Politics
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First Lady on '42': Robinson's Wife Paved the Way for Me
(The Root) — At the White House today, Michelle Obama, students and the cast and crew gathered to discuss the film about the black baseball trailblazer. Dozens of students from the Washington, D.C., area attended a discussion with Michelle Obama, Harrison Ford and other members of the cast and crew of 42, the soon-to-be-released movie…
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Budget Cuts Couldn't Happen Without Obama's Consent
On Tuesday, President Obama signed new funding measures into place, and Colorlines‘ Imara Jones demands that he exercise the same courage of his convictions regarding economic justice that he’s flexed for marriage equality. On March 26, the president signed a temporary funding measure, called a continuing resolution, to keep the government operating until the end…
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Time to Remove Race From Gun Debate
(The Root) — Let’s face it, in America today black life is still not valued the same as white life. This is especially true when it comes to how we respond to and even discuss guns and violent crime. This is one of my key frustrations with the current gun-control debate and the question of…
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Ben Carson's Gay-Marriage Misfire
(The Root) — It would be unfair — well, almost — to put the burden of carrying the conservative banner in the “gifted hands” of Dr. Ben Carson. But in the weeks since the Wall Street Journal ran the headline “Ben Carson for President,” he’s been elevated to the status of conservative rock star, and…
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Of Course, Ben Carson Will Never Be President
(The Root) — If you don’t know who Dr. Ben Carson is, you should. He’s a hero and role model to millions who — with hard work and “gifted hands” — traveled from working-class Detroit roots to become head of pediatric neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the first physician…
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Obama Negotiates Apology From Israel to Turkey
During his Middle Eastern diplomatic trip, President Obama facilitated a historic conversation between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, reports CNN. Just before departing for Jordan on Friday, Obama scored a diplomatic coup when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkey for a 2010 commando raid that killed nine activists…
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How Sriracha Explains the GOP's Problem
(The Root) — The Republican National Committee’s 100-page “Growth & Opportunity Project” report (pdf) came out this week, with the aim of diagnosing what went wrong for the GOP in 2012 and prescribing a fix for Republicans’ stark failure: Ninety-three percent of black voters, 71 percent of Latinos and 73 percent of Asian Americans cast…
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Michelle Obama: Why Her Presence at the White House Matters
Citing her poise, grace, intelligence and accomplishments, Clutch magazine‘s Zettler Clay says that first lady Michelle Obama’s presence at the Oval Office may be more impactful than that of her husband. When it’s all said and done, Michelle Obama’s presence in the Oval Office may rival her husband’s. To me, right now, she surpasses him. Many remember…
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Will Obama's Bracket Beat the 63rd Percentile This Year?
Last year President’s Obama’s men’s March Madness bracket ranked 2,347,421 out of 6.45 million entries, placing him in the 63.6th percentile. Not a bad number, but can he do any better this time around, in his fifth straight year sharing his picks with ESPN? He has picked Florida, Indiana, Louisville and Ohio State to reach…
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The CPAC Race 'Chaos' Had a Silver Lining
(The Root) — Before you call me crazy for trying to find the silver lining in the storm clouds that hovered over the “Race Card” panel last Friday at CPAC, keep one thing in mind. I was there. And it definitely was, as first covered by Talking Points Memo’s Benjy Sarlin, a “shouting match” that…