Politics
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The History of Attacks by the Right on Civil Rights Defenders
It’s true that some U.S senators voted to kill the confirmation of Debo Adegbile as assistant attorney general for civil rights because they were concerned about the representation provided by Adegbile as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund to a man convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer. Even though LDF’s…
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How the Kapor Center Serves as Our Brothers’ and Sisters’ Keeper
Cedric Brown sat three chairs down from President Barack Obama as he announced his My Brother’s Keeper initiative last week. But more importantly, moving forward, is that Brown has a seat at the table as the White House tackles the persistent crisis of young men of color in America. Brown and his colleague Nicole Sanchez…
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Senate Rejects Debo Adegbile to Lead Civil Rights Division
Republicans of the Senate, joined by a few defecting Democrats, successfully blocked President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department on Wednesday, sparking the ire of the administration, the Associated Press reports. The final vote tally was a narrow 47-52 against moving longtime NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund…
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Hillary Clinton Stands by Her Comparison of Russia’s Putin to Hitler
At a Wednesday question-and-answer at UCLA, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mostly stood by her earlier comparison of Russia’s Vladimir Putin to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, the Washington Post reports. “I just want people to have a little historic perspective,” Clinton said during the session, adding that she was merely pointing out similarity…
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Latino Leader Calls Obama ‘Deporter in Chief’
A Latino activist called President Barack Obama the “deporter in chief,” denouncing the administration’s deportation of nearly 2 million immigrants, the Associated Press reports. Janet Murguia, who heads the National Council of La Raza, didn’t just direct her anger over the deportations at the president. She also voiced her displeasure with House Republicans for stalling…
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Why Is Tim Scott Suddenly on a Black-Revival Tour?
If you’re looking into clues explaining Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) recent revival of blackness, look no further than a recent Winthrop University poll of South Carolina GOP voters. It’s odd that pollsters would even ask largely white Republican voters in a hard red Southern state how they feel about their black Republican senator’s relationship with…
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Obama to Black People: I’m Showing You the Money
President Obama released his fiscal year 2015 budget this week, telling reporters that the document “is about choices, it’s about our values.” And the White House is making the case that those values have everything to do with creating a better life for black people in America. Of course, you’ll find little of the controversial…
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Ala. Dem: GOP Would Be Pro-Abortion If Daughters Were Having Black Babies
One Alabama state lawmaker is calling out his colleagues for what he sees as racist hypocrisy, claiming that they would support abortion if their white daughters were carrying black babies. According to the Raw Story, Democratic state Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery made the controversial accusations on Tuesday during a debate on an abortion bill…
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Sarah Palin: Putin Wrestles Bears, Obama Wears Mom Jeans
If Russia seems to be becoming more powerful, it’s because President Barack Obama and his mom jeans don’t properly portray the strength of the United States—at least that’s what former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin thinks. In a Monday night interview with Fox host Sean Hannity, Palin claimed that President Vladimir Putin was once again trying…
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Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative Isn’t Discriminatory
It’s a luxury to sit from a perch of prosperity and privilege and then look down upon others, deeming what is right or wrong as viewed from the lens of willful ignorance or convenient denial. But that’s exactly what Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin did when she attacked President Barack Obama for his unveiling of…