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Yes, “I Have a Dream”

Pour yourself a cup of coffee or something stronger, sit down and watch what it looks like when communication really happens.

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“Our Campaign Is About More than Replacing a President …”

“… It’s About Saving the Soul of America.”

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WATCH: “Work hard, work hard, work hard”

Rick Santorum uses caucus-night speech in Iowa to talk about how his working-class roots fed his economic philosophy.

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“Let Us Continue” … to Protect Voting Rights

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sounds an alarm: “we cannot—and must not—take the right to vote for granted.”

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Inciting Peace

“Peace journalist” Steven Youngblood urges graduates to promote peace in all their pursuits.

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Linus Doesn’t Use PowerPoint

“Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about?”

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The New “New Nationalism”

President Obama quotes President Teddy Roosevelt: “On the whole, and in the long run, we shall go up or down together.”

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“A Crisis is unfolding within Qantas … I have no option but to force the issue”

Qantas CEO grounds the airline’s fleet, tells unions to “decide just how badly they want to hurt Qantas, their members, our other employees, and the traveling public of Australia.”

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We Need to Remind Ourselves Why We Entered This Profession

“Reject the language of the market and embrace the language of the caring,” urges British doctor Clare Gerada.

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“This Is a Day that Would Not Be Denied”

President Obama at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication: “Let us keep striving; let us keep struggling; let us keep climbing toward that promised land.”

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