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Teresa Cotsirilos is an editorial fellow at Salon.

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Standing up to the pro-Israel establishment

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Are libertarians misunderstood?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

The woman who started the Civil War

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Ellis Cose

Is racism on the way out?

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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at a Democratic party fundraiser, the third of three such events he attended in one night, in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (AP)

Where will the birthers strike next?

Justin Spees, Teresa Cotsirilos
FILE - In this June 6, 2009 file photo, protesters from Rev. Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate during funeral services for Dr. George Tiller at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan. In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the group's protests were protected by the First Amendment. The father of a Marine killed in Iraq sued after they picketed his son's 2006 funeral service.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (AP)

Revisiting the murder of Dr. George Tiller

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Operation Odyssey Dawn sounds like …

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The case for the dollar coin

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The Supreme Court doesn’t think “fag” is profane?

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Rep. Rush Holt and Watson, the Jeopardy computer

Q&A: The congressman who beat “Watson” on “Jeopardy”

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Rally supporters hang an American flag from fourth floor windows of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building as thousands of opponents of Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill gather for ongoing protests inside and outside the State Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin Saturday, February 26, 2011. (AP Photos/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart) (AP)

The 8 keys to survival for runaway legislators

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Pro-Gadhafi supporters gather in Green Square after traditional Friday prayers in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Protesters battled with security forces for control of neighborhoods Friday in eastern Libya where dozens have reportedly been killed in two days of clashes, as a leadership congress controlled by Moammar Gadhafi pledged a change in government adminstrators, trying to ease demonstrations demanding the longtime leader's ouster. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany) (AP)

Libya snapshot: Three days of protests and government violence

Peter Finocchiaro, Teresa Cotsirilos
FILE.- This Friday, March 2, 2007 file photo shows Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in Sabha, Libya Friday, March 2, 2007. Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early Wednesday in the country's second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Twenty-four killed in Libyan protests

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Andrew Breitbart

Does Shirley Sherrod have a case against Breitbart?

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