Politics

On Oct. 1, President Obama’s Affordable Care Act for Americans finally begins. According to the Washington Post, the question now is whether the federal government is ready.   There are, arguably, two big things that need to happen between now and October. The first is technical: The federal government needs to finish building the infrastructure…

On Saturday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out against President Obama in a speech released on Twitter, saying the POTUS betrayed Edward Snowden, the man behind the NSA leaks. CNN reports Snowden was recently charged with espionage and theft of government property by U.S. federal prosecutors, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court…

In an op-ed piece at the Washington Post, Dana Milbank describes how the Tea Party has turned on one of its own, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for his immigration plan. Members of the Tea Party convened on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to voice their concerns with Rubio’s bill. Much of the scene was familiar: the yellow…

(The Root) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is clearly not afraid to court controversy. He has fought for bans on smoking and large sodas, despite his efforts sparking criticism and ridicule. The mayor has found himself provoking critics again with his comments earlier this month about which students should attend college. During his…

(The Root) — Though the New York City Police Department has steadfastly denied that its controversial stop-and-frisk program constitutes racial profiling, today it appears that New York’s finest are singing a new tune. The NYPD Captains Endowment Association is running an ad against a new City Council measure that would expand the language defining those…

(The Root) — There is a strange dichotomy occurring in 21st-century America: The country is becoming more diverse and less equal. Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released data revealing that the majority of children under age 5 were from racial- and ethnic-minority backgrounds and predicted that white Americans will officially become a minority by…

(The Root) — I wish that when President Bill Clinton started spouting off the other day about the need for President Barack Obama to intervene in Syria’s horrific civil war or risk looking like “a total fool,” Obama had followed the example set by his wife when she was recently confronted by a heckler. I…

(The Root) — Drive beyond the tall iron gates of Highland Lakes in Shelby County, Ala., where homes range from $350,000 to a couple of million, and you’ll see that change has come to the South. Children of different races play together outside, while adults tend the yard or jog along the roads and trails.…

To mark Father’s Day, the White House has compiled a gallery of photos featuring President Obama with his daughters, Sasha and Malia, over the years, and outlined how his commitment to fatherhood has played into presidential policy. This commitment to his family has also translated into the President’s policy agenda. For the past four years, President…