Politics
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Obama's Trainer Tells His Fitness Secrets
Despite what Rush Limbaugh says, Michelle Obama has an enviable body, and her husband’s not so bad in the fitness department, either. The man who keeps them in shape is now revealing details about the presidential fitness regimen. Cornell McClellan, personal trainer to the first family and a member of the President’s Council on Fitness,…
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Romancing the Dictators
It’s one thing to give a pass to Beyoncé, Usher and Mariah Carey for shaking their booties in exchange for big bucks from the thuggish sons of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi. As my colleague Jenée Desmond-Harris points out on The Root, they aren’t foreign policy experts, and some never made it through college. They…
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Cutting Off Planned Parenthood: Why It's a Good Thing
Plenty of left-wing politicos and social activists have taken to the streets to denounce the House of Representatives’ recent vote to defund Planned Parenthood in an effort to reduce the federal debt. Those who worry that Americans in underprivileged areas (hot spots for Planned Parenthood) will not receive the family-planning education they need should take…
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They Love to Hate, in Growing Numbers
The Southern Poverty Law Center will host a 30-minute audio chat on hate groups and other extremist organizations at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, March 2. Questions can be submitted before and during the webcast for those who register. The tally of white-supremacist hate groups reached a record high in 2010, a spike…
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Game On! The 2012 GOP Battle Begins
According to MSNBC, Mitt Romney’s getting defensive about criticism from Mike Huckabee on health care today signifies the real start of the race for the 2012 GOP nomination. Although Romney hasn’t officially announced his candidacy, if he’s going to engage in this type of debate, he may as well: In his new book, Mike Huckabee…
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Chicago Politician Steps Down After 'Black Political Disaster'
After serving 18 years in the Illinois General Assembly, Rickey Hendon will resign from his position as a senator representing the state’s 5th District. The Huffington Post reports that he appears to be retiring out of frustration with the results of Chicago’s mayoral election on Tuesday: Carol Moseley Braun, the “consensus” black candidate, came in…
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Unemployed Need Not Apply
Jacqueline Berrien, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, says that the calls and e-mails started trickling in last summer. Members of Congress passed along complaints they’d received from frustrated constituents. Advocacy groups sent examples of peculiar help-wanted ads and news reports. All had the same concern. Across the country, it seemed, employers and recruitment…
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Egyptian Women Face Increased Sexual Harassment and Violence
By now, everyone has heard about CBS News correspondent Lara Logan‘s sexual assault and beating by a mob of unidentified men in Tahrir Square. The Los Angeles Times reports that the attack was not surprising to Egyptian women, who are all too familiar with such behavior. And it’s getting worse: “There is increasing violence against…
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Obama: Libyan Government Must Be 'Held Accountable'
In remarks this evening, President Barack Obama condemned the wanton violence by the Libyan government against protesters there and said that the U.S. “stands with the Libyan people.” The American people extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all who’ve been killed and injured. The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and…
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All Hail Mayor Rahm
By Jonathan Capehart My reaction to Rahm Emanuel’s stunning and decisive victory over anyone else in the Chicago mayor’s race was neatly summed up by his friend and former White House colleague David Axelrod. “Two things are surreal: the nature of the victory and how fast it got counted,” Axelrod told the Chicago Sun-Times. The…