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This is a great article on why half of America loves George Bush.  I still don't get it - he's considered a good guy because he goes to church services for black people and "you don't fake that"??

Unfortunately, the US isn't the only nation with biased media woes.
 
An interesting commentary that questions whether or not the media really is biased against liberals.
 
The 2004 Democratic party platform document.

Are you blue or red?

Not to dishonor Americans who are living on the poverty line, but this puts it in a global perspective.  This is a multiple choice quiz on poverty that I absolutely failed.

Five years ago, Colloquy (an academic magazine) published an article on class in America.  They got quite a number of interesting responses.  I would have linked the original article but couldn't find it.

Some interesting descriptions of different classes in America.  All of them seemed focused on the language used and whether violent or nonviolent behavior is encouraged.  I would also argue strongly against the 'criminal class'.  Crime is committed by people at all levels of society but the presence of so many members of the lower classes in prisons speaks strongly to the classism/racism of our judicial system.