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GOP Pol Quits in Carl Lewis Hate-Email Flap
WTH? Some people have officially lost their minds. The Associated Press reports that a New Jersey Republican lawmaker resigned after his wife sent “an offensive and racist” email to the Democratic state Senate campaign of nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. Pat Delany stepped down from the state Assembly this month and said he wouldn’t…
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Chicago's Shrinking Black Community
Roderick J. Harrison, a Howard University researcher, said he was not surprised earlier this year when the U.S. Census Bureau reported a dramatic decline in Chicago’s black population. The recession and perception of better economic opportunities in Southern states such as Georgia and Texas — and even Western states like California, Nevada and Arizona —…
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Strauss-Kahn Charges Dismissed. What Now?
A New York City judge today dismissed sexual assault charges against former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn because prosecutors said they could not win the case, according to reports. USA Today reports that a Manhattan assistant district attorney told the court that inconsistencies in the 32-year-old accuser’s story led to the decision. “Our inability to believe…
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Perry: Civil Rights Movement All About Lower Taxes
Is Republican Rick Perry running for president of the United States or for something else? With his recent political gaffe, he and Michele Bachmann appear to be running on the same anti-African-American platform. During a talk before South Carolina supporters yesterday, the Texas governor compared the civil rights movement to the GOP’s fight for lower…
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Waters: 'The Tea Party Can Go Straight to Hell'
And the unleashing begins, but not on President Barack Obama. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) unleashed on the Tea Party, saying that its members could “go straight to hell,” while addressing the unemployed at a forum in Inglewood, Calif., according to the Los Angeles Times. She made the pronouncement a day after the release of statistics…
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DSK and the Maid: Charges to Be Dropped?
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that charges may be dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, who allegedly tried to rape a New York City hotel housekeeper, her lawyer said. Nafissatou Diallo’s lawyer has told reporters that he expects she will be informed Monday that prosecutors are preparing to…
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Obama: Congress Holding Back Economic Recovery
President Barack Obama on Saturday said that Congress has stymied recovery by blocking measures he said would create jobs and help growth, according to Reuters. In remarks recorded on Wednesday on his campaign-style bus tour in Illinois and aired during his holiday in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Obama said the stalled construction, trade and payroll tax…
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Marcia Dyson: It's OK to Criticize Obama
The tintinnabulations among African-American activists, voters and elected officials, calling for President Barack Obama to address policies that would benefit the black community, are being viewed as internecine strife. It’s time to do away with that mode of thinking, Marcia Dyson, ambassador at large for the Middle East Peace Civic Forum, writes in an essay…
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High-Speed Rail Races to the USA?
When a high-speed rail train crashed in eastern China last month, questions arose about their safety. Many wondered aloud if the bullet trains should be brought to the United States. Sen. Malcolm A. Smith (D-N.Y.) was the recipient of a number of those questions through phone calls and emails, he recently told The Root. He,…
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Bachmann Best 2012 GOP Candidate. Really?
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann took a victory lap on the Sunday-morning talk shows after her symbolic win in Iowa’s Ames Straw Poll. She beat out Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who later dropped his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Bachmann said that she has a broader appeal beyond the…
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