Politics

Julie Pace of the Associated Press is reporting that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will promote a plan for unemployed veterans during the final leg of President Obama’s three-day bus tour. The White House says that this plan would put more of the nation’s unemployed veterans back to work. During a joint…

In the MSNBC segment “Sound Off,” Tulane professor Melissa Harris-Perry, a contributor to the Nation, jokes that she would quit her job if the Republican Party nominated Herman Cain, saying that he and President Barack Obama would make for a fascinating match. If Cain wins the GOP nomination, I think I may have to just…

Herman Cain’s claim that black people who vote Democratic are “brainwashed” was hardly gracious. It is true, one must admit, that our allegiance, so fervent, to one party is not the healthiest thing, whether it’s been a matter of “brainwashing” or not. As long as Democrats don’t have to work for our vote, they won’t…

Twenty years ago this week, Clarence Thomas became a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, taking over the chair vacated by “Mr. Civil Rights,” Thurgood Marshall. Thomas’ confirmation vote in the Senate, 52-48, was one of the closest in history and followed a bizarre confirmation hearing that was divided into two parts. The second was…

The Associated Press is reporting that Michelle Obama on Monday helped finish renovating the home of a wounded Afghanistan War veteran that was retrofitted through a charitable venture called Heroes at Home. She was accompanied by Jill Biden. The story says that the first floor of Army Sgt. Johnny Agbi’s narrow three-story rowhouse has been…

Do you wonder what the government is doing to address poverty, the widening wealth gap and stubbornly high unemployment rates — realities that are especially dire for African Americans? Do you wonder why politicians rarely talk about poor people these days? Here’s your chance to ask. With the release of a new White House report,…