D. R. Tucker Freelance writer; operator, The Urban Right blog huffingtonpost.com Republicans in Massachusetts often say that Deval Patrick’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign served as a template for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign two years later. What they won’t tell you is that the conservative template of attacking Obama with unrelenting invective was also created here in [...]
theRoot.com By: Edward Wyckoff Williams Posted: January 25, 2012 at 12:59 AM The GOP candidates don’t see their racial rhetoric as offensive. You got a problem with that? Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought. Well after the election of the nation’s first African-American president, in 2012 Republican candidates are using [...]
Listen to the story… by DEBBIE ELLIOTT npr.com December 24, 2011 Part of a series With the 2012 presidential election on the horizon, NPR’s Debbie Elliott heads to Camden, S.C., to hear from the close-knit Gaither-James family. Like other African-Americans — considered the political base for President Obama — they’re concerned about the economy and today’s [...]
One day the GOP will get a legitimate black conservative voice. That day hasn’t come. By: David Swerdlick | Posted: December 4, 2011 theroot.com This past Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, the once jocular and front-running, now defiant and rapidly crumbling, GOP presidential contender Herman Cain announced that he’s indefinitely “suspending” his bid for the White House — and [...]
CNN Newsroom|Added on December 10, 2011 CNN’s Don Lemon talks with Bishop T.D. Jakes about the economy, politics and the Bishop Eddie Long scandal.
Despite lawyer’s admission, candidate denies Atlanta woman’s account of 13-year extramarital affair by Howard Katz thedailybeast.com Herman Cain, whose campaign was already fading, may have reached the tipping point. After denying four separate accusations of sexual harassment, Cain found himself late Monday facing an account by an Atlanta businesswoman of a 13-year extramarital affair–and she [...]
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: November 26, 2011 nytimes.com A YEAR before President Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in this economic vortex. Spain’s Socialist government was defeated in a crushing landslide vote a week ago, leaving the party with its fewest members of Parliament since democratic [...]
NOTE: This is a position paper intended to initiate dialog with our community, policymakers, and the rest of America. A big thanks to over a hundred members of the Coffee Party community who contributed to this work. Click here for Annabel Park’s presentation of many of the ideas in this paper on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. Executive Summary Three [...]
Annie Parker is a mother of three who lives, loves, and writes in Arlington, Virginia. She is an active member of the local Unitarian Universalist church and is involved in interfaith social justice work in her community. And she is the newest blogger for the Coffee Party pilot program Belief in America. by Annie Parker coffepartyusa.com [...]
If the Tea Party favorite self-destructs, African Americans on the right will pay the price. By: Madison Gray | Posted: November 16, 2011 at 12:17 AM theroot.com Don’t tell anyone, but I’m envious of black conservatives. They can see America through a visor that was clouded for me many years ago. To them, this is [...]
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by ANDREA SEABROOK npr.com November 14, 2011 These days it can feel like the country is unsteady — politically, economically. In a search for the way forward, scholars and politicians often turn to their fundamental beliefs. NPR is taking a look at some of the most influential philosophers whose ideas molded the present and could shape [...]
President Abraham Lincoln’s Annual Message to Congress – Concluding Remarks December 1, 1862, Washington, D.C. One month before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln sent a long message to Congress which was largely routine, but also proposed controversial measures such as voluntary colonization of slaves and compensated emancipation. Lincoln devoted so much attention to preparing the message that [...]
dailyherald.com The Constitution is getting quite a workout on Wall Street, across the Loop and Sunday morning in Grant Park, where 175 Occupy Chicago demonstrators were arrested. And on movie screens. Near the beginning of the new George Clooney film, “Ides of March,” his character — a presidential candidate — stakes claim to what he [...]
WHEN: October 29, 2011 • 12 noon WHERE: U.S. Capitol West Front Lawn WHY: Democracy will not die on our watch “Sometimes an institution becomes too sick to fix itself…Sometimes an institution, like an individual, needs an intervention, from people, from friends, from outside.” — Lawrence Lessig, Republic, Lost Sharp Focus The GOP Debates have [...]
by Eric Vann © 2011 Like it or not we have become a nation of whiners. Mayor Daley said as much on a visit to the suburbs where he spoke before my Alma Mater, Wheaton College. I happen to think he hit the nail on the head with that remark. It is especially evident in [...]
A Political Rally The winter has hung around a bit longer than expected and folks are more than ready to embrace a different season. A call went out a few days ago from MoveOn.org that a rally was going to be held in front of what is known as the Thompson Center. The rally was [...]
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