Politics

In 1994, under the new Clinton White House, the Republican Party fielded a strong pack of candidates in the midterm elections. The result was that they took 54 House seats from the ruling party and wrested control of a Congress that had been largely under Democratic sway for several decades. That was also the year…

Puzzled about how the country has gotten into the state it is, with Sarah Palin setting the agenda, a guy who e-mails bestiality and racist jokes challenging for governor of New York, and the Tea Party scaring the Republican Party more than the Democrats? This article by Steven Thrasher might be the best explanation yet.…

One of the Rev. Eddie Long’s accusers went public Tuesday in a Fox News television interview that was both poignant and revealing. Jamal Parris, a 23-year-old who claims that Long began seducing him with attention, gifts, travel and other luxuries when he was just 14, vehemently defended the truth of the accusations that they were…

Fresh from our “Please read the memo” file, President Barack Obama is a Christian. After addressing several issues, including the Republican economic agenda, at a “backyard chat,” he also answered a number of questions, one of which was why he is a Christian. In response, Obama stated, “I am a Christian by choice.” He told…

President Obama is putting his foot down with Democratic voters, saying it would be “inexcusable” to sit out this election cycle over apathy. In a Rolling Stone interview, the president compares energized Republican voters with apathetic Democratic voters, which could have dire consequences for the country if Republicans regain the House and more control in…

Ever wonder when progressives will find their voices again? Well, about 800 gathered in Chicago recently at the Facing Race Conference in Chicago to collaborate and generate ideas for the future at a time when they feel drowned out by conservatives and Tea Partiers. It is a pivotal moment on the nation’s political front. Midterm…

On Sept. 22, Benjamin T. Jealous, the charismatic head of the NAACP, made history. On that Wednesday, Jealous spoke at Manhattan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village to promote the upcoming One Nation Working Together march on Washington, D.C. It was the first time in history that a current NAACP president…

President Barack Obama sat down with The Today Show’s Matt Lauer to discuss education reform in this country. During the discussion, the president stated, “Money without reform will not fix the problem.” He suggested that a “vigorous reform agenda” — including increased standards, great teachers, reduced bureaucracy and more resources — needs to be deployed…

Yes, “A Pledge to America,” by a coalition of Republicans, may help the GOP make a serious play for both houses of Congress in this fall’s midterm elections. Yet if you read the language of the 21-page pledge, you will see a lot of good ideas (including many hijacked from the Tea Party movement that…