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Harlem Votes: 'It's a Privilege'
(The Root) — On this Election Day, The Root caught up with voters in the “black mecca” — Harlem, USA. It’s a New York City neighborhood often remembered for its enthusiastic celebration of President Obama’s historic 2008 win and a community that hasn’t leaned Republican since 1984. And from what we could tell on Tuesday,…
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If Obama Wins, Will He Do More for Blacks?
As With Obama, Expectations Come With the Territory President Obama is expected to receive upwards of 90 percent of the African American vote in Tuesday’s election, despite a phenomenon not unknown to other people of color in executive positions, even in the news business: muted disappointment by some that he has not done enough for…
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Souls to the Polls: Early Voting in Cleveland
(The Root) — Neither gloom nor cold nor waits around 90 minutes deterred prospective voters at the Cuyahoga County Board of Election in Cleveland on Sunday, Nov. 4 (dubbed “Souls to the Polls” Day as many congregations headed to vote after church), when more than 2,500 people cast ballots in Ohio’s Democratic stronghold. The wait…
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Black Political Writer Declares for Romney
Most Journalistic Reaction: “Disapproving” Robert Vickers, a black journalist and the political writer at the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., gave some readers at least two reasons to disagree with him Friday. He told them his choice for president, and said that person is Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate. “Given that my role here is to…
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Black Publisher Endorses Romney
Rufus Friday Disagrees With Editorial Board The publisher and president of the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader became one of few prominent African Americans to publicly support Mitt Romney for president Sunday when the paper’s editorial board disclosed that Rufus M. Friday disagreed with its endorsement of President Obama. “. . . He chose not to use…
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RZA: What Wu-Tang and Tarantino Taught Me
(The Root) — Wu-Tang Clan’s leader and primary beat-maker, RZA, is no stranger to kung fu flicks and ancient Eastern mythology. An admitted obsessive about the film genre, he incorporated samples of music and dialogue from Hong Kong movies into the group’s sound. He mined his interests further when he scored Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog:…
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Storm Raises Issue of Climate Change
Storm Raises Suppressed Issue of Climate Change “It was not a good year for people, weather and climate. The winter was strangely warm in many places and the summer ridiculously hot,” Adam Frank wrote Sunday for NPR. “As a large fraction of the country suffered through extreme or even extraordinary drought many folks naturally wondered,…
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Covering a Racially Polarized Electorate
AP Poll: 51% Express Explicit Anti-Black Attitudes “The 2012 election is shaping up to be more polarized along racial lines than any presidential contest since 1988, with President Obama experiencing a steep drop in support among white voters from four years ago,” Jon Cohen and Rosalind S. Helderman reported Thursday for the Washington Post. “At…
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Faith, Crime and Africa: Not Debate-Worthy?
Debates Skipped Faith, Justice, Southern Hemisphere “Criminal justice reform may top the list of third-rail political issues to be strictly avoided on the campaign trail. And, perhaps as expected, it didn’t rear its head at any of the presidential debates,” Farai Chideya wrote Wednesday for Columbia Journalism Review. “Politicians from both major parties tend to…
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Pundits: Romney Sort of Endorsed Obama
President Obama was judged the winner of Monday night’s final debate of the campaign season, with challenger Mitt Romney leaving pundits debating why he now agreed with the president on so many foreign policy issues. “If this debate had gone on for 30 more minutes, Romney was going to endorse Obama,” Van Jones, the former…