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...Time magazine article last year, for example, notes that Obama is married to a black woman, attends a black church, and works with the poor on Chicago’s South Side. The author goes on to congratulate Obama for embracing his black identity and culture. Biraciality is considered here to be an “escape valve,” a clear and distinct choice between two fixed identities...
...Rivers, an African and African American Studies concentrator currently writing his thesis on black church crime prevention, said that Obama embodies identity politics, and, at least theoretically, serves as a representative of black America...
...star revival is the new production of A Man for All Seasons, with Frank Langella doing the honors as Sir Thomas More, the chancellor to King Henry VIII who went to death rather than betray his conscience by blessing the king's divorce and his break with the Church of Rome. Langella's interpretation has drawn some criticism, suprisingly, for being too saintly and hammy - surprising because what stood out for me in Langella's performance was how bracingly human it is. As the rebellious counselor, Langella is a man of stoic determination, but not without moments of fear, doubt...
...homes. "There wasn't a car in sight," Hamad told TIME. "The only person I saw fired an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] at me." With the help of U.S. soldiers, the police began taking back the streets and now patrol them on their own. Stores are open, and a church is once again celebrating Mass. But Hamad said he never could have done the job without the help of a local Awakening group that the government is disbanding, concerned that the loyalties of its members are uncertain. Hamad thinks this is a mistake. "Some of these people helped al-Qaeda...
Similar scenes were repeated all over the East Coast. Listeners poured into the streets. Some headed to church. Others headed to spend their last hours on Earth with family. Wet towels served as makeshift gas masks to protect against the poison gas the radio said was headed outward from New Jersey. Many were convinced it was the end of the world...