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News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. ------------------------------ <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pv770D%2F%2FwzVEgnA%2FH9uItWKGiHigY5ck> Today ARC is releasing, "Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B5Mh2HFL4m2AmFT%2BDslBWGKGiHigY5ck>," an edited volume featuring 20 prominent thinkers and activists analyzing the complexities of how race played out in the 2008 presidential race. 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