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NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will resume training as commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission on Monday, Feb. 7.
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White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
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February 4, 2011 — Echoing his comments made after Egypt President Hosni Mubarak’s statement that he will not run for re-election, President Obama pushed for a peaceful government transition to take place immediately. He added that the future of Egypt can only be determined by the Egyptian people.
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Just in case you weren’t paying attention, Rush Limbaugh is a jackass.
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“As long as you say there is no hope, then there will be no hope, but if you go down and take a stance, then there will be hope.” Those are the words of Asmaa Mahfouz, one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement in Egypt, who took to the Internet to spread her message in the days leading up to the protests, which have spread across her country and led to President Mubarak announcing he will not run for reelection. As the protesters continue their fight to get Mubarak out sooner rather than later, we
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Dave Zirin explains what kind of impact a lockout of the NFL players’ union would have on cities in an already fragile economic time.

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Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States, argues passionately for progressives to be engaged and aware of sports rather than writing them all off as a conservative enterprise.

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Dave Zirin points out that the reason Muhammad Ali is a global icon is what he sacrificed, not his success; Michael Jordan was successful and refused to speak out for a cause.

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The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the source for Wikileaks. Manning’s friend David House, tweeted after visiting him this week, “Bradley’s mood and mind soared” at the news from Egypt.
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Two waves are overwhelming Egypt and possibly the Middle East: democracy and demography. Can a youthful imperative for rapid change amplify or diminish the growth of democracy?
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