Politics

Joshua DuBois Age: 26 Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Campaign Position: Director of Religious Affairs Campaign Turf: Chicago New Washington Gig: Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Throughout campaign 2008, detractors accused Obama of harboring a messiah complex. If Hollywood ever adapts the jeers into a feature film, Josh DuBois would play John…

Read the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion on WASHINGTON’s NEW BLACK PACK with The Root’s Dayo Olopade. ***** Barack Obama’s historic presidential victory has marked a significant expansion of responsibilities and visibility for people of color working in politics. From the Justice Department to the United Nations to the new Office of Urban Policy, Obama has empowered…

Alex Lofton Age: 24 Hometown: Seattle, Wa. Campaign Positions: Border State Director, Regional Field Director, Field Director—Georgia Campaign Turf: South Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio New Washington Gig: Southeast Regional Director, Organizing for America Long after the confetti had been cleared from election-night parties, Alex Lofton was still at work. Or “redeployed,” as he likes…

PHOTO GALLERY: The Tonight Show with… President Obama? READ Why Obama’s Special Olympics joke was a wrong move by David Swerdlick.   READ Jimi Izrael’s take. INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY JAY LENO, “TONIGHT SHOW” Burbank, California Q The 44th President of the United States, please welcome President Barack Obama. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.)…

JAY LENO The 44th President of the United States, please welcome President Barack Obama. (Applause.) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) MR. LENO. Good to see you. MR. OBAMA: It is good to see you and –- (applause.) Thank you. Let me just say, I think Kevin looks good in a suit. (Laughter.) MR. LENO. Thank…

“I don’t know karate—but I know cr-azy.” —James Brown The Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein finally said the F-word. Fraud. While Congress and the Treasury mull over approaches to the financial crisis with exotic names like “cram down,” “claw back” and “disgorgement,” and tax AIG executives “1000 percent” on their $160 million in bonuses, Pearlstein posed…

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Seattle, city of iconoclasts and wired pioneers, is embarking on a new frontier in journalism, as the home of the first major metropolitan daily, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, switches from print to an entirely online format—a bold, economically driven departure in publishing, and one that is already being closely watched by media companies and analysts.…

On Sept. 14, 2001, Congresswoman Barbara Lee took a stand. In the hectic, fear-filled days after the 9/11 attacks on the United States, she was the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Terrorists. Lee, now serving her sixth term, has been one…

Like two old girlfriends catching up, they ignored onlookers, hugged and laughed. Donna Brazile, the political strategist and Washington veteran, peppered Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson with questions. “How are the kids?” “Have you contacted the church? I don’t go every Sunday but they know me.” Before she left, Jackson had an open invitation…