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Even Further Behind the Joneses
The chips are in. Every three years, the Federal Reserve, in its Survey of Consumer Finances, takes a look at how households in the United States are doing and reports on our assets and liabilities. The euphoria of our gambling spree is over. In the harsh glare of morning, the hangover’s tough. And the data…
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The Black Pack
Meet Washington’s “Black Pack“: Baptized by fire during the grueling two-year presidential campaign, they counted delegates, crunched polls, spun the press, worked doors and phones, and brought America its first African-American president. Click on to see how far they’ve come. Joshua DuBois was largely responsible for the ground Barack Obama made up among religious voters…
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NAFTA Made Me Homeless
Some states posted 25-year high jobless rates this year. But other states have been singing that same sad song for more than a decade. When the North American Free Trade Agreement was passed opening up U.S. markets to our neighbors, many factories and jobs were sent outside the country to places where people worked for cheaper. Since then,…
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Monday's Headlines
MSNBC: Tips for Making College Affordable—Step One: Have Money AJE: Deadly Attack on Iraq Funeral (Yeah, It’s Reaaallly Time for Us to Go) CNN: Tyra Gets Her Robin Givens On, Talks to Oprah of Abuse WH: Obama Talks Green Jobs *Live* IS: Indiana Near Top of Black Homicide Rate; Buzz Didn’t Know Hoosiers Were That…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Marlon Marshall
Marlon Marshall Age: 29 Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Campaign Positions: Field Director (Hillary for President); General Election Director—Missouri (Obama For America) Campaign Turf: Nevada, Ohio, Indiana (Hillary for President) Missouri (Obama For America) New Washington Gig: Deputy White House Liaison to the State Department According to Marlon Marshall, the best part of the 2008 campaign…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Jason Green
Jason Green Age: 28 Hometown: Gaithersburg, Md. Campaign Positions: Field Director—Connecticut, National Get Out the Vote Director Campaign Turf: Nevada, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland, Wisconsin, Texas, North Carolina New Washington Gig: Deputy Associate Counsel to the President The Root last caught up with Jason Green when he and Addisu Demissie (also on this list) were…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Myesha Ward
Myesha Ward Age: 33 Hometown: Olney, Md. Positions: Delegate Counter, Midwest Political Director Campaign Turf: Chicago; Iowa, South Carolina, Missouri New Washington Gig: Coordinator for Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative If Myesha Ward were any less persuasive, it’s pretty safe to say Barack Obama would not be president. Her official title on…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Yohannes Abraham
Yohannes Abraham Age: 23 Hometown: Springfield, Va. Campaign Positions: Field Organizer, Regional Political Director, Field Director—Virginia Campaign Turf: Iowa, South Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia New Washington Gig: Assistant to the Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Days after graduating from Yale University in 2007, Yohannes Abraham decamped to Iowa, where he would spend the…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Samantha Tubman
Samantha Tubman Age: 29 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Campaign Positions: Press Wrangler, Obama advance team Campaign Turf: Every state but Alaska and Arkansas New Washington Gig: Assistant Social Secretary Samantha Tubman viewed the 2008 campaign from an unexpected perch—at 30,000 feet. Traveling on the campaign plane with Obama, herding the press in almost every state in…
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The Root's Talented Ten: Addisu Demissie
Addisu Demissie Age: 28 Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. Campaign Positions: Deputy Field Director, State Director (Hillary for President); Get Out the Vote Director—Ohio (Obama For America) Campaign Turf: Iowa, Nevada, Connecticut, Indiana (Hillary for President) Ohio (Obama for America) New Washington Gig: National Political Director at Organizing for America Addisu Demissie has a thing for playing…