Politics
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You Want President Obama Impeached, Sarah Palin? For What?
If you’re familiar with the oeuvre of the late conservative Internet provocateur Andrew Breitbart, you’ll know that he’s remembered among his admirers for the cri de coeur that he offered right before his death: “Apologize for WHAT?” It’s become as much a part of Tea Party lore as Rick Santelli’s CNBC rant or South Carolina…
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10 Years in Prison for Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found out at his sentencing on Wednesday that he will spend approximately the next 10 years of his life in prison, USA Today reports. The businessman-turned-politician, who is expected to turn himself in at a federal prison in early September, was also ordered to cough up $82,000 for charges…
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Yes, Immigrant Kids Are Fleeing Violence, but So Were Kids in Chicago Last Weekend
Incensed by President Barack Obama’s plan to deport thousands of immigrant children who have arrived in the U.S. illegally in recent months, activists have taken to the streets to chide the president. Many protests have included children. At one, a young boy can be seen carrying a sign that reads, “No deportation of children fleeing…
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Obama Seeks $3.7 Billion From Congress to Contain Border
President Barack Obama is hoping to get Congress to grant $3.7 billion in emergency funding to go toward securing the border, a request brought on by the sudden increase in the number of unaccompanied minors trying to enter the country, the New York Daily News reports. The move marks almost double the administration’s original asking…
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The Meaning of the 4th of July Now
This essay from our archives is every bit as relevant today as it was when we first published it in 2010. What, to a black American in the age of Barack Obama, is the Fourth of July? I answer: the day that reveals to him, more than any other, how much America owes to blacks…
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Think Outside the Box, Democrats, and Hire More Minority Consultants
A new analysis by PowerPAC found that less than 2 percent of spending by the three main national Democratic Party political operations—the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—went to political-consulting firms owned by minorities. The report sent ripples through the political establishment, in part because it threatens…
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Black Republican Candidate’s Face on Campaign Sign Is Painted White
Campaign signs are often vulnerable to being stolen or tampered with, especially in this political environment, but in what might be a first, a black Florida Republican congressional candidate had one of her signs destroyed by whiteface, the National Review Online reports. Glo Smith, who is hoping to become the Republican candidate for Florida’s 5th Congressional…
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Supreme Court Sides With Hobby Lobby, Strikes Blow to Obamacare
Updated Monday, June 30, 2014, 1:45 p.m. EDT: President Barack Obama believes that the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case “jeopardizes” women’s health and will press Congress to respond, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday. He told reporters that the White House will “respect” the ruling but “will continue to look for ways to…
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Obama Has Even Less Maneuvering Room After Getting Dissed on Recess Appointments
On the political Richter scale, the Supreme Court’s decision in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning—ruling President Barack Obama’s recess appointments unconstitutional—is a disaster for his administration. As he muddles through the last two years of his presidency, Thursday’s ruling might be marked as the official beginning of the end of it, with all…
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No, Rush Limbaugh, African-American Voters Aren’t ‘Uncle Toms’—We’re Just Smart
Let’s be clear: Whether or not he thought he was being funny, when Rush Limbaugh called out Mississippi’s black voters as “Uncle Toms for Thad,” it was an insult. Full stop. But what it also reveals, and sadly doesn’t come as much of a surprise at this point, is that the king of conservative talk…