• The Confab -- Sept. 11, 2009

    This Week on The Confab: Is Van Jones the new Rev. Jeremiah Wright? Pessimism on the public option and an out-of-body experience with propofol. Join The Root's deputy editor Terence Samuel as he talks with senior culture writer Teresa Wiltz and contributors to The Root David Swerdlick and Angie Chuang.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

     
    The Confab -- Sept. 11, 2009
  • The Van Jones Affair

    Obama's green jobs czar has resigned due to controversy about his political past. But going forward, how far back, and for what type of offenses, will American politics punish public servants?
    Green Jobs Czar Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy
  • Van Jones Resigns

    After weeks of attacks from conservatives, Obama's green jobs advisor resigned fom the administration saying he did not want to be a distraction: "I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past."
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