Politics
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First Lady's Campaign Challenge: Stay Popular
Written by Krissah Thompson As her husband’s re-election campaign amps up, Michelle Obama is in a perfect position to help, by cashing in on her broad popularity with the American public. But here’s the hitch: In order to remain popular, she can’t be seen as too political. That’s the challenge the Obama campaign faces in…
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Herman Cain Accused of Sexual Harassment
Updated Oct. 31, 2011, 2:46 p.m. ET: NBC News says it has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after making sexual harassment allegations. Cain has vehemently denied the allegations. Earlier: News One is reporting that GOP candidate Herman Cain is under fire from accusations of sexual harassment during his…
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Who Is Michele Norris' Husband?
Broderick Johnson came to national attention when his wife, Michele Norris, a prominent National Public Radio anchor, announced that she was taking a leave from her anchor role at the network’s flagship show, All Things Considered. Norris stepped aside to avoid a potential conflict of interest after Johnson, a successful Washington lawyer and entrepreneur, signed…
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Belafonte Supports Occupy Wall Street
Harry Belafonte built his career as a singer and actor, but his greatest legacy may be his role as an activist on social issues, beginning with his involvement with Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.He says he made the pilgrimage to the Occupy Wall Street site in New York on Saturday…
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Herman Cain's Wily Racial Politics
If there’s one thing I admire about Herman Cain — and truth be told, there is only one thing I admire about Herman Cain — it’s his chutzpah. That, as the great Leo Rosten observed, is the kind of gall it takes to murder your parents and then throw yourself on the mercy of the…
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Herman Cain's Tax Plan: Voters Losing Faith
Shani O. Hilton of ColorLines is reporting that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan seems to be falling out of favor with voters. The Washington Post reports that 56 percent of hard-core conservatives don’t like the 9 percent flat tax. Perhaps this is because of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s analysis that the…
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Obama Loses 2008 Campaign Donors
News One is reporting that President Barack Obama has lost millions of dollars in support from former donors in Democratic strongholds and in districts that he won narrowly four years ago, according to an Associated Press analysis of the most recent federal campaign-finance data. Tens of thousands of supporters who gave him hundreds of dollars…
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Michelle Obama's Parenting Rules
In a recent interview, BlackEnterprise.com pulled a few nuggets of wisdom about parenting from first lady Michelle Obama. While families outside the White House probably can’t relate too strongly to concerns like making sure the staff doesn’t treat their daughters “like little princesses” and designing dinnertime so that it’s not all about Dad’s role as…
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Obama Team Launches Initiative to Attract Young Voters
Susan Page of USA Today is reporting that President Obama’s re-election campaign launches an initiative this week aimed at rekindling the connection with younger voters that helped fuel his 2008 campaign. The outreach effort, called Greater Together, will tap Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and target students on colleges and universities in key…
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Your Take: Is Public Transit a Civil Right?
At 5:30 a.m. each workday, when Natasha Walker, 22, gets deposited at a bus stop on her side of Little Rock, Ark., she begins her 60-minute wait for the bus that ferries her to a day care worker’s job on the other side of town. “I used to drive her there because I didn’t want…