ case against 11-year-old terrorist
Gabriel Winant
The judge ordered the release of a detainee accused of belonging to a London terror cell at a time when he was 11, and lived in Saudi Arabia.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
Former Sen. Rick Santorum isn't really in to that whole "post-partisan" thing.
Fox News on inauguration: “Gay America prepares to party”
Alex Koppelman
The network's Web site claims there'll be "a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls," and notes that some conservatives are hopping mad.
Bourgeois like me
Amy Benfer
Michelle Obama's ordinariness may be her most radical feature, argues Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Get money into the economy now
Michael Lind, Phil Angelides
Is there danger that the stimulus could become nothing more than an appropriations bill? And can green jobs save the economy?
Why the U.S. has already lost in Afghanistan
Ann Jones
Rampant corruption by U.S. contractors has left the country in shambles.
Conservative Kudlow dishes on Obama dinner
Alex Koppelman
Though the meeting was off the record, the CNBC host offered details of his discussions with the president-elect, and sounded very impressed.
Obama meets with liberal pundits
Alex Koppelman
Following close on the heels of his dinner with conservative columnists, the president-elect talked with Frank Rich, Rachel Maddow and others.
To Hillary, with love
Mike Madden
Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation hearing to become Barack Obama's secretary of state turns into a group hug.
Why Gene Robinson is too little, too late
Nancy Goldstein
Inviting an openly gay bishop to Obama's inauguration does not make up for the offensive blunder that is Rick Warren.
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