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Your Take: The Jobless Aren't Lazy
Unemployment is at 9.1 percent, unemployment among black and Latino Americans is even higher (at 16.7 percent and 11.3 percent respectively) and job creation has risen to the top of the government’s agenda. So what are many top Republicans saying about the struggles of millions of Americans who can’t find work? That it’s their own…
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Troy Davis Is Dead; the Movement Continues
Rashad Robinson is executive director of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online civil rights organization. Follow Color of Change on Twitter.
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White Supremacists Rally Around Pat Buchanan
Rashad Robinson, executive director of ColorOfChange, writes in a blog entry at the Huffington Post that after his organization launched a campaign last week calling on MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan from his role as contributor and political analyst, white supremacists rallied around him. They want to make sure he maintains a position on a…
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Your Take: Merger Fails, but Blacks Win
In the early ’60s, phone companies like Ma Bell used operators (all of whom were white in the South) to connect our calls. These operators, under the employment of the phone corporations, were reportedly often working with local police or the White Citizens’ Council and were known to block calls or report civil rights organizers’…
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Your Take: Free Speech Works Both Ways
As an 8-year-old, I wanted to be a U.S. senator when I grew up. My parents were proud but warned me that it would be an uphill battle; there weren’t any black people in the Senate, and I would have to work extra hard to overcome prejudice. I remember thinking that my parents weren’t up…
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GOP's Anti-Voter Platform Plank
(Special to The Root) — On Thursday night, Mitt Romney officially accepted his party’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. Although Romney has been the GOP’s presumptive nominee since late April, the delegate roll call at the convention this week made it official. There were more than 2,000 delegates — men and women of all…
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Wal-Mart: A Modern-Day Scrooge?
(The Root) — On Black Friday, Wal-Mart workers across the country went on strike to protest the company’s notoriously low wages and retaliation against free speech, demanding that Wal-Mart come to the table and meet with employees to address their grievances. It’s time we focus on the raw deal that Wal-Mart employees are getting and…
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Government Isn't Strangling Broadband
(Special to The Root) — It seems the telecom industry is nervous that its days of simply informing the government how it prefers to conduct its own affairs may finally be numbered. With current Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski reported to be stepping down, and buzz building around a potential nominee likely to serve…
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An Open Letter to Jay Z
Rashad Robinson, executive director of ColorOfChange.org, writes a stern open letter to Jay Z at the Huffington Post, saying it has been several days since news broke about the racial profiling of customers at Barneys New York. Robinson says it’s important for Jay Z to speak out about his upcoming collaboration with Barneys. (The rapper…
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Black Friday: Wal-Mart and the High Cost of Low Wages
A sign posted near several plastic containers at a Wal-Mart in Ohio says it all: “Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.” News of the in-store food donation efforts sent shockwaves across the country, once again shining a light on Wal-Mart’s hypocrisy: How can a company that raked in $15.7…
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