Politics

(The Root) — After appearing on Meet the Press on Sunday, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker, a surrogate for President Obama’s re-election campaign, raised more than simple awareness about the president’s tax cuts for small businesses and middle-class families. The popular mayor, widely considered a growing Democratic star, also raised quite a few eyebrows. During…

(The Root) — Ronald Reagan once said, “The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” It’s a sentiment that is especially true as we watch government declare a war on profits, a siege on success and a crusade against capitalism. Of course, such frontal assaults on capitalism are…

Last week a super PAC supporting the election of Mitt Romney was outed for planning to resurrect fodder around Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the controversial Chicago pastor who became a talking point during the 2008 presidential election, as a means of defeating President Obama. This isn’t surprising but the group’s salacious manifesto got tongues wagging around…

Mitt Romney’s recent commencement speech to Liberty University students was standard fare, except that the conversation could have occurred in 1950, says Washington Post columnist Colbert I. King. Romney’s words do not resonate with the struggles of today’s graduates and, by extension, today’s voters. It was the kind of speech that could have been delivered…

(Special to The Root) — The face of America is changing dramatically. New census data shows that for the first time in our history, babies being delivered in hospitals all over the country are predominantly African American, Latino, Asian and other minorities. It’s not just our babies who are growing more diverse. It’s our neighborhoods,…

Ten days after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, the NAACP has voted to endorse it as well. From the Washington Post: The NAACP now presents itself as a counterbalance to the influence of the traditionally socially conservative black church. It can also help establish closer ties between blacks and gays, two…

Brooklyn, N.Y., Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is running for Rep. Ed Towns’ seat (D) and he might be aided by his similarities to another black man in office, President Barack Obama. According to the Washington Post, Jeffries’ primary opponent in the upcoming primary on June 26 is City Councilman and civil rights activist elder Charles Barron,…

President Obama and the newly elected French president, François Hollande, adjust their coats after a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on May 18. Just three days after being sworn in to replace pro-America President Nicolas Sarkozy, Hollande, a Socialist, held Oval Office talks with Obama.

(The Root) — A ham-handed attempt by a super PAC to shake things up in the Democratic primary in New York’s 13th congressional district has raised charges of “conspiracy” and outside meddling from supporters of longtime incumbent Charles Rangel. The funding group, Campaign for Primary Accountability, says that it intends to throw its weight —…