Politics
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Obama's Day, June 15: LGBT Pride Month Reception
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 In the afternoon, the President will have lunch at a local restaurant with winners of a campaign contest. There will be a travel pool spray at the beginning of the lunch. Later, the President will host a…
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Stop-and-Frisk App Users on the Rise
(The Root) — Ever witnessed what appeared to be police harassment and wished that you could do something about it? Now you can. On June 6 the New York Civil Liberties Union rolled out its Stop and Frisk Watch smartphone app, a tool that lets bystanders record and report unlawful police encounters. Since its debut,…
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When Were Blacks Truly Freed From Slavery?
(The Root) — Though President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas had no knowledge of their freedom until two and a half years later. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and declared the end of the Civil War, with General Granger reading…
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Not Everyone Thinks Stop and Frisk Is Racial
(The Root) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a black congregation in Brooklyn last weekend that stop and frisk, the controversial police strategy of questioning and searching passersby, “saves lives.” Critics beg to differ, arguing that stop and frisk is a violation of civil rights and a thinly veiled version of racial profiling…
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Crazy Talk: Obama Mopping Floors?
A remark Don Rickles made about President Obama has been edited out of an American Film Institute tribute to Shirley MacLaine, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He let the piece of “comedy” rip after firing verbal jabs at MacLaine and several guests, including Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. So what is the hilarious punch line…
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In Newark, a Lesson in Fatherhood
(The Root) — Matthew Murray’s first day of orientation for Newark, N.J.’s Fathers Now program got off to a rough start. A probation officer burst into the room where a group of men between the ages of 16 and 50 — all, as the program calls it, “in transition” (a euphemism for unemployment or recent…
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Obama's Day, June 14: Visiting the World Trade Center Site
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012 In the morning, the president will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later in the morning, the president will travel to Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland, the president will deliver…
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Fatherly Advice on Stop and Frisk
(The Root) — Although I might be biased, my dad, Ronald Johnson, was one of New York City’s good cops. He spent nearly half his career on the other side of the blue shield, investigating reports filed with the department’s Civilian Complaint Review Board and assessing police wrongdoing as a sergeant in the Internal Affairs…
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Listen: Obama's Black Radio Ad
The Blaze describes the spot as having a “Soul Train soundtrack” and “Barry White-like music” in the background. Not sure about that, but we’d argue that it sounds, well, exactly like a commercial made for black — or “urban” — radio. Which is, of course, what it is. As the general election ramps up, the…