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Campaign Desk
Debunking the “New Generation” of Black Pols
October 17, 2008 03:16 PMThe rise of Barack Obama has spawned a wave of stories heralding "a new generation" of black politicians who successfully appeal to white voters. There are two big problems with this story line. The most apparent is that the politicians... Continue reading
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Bio
Kenneth J. Cooper
Kenneth J. Cooper , a Pulitzer Prize winner, is a freelance journalist based in Boston. He has reported on national politics for The Washington Post and Knight-Ridder, and supervised political coverage as National Editor of The Boston Globe.
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The Audit Business
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- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
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- The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
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