Politics
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Obama ‘Will Not Stand’ for Veterans Affairs Scandal
President Barack Obama slammed the alleged misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs in a White House press briefing on Wednesday, saying that the situation would be taken seriously, ABC News reports. The president said that if claims of a cover-up of gross delays in treatment for returning members of the military turned out to…
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NY Legislator Asked to Resign Over Alleged Racially Charged Comments
One Long Island, N.Y., Democrat is battling calls for her resignation over alleged racially charged comments about a black community, WCBS 880 reports. Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, who represents Great Neck, N.Y., was stripped of her committee assignments by her Democratic Party leaders as a result of the allegation, the news station reports. Nassau…
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Bipartisan Backlash Against Police Commissioner’s N-Bomb Shows There’s Still Hope for America
On Monday, Robert Copeland—the Wolfeboro, N.H., police commissioner who admitted to calling President Barack Obama the n-word and refusing to apologize—resigned. And while it’s unlikely that he’ll be missed, I, for one, am actually somewhat relieved that our nation endured the Copeland saga. Here’s why: Throughout much of Obama’s tenure in office, we have been…
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NYC Mayor Demands Apology From City Tabloids
The New York Post and New York Daily News are in trouble with the city’s mayor, Bil de Blasio, who has demanded that they apologize to his wife for distorting her words in an interview, the Associated Press reports. De Blasio, who is still relatively new as mayor, said that the stories were “deeply disturbing”…
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Ben Carson Is More Pundit Than President—but You Should Read His Book Anyway
Where does Dr. Ben Carson go next? On NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, he told David Gregory that he still doesn’t have plans for a White House run—but only after he edged in ever so slightly last week, suggesting to the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes that he’s “starting to feel it.” It’s the sort of careful…
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Eric Holder: Systemic, Subtle Racism Far Worse Than Rants
Subtle, everyday racism, especially within the criminal justice system, is far more harmful than racist outburst, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told graduates Saturday during a commencement address at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. He described racist outbursts, such as those by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, as…
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Obama on Brown v. Board: The 1st Major Step in Ending ‘Separate but Equal’
On the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, President Barack Obama described the 1954 case as the first major step in dismantling the “separate but equal” doctrine that had justified Jim Crow, according to statement released by the White House. “As we commemorate this historic anniversary, we recommit…
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The Root Interview With NAACP's New President Cornell William Brooks
The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, has named Cornell William Brooks its 18th president and chief executive officer. The New Jersey-based civil rights lawyer, human rights activist and ordained minister, replaces interim leader Lorraine C. Miller, who filled the vacancy created by Benjamin Jealous’ departure at the end of 2013. “With…
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Michelle Obama Warns of Growing School Resegregation
First lady Michelle Obama issued a warning Friday about the return of school segregation nearly 60 years after it was struck down by the Supreme Court’s decision in the pivotal Brown v. Board of Education, according to a statement released by the White House. Speaking to about 1,200 graduating high school seniors and their families…
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GOP’s 19-Year-Old ‘Rising Star’ Says School Choice Will Help Close Achievement Gap
In the state of Maine, you’re more likely to bump into a Democrat or Independent than a Republican, so being a black Republican and living in a town that has not elected a Republican state representative in decades, I understand what it’s like to be in the minority. But being in the minority didn’t stand…