Politics
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Obama vs. Romney: Who's Out of Touch?
(The Root) — Nearly a week ago, during a late-morning press conference at the White House, President Obama talked candidly about the economy, noting that in the last three years we’ve added about 4.3 million jobs — roughly one-fifth of them this year alone. Then he said, “The private sector is doing fine.” In case…
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Living While Obama: Thanking WTC Workers
President Obama shakes hands with workers as he visits the One World Trade Center site in New York City on June 14, 2012. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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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…