Politics

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice 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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The departure from…

“All revolutions are impossible until they happen; then they become inevitable.” —Albie Sachs, South African activist and judge (1990) With a knowing chuckle, Peta Lindsay recalls this quote when I ask whether our country could feasibly adopt socialism. Then the 27-year-old, who is running for president of the United States on the Party for Socialism…

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the president signed H.R. 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012, in the Oval Office on Feb. 10. This bill is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on in…

Roland Martin doesn’t understand the nature of taboo. More specifically, he doesn’t get that prominent black people have a special responsibility to understand taboo in America. To wit: In American English, there are precisely two words that qualify as profane. I don’t mean the “bad words” that tend to have four letters, the most common…

In a new interview with Ebony, actor Samuel L. Jackson said that he voted for President Barack Obama only because he is black. “I voted for Barack because he was black,” Jackson confessed. “Cause that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them. That’s American politics, pure and simple. Obama’s…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and then meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press. Later, the President and the Vice President will hold a meeting with Vice President…

A few minutes after introducing headliner Herman Cain at 2011’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Niger Innis — son of civil rights leader Roy Innis and national spokesman for CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality — said that in his view, “The GOP is not for rich people — it’s for people who…

Office of the Press Secretary DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 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 Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia, to deliver remarks to…

President Obama challenged Republicans on Saturday to pass the payroll-tax cut or be vilified by Americans, according to the Daily News. “If Congress refuses to act, middle-class taxes will go up — it’s that simple,” said Obama in his weekly address. “Taxes are set to go up on 160 million working Americans. If you’re one…

In a blog entry at BlackAmericaWeb, author Michael H. Cottman says that Michelle Obama has earned a second term as first lady because she has served as an awesome role model for children and adults alike through her healthy-eating campaign. First Lady Michelle Obama hits the road this week for a three-day nationwide tour to…