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Harkin: Dodd should be Obama’s VP choice

By Douglas Burns 8/18/08

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says he’s an unabashed supporter of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as Barack Obama’s running mate. Meanwhile, Harkin, who ran for the presidency himself in 1992, says “realism” holds that Hillary Clinton has little chance of making the cut for vice presidential candidate as “latent” sexism and racism would give such a ticket perhaps too steep a cultural hill to climb.

Videos: Iraq Veterans Against the War Testify in Iowa City

By Adam Burke 3/27/08

The University of Iowa Anti-War Committee hosted a local version of the Winter Soldier hearings Wednesday.
More videos are below the fold.

Racist King Sees Iowa in White and Brown

By Douglas Burns 6/11/07

[Commentary] We can judge the content of Steve King’s character by the way he speaks about the color of other people’s skin.

Our congressman the other day revealed very clearly the prejudice and cowardice behind his positioning on immigration.

Steve King is a racist.

There’s no doubting this anymore.

There’s no questioning it any longer.

Learning again the ugly power of the N-word

By Douglas Burns 5/10/07

[Commentary] Unfortunately, I've heard it used in jokes, put-downs and down-market bar-stool philosophizing. People have hurled it inaccurately at my Asian sister, and rappers use it ironically.
I speak, of course, of the ugliest term in the English language: the N-word.
The slur is freighted with our history, carrying with it centuries of subordination and cruelty and [...]

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