A new liberal political organization is seeking to build a coalition of minority voters and white liberals in a key states that would not only help President Obama win in November, but elect Democrats in down-ballot offices in states like Arizona and Texas in 2014 and beyond.

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Trayvon Martin may very well become this generation’s Emmett Till.

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Ada Sharpton, the 87-year-old mother of the Reverend Al Sharpton, passed away early this Thursday morning in Dothan, Alabama. At about 6:15 a.m. the Reverend posted a tweet stating, “My mother, Ada Sharpton passed in the early hours of this morning. She was my all. I hope God will give her now, PEACE. I love you, Mom.”

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