Politics
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Slavery, Africa and What Obama Can Teach
(The Root) — Professor Ibrahim Sundiata pays close attention to how African Americans think and talk about our history in the United States and about Africa itself. Something he hears frequently: that the particular form of slavery that brought our ancestors to the United States was uniquely evil, violent and sexualized. Something else: that Africa,…
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How Black Hollywood Can Help Obama
(The Root) — Though the winner of the 2012 presidential election remains far from certain, the winner of one contest between the campaigns of Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama has already been decided. When it comes to celebrity endorsements, there is no contest. The Obama campaign has a virtual lock on support from…
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Mitt Romney Hit Hard by Tax-Return Battle
In a blog entry at the American Prospect, Jamelle Bouie checks in on a poll that asked respondents about two Mitt Romney controversies: his record with Bain Capital and his tax returns. While neither result was good, the ongoing fight over his taxes has done more damage. I didn’t mention this in my previous post,…
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Poll: Romney Has Zero Percent of the Black Vote
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is not winning when it comes to wooing black voters, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, which shows President Barack Obama beating him by 94 percent to — wait for it — 0 percent, according to the Huffington Post. The president also trounces Romney among Latino…
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Obama's Day, Aug. 22: Speaking at Lincoln Center
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012 In the morning, the President will participate in a roundtable discussion with teachers at Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be a pool spray of the roundtable. While at Canyon Springs High…
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The 'Say Anything' Election
(The Root) — On my radio show TWiB! we cover myriad topics — from the problematic to the flat-out absurd to the seriously dangerous. However, because we scour through news stories every day, we’ve started to notice a frightening pattern. People — who we’re supposed to respect and listen to — are saying things that…
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Mitt Romney: The Great Projector
In a piece at Ebony, Michael Arceneaux calls Mitt Romney the great projector for trying to pawn off his political shortcomings onto the president by accusing him of making “wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency.” He says the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is actually projecting his shortcomings and failings onto President…
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Obama Is 'Akin' to Prolong the GOP's Agony
President Barack Obama touched on a number of topics during a recent White House press briefing, but it was his remarks on the “legitimate rape” comment by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) that will continue to dominate the national conversation, to the dismay of Republicans, Jonathan Capehart writes in his Washington Post column. “The views expressed were…
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Why We Still Need Affirmative Action
(Special to The Root) — Throughout the history of American law and the long struggle for civil rights, questions have consistently arisen regarding the meaning of individual rights, especially for minorities. Indeed, when the founding documents of our country were being crafted, the issues of slavery, individual freedom and property rights were widely debated. Interestingly,…
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The GOP and White-Collar Welfare
(The Root) — The Romney-Ryan ticket suffers from pathological hypocrisy. On Monday, President Obama made a rare appearance in the White House pressroom and addressed false claims in a Mitt Romney campaign commercial that asserts Obama’s administration is turning back the clock on the welfare reform of 1996 by doing away with the requirement that…