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Gwen Ifill’s ‘The Breakthrough’
From the book The Breakthrough by Gwen Ifill. © 2009 by Gwen Ifill. Posted by arrangement with Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.. chapter three baRack obaMa If you were to get a handbook on what’s the path to the presidency, I don’t think that the handbook would start by saying, “Be an African American…
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Goodbye to a Standup Brother
Here is something important you need to know about Tim Russert: On the night Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, even a casual viewer could tell Tim was beside himself with the joy of watching history unfold before his eyes. In that slightly over the top, nearly hokey way that characterized his love of…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
