Politics
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Bachmann: Obamacare 'Crack Cocaine'
(The Root) — Rep. Michele Bachmann accused President Obama of peddling “crack cocaine” health care to American citizens in an interview with the conservative site WorldNetDaily. “I think the reason is because President Obama can’t wait to get Americans addicted to the crack cocaine of dependency on more government health care,” the Minnesota Republican said,…
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Could Chirlane McCray Be the Next Hillary Clinton?
If her husband, Bill de Blasio, is elected mayor of New York City, Chirlane McCray would be the first African American to be New York City’s first lady since Joyce Dinkins, wife of former Mayor David Dinkins. The Dinkins era was short-lived (he was a one-term mayor), though, and comparisons are more often made between…
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Obama Should Tap His Inner Angry Black Man
(The Root) — Government is shut down. Some 800,000-plus human beings are being furloughed or ordered to work without pay as we speak. And if Washington, D.C., fails to reach a debt-ceiling compromise in two weeks, the globe could be on the verge of an economic meltdown unlike anything history has ever seen. Just…
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The Root's Readers on Obamacare: Yes!
(The Root) — The federal government may be shut down, but the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchanges are open for business so that Americans can start to enroll in the plan of their choice. The Root asked its social media followers what Obamacare means to them, and so far your support is resounding. Here’s…
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'They Have Lost Their Minds'
(The Root) — The shutdown is here. It became clear as early as 10:30 Monday night that there was no foreseeable way to bridge the ideological impasse in Congress. Sure enough, midnight came and went without so much as a peep of resolution. It was lights out for the federal government for the first time…
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HBCU Fiscal Crisis Is a Quagmire
Tomika Anderson writes at Ebony that even though the Obama administration is doing all it can for HBCUs, which are struggling to stay afloat during this fiscal crisis, things look bleak. It’s not that the Obama Administration does not get the importance of saving the collectively sinking ship — the president has stated that the…
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GOP Scared That Americans Will Like Obamacare
In a piece at Vanity Fair, Kurt Eichenwald says the Republican Party’s attempts to postpone the Affordable Care Act have a lot to do with the fear that Americans will soon realize that the health care package is not the “government takeover of health care” that the GOP has drummed it up to be. So, what…
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Clock Ticks on Deadlocked Congress
Updated Mon., Sept 30, 5:30 p.m. EDT: President Obama once again took the stage Monday afternoon, calling on Congress, particularly House Republicans, to come to a resolution before time runs out on the federal budget. “You don’t get to extract a ransom for doing your job, for doing what you’re supposed to be doing anyway.…
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How Obamacare Will Help Heal Blacks
(The Root) — When Naomi Hollis’ job ended last October, she remained remarkably focused. The permanent part-time employee had been with the company for five years, long enough to have health benefits, but those were scheduled to stop at month’s end. “I was thinking practically,” the 46-year-old Birmingham, Ala., resident said. “I tried to get…
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Shut It Down: It's a Win for Obama and Cruz
(The Root) — With each passing “crisis” in the zero-sum game of congressional politics, we’ve gotten used to sorting out the winners and losers of every battle. But as September’s round of Washington’s annual budget fight tightens up — and a government shutdown looms for Tuesday — what we have, so far, is a win-win:…