Politics
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Living While Obama: Moving the Economy
President Obama speaks to press at Washington, D.C.’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building concerning the proposed “Buffett Rule” on Wednesday, April 11. Named after the billionnaire investor Warren Buffett, the “Buffett Rule” would make America’s wealthiest pay at least 30 percent of their incomes on taxes.
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Beyoncé's Open Letter to Michelle O
When Beyoncé’s Tumblr launched last week, the Internet flipped out over her personal photos. This week the singer is also sharing her personal feelings in a gushing handwritten note to first lady Michelle Obama, posted on her website. In it she calls the first lady the “ultimate example of a truly strong African American woman”…
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Don't Believe the Economy Hype
In a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House last Thursday, President Obama signed a bipartisan measure intended to help expand entrepreneurs’ access to money — and, ultimately, create jobs. The affair drew plenty of favorable headlines for the JOBS Act (the noncreative acronym for Jumpstart Our Business Startups), and in some ways provided a…
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The National Action Network Comes to DC
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin and Tulsa, Okla., shooting tragedies, the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, or NAN, has headed to the nation’s capital for its 14th Annual National Convention. From Wednesday, April 11, to Saturday, April 14, policymakers, advocates, academics, journalists and activists will crowd the Washington Convention Center to discuss…
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Tulsa Shooter Known by Some Local Blacks
One of the bodies was found not far from the house where Damario Solomon-Simmons grew up in north Tulsa, Okla. His elderly mother still lives there. He shudders when he thinks that it could have been her or another relative in the close-knit neighborhood that was the scene of a deadly shooting spree last week.…
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Living While Obama: Selling the Buffett Rule
Standing with millionaires and their assistants, President Barack Obama makes a statement about the “Buffett rule” in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11 in Washington, D.C. Named after the billionare investor Warren Buffett, the Buffett rule would ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes.…
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Blacks Nowhere in Romney's Orbit?
Harry Siegel and Ben Jacobs of the Daily Beast argue in a piece today that Mitt Romney has scarcely even bothered to try to win the support of African-American voters and has given little indication that he’ll ever make the push: After a long primary season, Mitt Romney begins his contest with Barack Obama without…
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Obama's Day, April 11: Discussing the Buffett Rule
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 In the morning, the President will deliver a statement on the Buffett Rule. This event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building is open press. Later in the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the…
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Why Is Romney Avoiding Religion and Race?
In an opinion piece for BlackAmericaWeb, Michael H. Cottman says that ignoring these issues is probably sound strategy because the GOP candidate’s faith teaches that black people are cursed by God. Even though the overwhelming majority of African-American voters will support President Barack Obama in the general election over Romney, black Republicans have been particularly…
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The Other 2012 Fight: Who Gets the House?
When Republicans picked up 63 House seats in the 2010 midterm elections, they didn’t just wipe out the previous Democratic majority. They pulled off the largest congressional sweep since 1948. “It was a message from voters, that they were rejecting the big-government agenda pursued by Democrats in Washington during the first two years of Obama’s…