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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; U.S. Senate</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States</description>
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		<title>Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination successfully filibustered</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/05/goodwin-lius-nomination-successfully-filibustered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anticipated by my lengthier blog post this morning, Professor Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination to be a federal appellate judge has been successfully filibustered by Senate Republicans opposed to his judicial philosophy. The vote was 52-43 in favor of voting on the nomination, but the motion to invoke cloture and take an up-0r-down vote on Liu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our role in the Goodwin Liu nomination controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this hour, the U.S. Senate is meeting in executive session to debate the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. If Liu&#8217;s supporters are able to muster 60 votes in favor of cloture, which is scheduled to be voted on around 2:00pm ET, this will end the threatened filibuster and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Takes on Race, Privilege, and Inequality for May 18, 2011</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/05/quick-takes-on-race-privilege-and-inequality-for-may-18-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/05/quick-takes-on-race-privilege-and-inequality-for-may-18-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cornel West]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Quick Takes&#8221; offers a mix of news, opinion, and research related to race, privilege, and inequality. Today&#8217;s &#8220;Quick Takes&#8221; includes Cornel West on Barack Obama, CNN anchor Don Lemon coming out of the closet, legacy admissions at Harvard, discrimination against farmers and Ivy League grads, and Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination for the Ninth Circuit. Readers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama re-nominates Goodwin Liu to 9th Circuit</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/09/president-obama-re-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-9th-circuit/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/09/president-obama-re-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-9th-circuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House announced late yesterday that President Obama has re-nominated Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Liu&#8217;s nomination became controversial when it was discovered that he had addressed the subject of reparations for slavery on a panel following a special screening of our documentary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodwin Liu nomination sent back to White House</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/08/goodwin-liu-nomination-sent-back-to-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/08/goodwin-liu-nomination-sent-back-to-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s nomination of controversial law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has been blocked by Senate Republicans and returned to the White House. Professor Liu became the subject of controversy in late March, in part due to remarks he made on a panel convened to discuss our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Harry Reid resign?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/should-harry-reid-resign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Census]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had hoped that the imbroglio over Harry Reid&#8217;s remarks on race would have died down by now, but unfortunately that is not the case. Those who have read my previous post about Reid&#8217;s remarks know that I don&#8217;t see any reason why Reid should resign as Senate majority leader, or even why his remarks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid and light-skinned Negroes</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/harry-reid-and-light-skinned-negroes/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/harry-reid-and-light-skinned-negroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the blogosphere erupted in a firestorm of controversy over remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2008 that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was &#8220;light-skinned&#8221; and spoke &#8220;with no Negro dialect.&#8221; This is the second time in recent weeks that Senator Reid has found himself in hot water over issues relating to slavery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid compares health care debate to ending slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War sesquicentennial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been taking heat since yesterday for his remarks on the Senate floor comparing the opponents of health care reform to those who opposed ending slavery. As I&#8217;ll explain below, I believe the criticism over Reid&#8217;s remarks is misplaced at best, and political gamesmanship at worst. However, I also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate apologizes to Native Americans</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/u-s-senate-apologizes-to-native-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/u-s-senate-apologizes-to-native-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has approved a measure which would apologize to Native Americans, on behalf of the people of the United States, for a history of official misdeeds by the federal government and &#8220;many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect&#8221;by U.S. citizens. The apology takes the form of an amendment to the 2010 defense appropriations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/08/senator-edward-m-kennedy-1932-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/08/senator-edward-m-kennedy-1932-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was announced overnight that Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has died at the age of 77. Much has been said about the legacy of Senator Kennedy, the &#8220;liberal lion of the Senate,&#8221; and much more will be said today and in the the future. As President Obama said in a statement released during [...]]]></description>
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