Politics

King David

King David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the bible. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet (he is traditionally credited with the authorship of many of the Psalms). The narrative depicts him throughout his life as conflicted between his ruthless ambition and lusts, and his desire to serve God. The biblical chronology sets his life c.1037–970 BC, his reign over Judah c.1007–1000 BC, and his reign over the united Kingdom of Israel c.1000–970 BC.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a vital figure of the modern era. His lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation. The movements and marches he led brought significant changes in the fabric of American life through his courage and selfless devotion. This devotion gave direction to thirteen years of civil rights activities. His charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in this nation and around the world.

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Matt Bors

Matt Bors is American cartoonist currently based in Portland, Oregon. Matt's comix have been featured in ACLU, The Nation, Seattle Stranger, OC Weekly, Cleveland Free Press, Miami New Times and many others. As an illustrator he has been featured in many Newspapers and Magazines including The New York Press, Utne Reader and the Boston Phoenix.

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Mike Peters

Mike Peters is an American cartoonist that draws the popular comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm, as well as syndicated editorial cartoons that appear in papers all over the United States. He won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His home paper is the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio.

As a joke, he once stood on the building ledge outside the Daily News building for thirty minutes wearing a Superman costume so that he could make an entrance to a meeting through the window in the manner of actor George Reeves entering Perry White's office on The Adventures of Superman.

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National Action Network

The Rev Al Sharpton and a group of political and human rights activists in New York founded the National Action Network (NAN) in early 1991.

NAN fights to empower people by providing extensive voter education, services aiding the poor, supporting economically small community businesses, confronting racism and violation of civil and human rights.

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Rev. Al Sharpton

For nearly three decades, Al Sharpton has been perennially in New York City's public eye. He's a reverend, a civil rights activist, a radio show host, and a one time presidential candidate that's been arrested, jailed, and stabbed.

Rev. Al supports gay rights and animal rights and was, at one time, James Brown's manager, a man he considers a surrogate father. Brownsville's own has risen to be among this city's long-standing, polarizing, elder statesmen that's both revered and despised, but seldom ignored.

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Ron English

Ron English is a contemporary pop artist who explores popular brand imagery and advertising. English can be considered the "celebrated prankster father of agit-pop", who wrangles carefully created corporate iconographies so that they are turned upside down, and are used against the very corporation they are meant to represent. One aspect of his work involves 'liberating' commercial billboards with his own messages. Frequent targets of his work include Joe Camel, McDonalds, and Mickey Mouse.

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Ron Kuby

Ron Kuby is criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, talk radio host, TV commentator, communist and atheist.

As a lawyer, Kuby has been involved with cases that involved John Gotti, The Gambino crime family, the Hells Angels, Berhard Goetz, El Sayyid Nosair (assassin), conscientious objectors to the Gulf War, Qubilah Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X accused of a murder plot against the Nation of Islam), the Chicago Seven, and Sheikah Omar Addel-Rahman (head of the Egyptian militant group AL-Gama's al-Islamiyya).

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Ruben Bolling

Ruben Bolling is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, a cartoonist and the author of Tom the Dancing Bug.

Bolling, who has no formal art training, read many comics when he was a child, and sometimes features their styles in his work. However, he didn't aspire to be a full-time cartoonist; instead he studied economics as an undergraduate at Tufts University and later attended Harvard Law School. It was at Harvard in the mid-'80s that Bolling came up with the idea for "Tom the Dancing Bug" and his pseudonym, "Ruben Bolling".

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Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is a radio show host, conservative politcal commentator, best selling author, Radio Hall of Famer and cigar aficiando. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Rush Limbaugh Show, airs on Premiere Radio Networks.  Highly controversial and extrmeley popular amongst his loyal fan base, Limbaugh has been tied to a string of controversies, including an addiction to prescription painkillers.  He claims to be 100% deaf in both ears.

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