Politics

The leaders of today’s Republican Party are expert storytellers. When it comes to manipulating racial stereotypes for political gain, they are akin to animation artists of the 1920s: coloring the lines in black and white. Last Thursday Newt Gingrich told a crowd of senior citizens in New Hampshire, “The African-American community should demand paychecks and…

Former Republican presidential contender Herman Cain appeared on The View on Monday to talk about various topics, including Rick Santorum’s controversial “black people” comment last week. Cain, who is on a media blitz promoting his “999 Revolution Solution,” defended Santorum’s mission to end America’s entitlement society, while at the same time criticizing him for “putting…

All eyes will be on a book on the Obama White House, coming out on Tuesday. Titled The Obamas, the tome is said to focus on behind-the-scenes relationships at the highest level within the White House, including the dynamic within the first couple. Author Jodi Kantor wrote an article that was adapted from the book…

One thing I hate to do is act as teacher to the clueless. But it’s clear, after the speaker of the Kansas House, Republican Mike O’Neal, forwarded an email with pictures making fun of first lady Michelle Obama’s appearance and calling her “Mrs. YoMama,” that school is once again in session. You would think these…

Just days after surging out of underfunded campaign obscurity to a photo finish with presumed GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, former two-term U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania got himself in hot water for telling a Sioux City, Iowa campaign crowd that “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better…

On Jan. 8 the oldest liberation movement on the African continent, the African National Congress, commences a yearlong commemoration of its centenary — which, by the way, is just three years after the NAACP’s 100th, whose goals and objectives were the same: freedom, justice and equality for all. The kickoff will be in the town…

Turns out that when Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum clearly said to an Iowa crowd, “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn money,” he didn’t actually say it. See, as he later explained to CNN’s…

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is now denying ever making remarks about “black people’s lives” after receiving criticism for the comments. The former Pennsylvania senator, who finished just eight votes short of an Iowa caucus victory, took heat this past Monday after saying, “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them…

So long, Iowa. It’s on to South Carolina! I know, I know! The New Hampshire primary takes place on Jan. 10, 11 days before the voting in South Carolina. But the contest in the Granite State doesn’t count for much because, as a former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, Mitt Romney is practically a homeboy and…