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Get Onboard: It's Time To Stop Hating The Bus

In a piece for Salon.com, Will Doig argues that it's time for Americans to reconsider the bus.

May 28, 2012 Everyone loves to hate the bus, but in a piece for Salon.com, Will Doig argues that the bus is actually mass transit's best hope. He offers high- and low-tech solutions to help the oft-maligned bus system improve its image and its efficiency.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Politics Of Fat In Black And White

Alice Randall is also the author of The Wind Done Gone.

May 15, 2012 Novelist Alice Randall sparked controversy with an op-ed in the New York Times in which she wrote, "chemically ... black fat may be the same as white fat. Culturally it is not." Randall argues that overweight women of all ethnicities must lose weight, but many are fat because they want to be.

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Op-Ed: Obama And Romney, Quit 'Hispandering'

Columnist Esther Cepeda says it is "a sign of respect" when candidates reach out to Hispanics by speaking Spanish, but there ought to be substance behind the effort.

April 23, 2012 Esther Cepeda recently learned a new word: "Hispandering." And, she writes in an op-ed for The Washington Post writers group, "it perfectly captures the spirit of the moment" in presidential politics. Cepeda sees both candidates clearly pandering to Hispanic voters, and she's disgusted.

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