Politics

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Republican Mitt Romney has spent quite a bit of time downplaying his 2008 New York Times op-ed discouraging a bailout of the auto industry. In response, and in addition to his campaign’s fact-checking efforts, President Obama himself highlighted the former governor’s position during the second presidential debate. Now, Politico has…

As East Coast residents prepare for Hurricane Sandy, the political campaigns of President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are under the gun. If the storm — expected to hit New York City on Tuesday morning, and other states like Virginia and Delaware as early as Sunday night — destroys power lines or lingers, the damage…

A new poll conducted by the Associated Press shows that Americans have an increased prejudice against African Americans. Researchers from Stanford University, the University of Michigan and NORC at the University of Chicago gathered the data, and experts aren’t surprised by the results. “We have this false idea that there is uniformity in progress and…

(Special to The Root) — Education is the civil rights issue of our time. President Obama rightfully made this assertion in 2011, but local leaders — specifically in black-American communities — have faced this harsh reality for decades. While strong public schools have played major roles in transforming neighborhoods and spurring local economies, African-American communities…

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, a self-identified Republican who was Gen. Colin Powell’s chief of staff during his time as secretary of state, did not take too kindly to a recent accusation — from Mitt Romney’s controversial campaign co-chair John Sununu — that Powell only endorsed Barack Obama for president because they’re both black. Sununu would later…

In an exclusive piece for NewsOne, the first lady puts the importance of voting in historical context and says that in the end, it’s not about who wins but who we are as a country. Sometimes, it might seem like the battles for our rights and liberties are some distant memory — even The Emancipation…

In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson says that issues of race, power and privilege are less explicit this year than they were in 2008, but in some ways they are even more relevant. Four years ago, we asked ourselves whether the nation would ever elect a black president. The question was front and center.…

(Special to The Root) — On Oct. 1, citizens across the state of Ohio pitched tents and camped outside their polling places to be first in line for early voting. It may have sounded a bit drastic — after all, there was still a month to go before Election Day. But early voting has been…

(The Root) — Last night was an ode to four powerful, intelligent black women — real and fictional. First lady Michelle Obama, Cloud Atlas star Halle Berry and R&B singer Ciara visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! Plus, Olivia Pope did her thing in the West Wing on Scandal. Just politics (and show biz) as usual over…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press. Later in the morning, the President will tape an interview with “The Michael Smerconish Show” in…