Politics

According to an exit poll conducted by the Associated Press, four out of 10 voters support the Tea Party movement. Voters across the nation Tuesday said they were intensely worried about the future of the economy and unhappy with the way President Barack Obama and Congress are running things. Voters in overwhelming numbers were dissatisfied…

A billboard sponsored by the Raging Elephants and stating, “G.O.P. Is the New Black,” is posted in Houston. If the GOP is the “new black,” then the Raging Elephants must be the “new wack,” since blacks have been Republicans since the founding of the party. Perhaps they should change their name to Raging Bull, because…

Two years after America elected its first black president and gave Democrats control of Congress, the country is in a very different mood. “Yes We Can” optimism has given way to Tea Party anger in some parts of the land, and too many members of key voting blocs backing Barack Obama and the Democrats the last…

By Michelle Ebanks As we head into the homestretch of the midterm election on Nov. 2, examination of the crucial role of black voters to the fate of many leaders was unavoidable. After all, as The New York Times recently indicated, “The black turnout percentage in the [2008 general election] exceeded white turnout by a…

According to the Associated Press-Knowledge Networks Poll, Democratic voters are closely divided over whether President Barack Obama should be challenged within the party for a second term in 2012. Really. That  assessment carries over into the nation at large, which is similarly divided over whether Obama should be a one-term president. A real Democratic challenge…

The annals of black Chicago politics read like a political thriller, full of intrigue, backroom deals and untimely deaths. The mayoral race has been a pivotal factor in determining who holds political power in black Chicago since the 1987 death of Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor. At that point, African-American politics became splintered…

Barack Obama needed hip-hop in 2008, and, well, today not much has changed. Historically, a candidate who relies on the youth vote ends up on the losing side. But two years ago, Obama’s youth-oriented campaign proved triumphant. In fact, Obama did what many thought would be political suicide: He made it a priority to connect…

Political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert drew tens of thousands this Saturday to their semi-serious event, “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” Staged on the National Mall with the Capitol as a backdrop, the rally opened with performances by Cat Stevens, Ozzy Osbourne, the Roots and John Legend and included an appearance by…

From The Daily Show to the doughnut shops of America, it looks an awful lot like 2008 all over again — and not just because 1,000 candidates are actively engaged in heated debates across the nation in the quest to control Congress in January. It is because once again, Barack Obama of Illinois is working…

The line moved by the administration of George W. Bush — on torture, on civil liberties, even on what constitutes competence for a presidential candidate — has had long-term and perhaps permanent effects on our political landscape. Case in point: that administration’s takeover and dismantling of the finest civil rights law-enforcement organization in the country:…