Politics

Today President Barack Obama will travel to Los Angeles County, Calif., to designate the San Gabriel Mountains as America’s newest national monument, and a timeless piece of our national heritage. In many ways this nation’s story is etched into its land, and as the president is recognizing today, each of our monuments provides us with…

In what seems like a last-minute Hail Mary attempt to get young people to the voting booths in November, the Obama White House is shedding light on the facets of his economic policies that have and will help millennials. President Barack Obama gave a speech Thursday to young entrepreneurs in Santa Monica, Calif., reminding them…

Something fishy is going down in Ferguson, Mo.—and it’s not just with the cops.   While that hint of something not quite right grows with each passing retaliatory arrest and botched grand jury probe, the extent is still unclear. But at one time, political change in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing seemed like a…

With little more than two years left in his administration, former administration officials are deserting President Barack Obama like rats on a sinking ship. The latest betrayal comes from Clinton loyalist Leon Panetta—former Democratic congressman, White House chief of staff, CIA director and secretary of defense. This isn’t how it was supposed to go. In…

There are plenty of clichéd metaphors we apply to elections and warfare. Getting out the vote is the “ground war,” hotly contested states are “battleground states” and any campaign commercial in which candidates aren’t hugging each other is an “attack ad.” And there’s another cliché to add to the mix that’s never been more apparent…

Last week, voting-rights advocates hailed a legal victory—at least briefly—when a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit cleared the way for North Carolina voters to utilize same-day voter registration and out-of-precinct provisional balloting, both of which were eliminated in a revision of the state’s election law that was passed…

As if Americans needed another deadline to add to that list of to-do’s Post-it-noted on their at-work computer screens, here’s a big one: If you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington or the District of Columbia, today* is the last day to register…

This year 82 black candidates are vying for federal office, a record number, beating by 10 candidates the previous record set in 2012.   USA Today reports that out of the “82 candidates running, 64 are Democrats and 18 are Republicans, and all but three are seeking election to the U.S. House.” The three who…

According to Bloomberg News, an unidentified man pretending to be a U.S. congressman finagled his way backstage at an awards dinner hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on Saturday. President Barack Obama keynoted the event, which first lady Michelle Obama also attended. The unidentified fake congressman mingled backstage to chat and take pictures with…