Politics
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Perry Jumps Into 2012 GOP Presidential Race
Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined the crowded GOP presidential field on Saturday, slamming President Obama for “rudderless” leadership, according to the Associated Press. Perry announced his plans before an overflow crowd at the conservative RedState Gathering in South Carolina, an important early primary state. His entry came hours before the release of results from a…
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Mitt Romney: Corporations Are People. Really?
Black Snob blogger Danielle Belton doles out snarky advice to Mitt Romney to stop making attack-ad-worthy comments such as “corporations are people.” Oh, Mittens! Can we talk? Have I told you lately that I love you? Word on the street is that the Obama re-election campaign plans to smear you with the “weird” label. (Although…
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The Danger of Prayerful Candidates
Lawd, have mercy upon us! There’s not a religious bone in my body, but the field of Republican presidential candidates has me crying out to Jesus for relief. If the Creator intends to punish America for its multiple transgressions, it might be by inflicting one of these bozos upon us. That would truly be a…
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It's a Great Time to Be Racist
Racists have officially lost their minds. In recent weeks, the venom spewed at President Barack Obama would leave one to believe that we are in the midst of a racist renaissance. “A dick,” “jackass,” “tar baby, “your boy” — you name it and the president has been called it. For some reason, some people are…
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Al Sharpton Interview
Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter.
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Obama Greets Bodies of Dead Service Members
The New York Post is reporting that President Barack Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base Tuesday to attend a ceremony honoring the returning bodies of 30 US service members killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan over the weekend. Two cargo planes — carrying the remains of the 22 Navy SEALs, three…
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4,000 Show Up for Black Caucus Jobs Event
NEWS Jobs are Offered, and Thousands Turn Up The 4,000 job seekers who showed up at a Cleveland State University job fair didn’t need to watch the bloodletting on Wall Street Monday to know what they wanted: jobs. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) hosted the fair, and afterward, she and other members of the Congressional Black…
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American Arrogance, Global Reality
So the Tea Party got what it wanted. The holdouts against the debt-limit deal indicated they didn’t care if the U.S. defaulted and couldn’t pay its bills. They didn’t believe Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s warnings that a credit default would be disastrous. And they didn’t want to give President Obama a victory. So they held…
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In Chicago With Smiley and West Poverty Tour
The grandmother of a 13-year-old boy, whom she says was wrongfully shot and wounded by Chicago police officers, needs help obtaining legal assistance. Another man, who works with ex-offenders, simply wants help bridging the gap between grassroots organizers and African-American business owners and leaders, whom he calls “elitist Negroes.” The two were among hundreds of…