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THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Washington, DC en route Mt. Vernon, Iowa. The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at Eastern Iowa Airport are open press. Update: The President receives the Presidential…

(The Root) — With black voters backing President Barack Obama 97 percent to 1 percent over Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a recent poll, it’s clear that this campaign is affected by race, whether or not the candidates openly discuss it. The folks at BET News will examine the intersection of race and politics in…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Williamsburg, Virginia en route Hempstead, New York. The departure from Newport News International Airport and the arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport are open press. In the evening,…

Writing at the Huffington Post, Stephanie Li enumerates the ways in which race has reared its head in the current presidential campaign. The day after the debate, Mitt Romney’s national campaign co-chair John Sununu stated that Obama’s debate performance demonstrated “how lazy and detached he is,” adding, “when you’re not that bright you can’t get…

(The Root) — So far we’ve heard the presidential and vice presidential candidates asked questions about jobs, Libya and abortion. But as I’ve written about, we haven’t heard them asked questions about how they plan to improve the lives of the poor or people of color. Those are just some of the subjects that have been…

(The Root) — It’s crunch time for President Barack Obama’s campaign — and his presidency. One more bad debate on Tuesday night and he’ll have done serious damage to his 2012 re-election prospects and possibly his presidential legacy. As a result of his listless performance in the first debate against opponent Mitt Romney, the president…

(The Root) — With the exciting interlude of the vice presidential debate out of the way, it’s time to gear up for President Obama’s second time around with GOP nominee Mitt Romney. For those tuning in who live in the Washington, D.C., area, The Root is hosting The Debate Watch II: Obama vs. Romney, a…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. This meeting is closed press. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

Samuel L. Jackson famously said in an Ebony interview that he voted for President Obama because he’s black. Associated Press race and ethnicity reporter Jesse Washington digs into whether other black Americans are taking a page from the actor’s book in next month’s election or if their reasons are drawn from as far back as slavery. Are…

(The Root) — When Walter Kimbrough opted last July to helm 143-year-old Dillard University, his choice stumped friends and colleagues who knew some of what Dillard was up against. Compounding the costs of running the New Orleans campus is a $160 million federal loan for post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction, a repayment that Kimbrough calculates could consume…