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Obama’s (Smaller) Army of Volunteers

Apr 6, 2012
The night after President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act was being mercilessly attacked by U.S. Supreme Court conservatives, I was surprised to find a group of Obama volunteers cheerfully gathered in a nondescript office building east of Los Angeles to make phone calls for the president's campaign.I wondered at their good spirits. It was as though they hadn't heard about the hostile reception Obamacare had received at the Supreme Court.

Current Issues Figure Into MLK Day Events

Jan 19, 2010
Americans looking to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a way that honored his legacy of activism and service got to work on Monday, whether by focusing on their local communities' needs or going global to help the Haiti earthquake relief effort and other current causes.
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Police: Tale of Politically Motivated Attack Was a Lie

Oct 24, 2008
A story that Matt Drudge seized upon Thursday, about a 20-year-old McCain campaign volunteer who claimed she was assaulted near a Pittsburgh ATM by a large African-American man who took $60 from her and carved a "B" into her face after noticing a McCain sticker on her car, was fabricated by the alleged victim, according to police. Updated