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Kelly Clarkson, Singer and songwriter

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Kelly Clarkson shot to fame in 2002 when millions of pop-music fans voted her the winner on the first season of the popular singing-competition television program, American Idol. Some critics dismissed Clarkson as being less an artist than a creation of the media, but her rock-tinged brand of pop, her country-girl persona and a belting, soulful singing style continues to win the approval of fans, and helped her win two Grammy Awards in 2006.

Singers, Clarkson, Kelly

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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

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The media heralded Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a writer, as the 'Latina Terry McMillan' for tapping into the large but often ignored market for books in the Hispanic community, with the publication of her first novel, 'The Dirty Girls Social Club'. With her book, she hoped to challenge the ethnic generalizations that she had faced in her work as a journalist for the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times and in society as a whole.

Authors, Writers, Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa

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Donna Brazile, Political strategist

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Donna Brazile began her career in politics in the 1970s, working on the campaign of the Washington D.C.'s attorney general. Brazile persuaded the Democratic National Committee to create the Voting Rights Institute, an organization formed to educate the poor and minority voters, in response to the irregularities of the 2000 election.

Public affairs, Political activity, Brazile, Donna

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