Politics
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Jesse Jackson Jr.: Primary Not 'Grueling'
Fresh off a grueling primary election last week, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) checked in with The Root on Friday via email to talk about his landslide victory against former Rep. Debbie Halvorson. He discussed his priorities, which include building a new airport outside of Chicago and using legislation to increase health care and…
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Obama: 'More Flexibility' After Election
After a carefully scripted statement to reporters in Seoul, South Korea, about continuing discussions on the sensitive issues of European missile defense, President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev had a less formal chat about political realities. It seems pretty clear that President Obama’s blunt statement about what he’ll be able to accomplish during his…
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Obama's Day, March 26: Meeting With World Leaders
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 In the morning, the President will deliver remarks at Hankuk University in Seoul in which he’ll discuss his Prague agenda to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and seek the peace and security of a world without them,…
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Friends Recall a Giant of Civil Rights Law
On March 22 the world lost one of its most revered and effective legal warriors in the battle for civil rights: John A. Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. President Barack Obama said in a statement, “The legal community has lost a legend, and while we mourn John’s passing,…
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Blacks, Abortion in 'Gates of Hell'
It is dusk. A shaky camera follows a young, African-American man threading his way through a heavily wooded area off a highway outside a major U.S. city. Dead leaves crunch underfoot as he answers questions from the cameraman. “Where are we?” the cameraman asks in a low voice. “We’re in the woods across the highway…
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Remembering John Payton
If you’ve ever worked as a lawyer at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, no matter how long ago or for how long, then you are a member of a large, extended family of some of the smartest, most inspiring individuals you’ll ever meet. Many of us manage to stay in touch by email, or we…
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Living While Obama: Rose Garden Nomination
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim (second from right) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listen while President Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 23. President Obama announced his nomination of Kim to succeed Robert Zoellick as president of the World…
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Your Take: HHS Official on Health Care Reform
Health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities carry a steep cost, not only for the members of those communities but also for our country as a whole. Even as medical advances and technological development are helping Americans to live longer, healthier lives, many Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from sickness and disease. But under the…
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'Fear of a Black Republican': GOP and Race
By Vanessa Williams Kevin Williams, an earnest young white Republican living in Trenton, N.J., couldn’t believe the response he got a few years back from a county party chairman when he went to get door hangers for a presidential election. The chairman refused, saying that there were no votes to be had in majority-black Trenton…
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Obama's Day, March 23: Traveling to Korea
Office of the Press SecretaryDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and meet with senior advisors. These meetings in the Oval Office are closed press. At night, the President will depart the White House en route to Seoul, Republic of Korea. The…