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THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 

(The Root) — The collective, sustained outrage and organizing in response to the Feb. 26, 2012, murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., by police enthusiast and self-appointed neighborhood-watch kingpin George Zimmerman has been both effective and inspiring. Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, refused to accept that their son’s murder was justified…

The opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games began Friday along with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s global tour, and it’s been a bumpy road thus far. In London, Romney insulted the British and their Olympics by saying he wasn’t sure if the country was prepared. Cultural critic Jay Smooth at IlllDoctrine looks at Romney’s…

During this election year, blacks have seen quite a few voting-rights attacks, but Kansas City Star writer Lewis W. Duiguid urges us not to be derailed from the polls. The votes of African Americans are a very powerful tool, and both President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney are fighting for our favor. It…

Given the ethnic background of his parents — a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas — it would have seemed that President Barack Obama was not a descendant of American slavery. But genealogists from Ancestry.com have dug a bit deeper, according to the New York Times, and may have found proof that the family…

The nation is 99 days away from Election Day, and the issue most importance to voters now is job creation. According to a new USA Today–Gallup poll, Americans say that increasing employment opportunities should be a “top priority” for President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. “Americans assign much less importance to increasing taxes on…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, JULY 30, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office.…

As America approaches a new presidential election in November, Jesse Washington, national writer on race and ethnicity for the Associated Press, digs into the country’s race relations. Are people singing in ethnic harmony now that we’ve had nearly four years with Obama, or are our racist skeletons emerging from the proverbial closets? According to Washington,…

As monied Republican supporters like the Koch brothers bankroll Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, Charles M. Blow of the New York Times writes that Democrats need that same sort of excitement and financial support to keep President Barack Obama in office. A Gallup poll released this week found that: “Democrats are significantly less likely now (39…