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Why Do Some Progressives Support Ron Paul, Even Though He Is Anti-Woman, Anti-Civil Rights, and Anti-Equality?

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. August 29, 2011.

AlterNet readers had a lot to say about Adele Stan's recent article explaining why progressives should think twice about supporting Ron Paul.

How the GOP Became the White Man's Party

Robert Perkinson, AlterNet. May 26, 2010.

In this excerpt from Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, Robert Perkinson shows how the Right embraced racial animus as a political strategy.

Fox News' John Stossel Calls For Repeal of Part of Civil Rights Act

Matt McLaughlin, Media Matters for America. May 21, 2010.

The Fox News commentator called for the repeal of the public accommodation section of the Civil Rights act, saying "private businesses ought to get to discriminate."

Who Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Nicolaus Mills, Dissent Magazine. February 22, 2008.

The Clinton/Obama debate over who deserves credit for the Civil Rights Act has died down. But a history lesson is in order.