Simple-minded congress
President Barack Obama must sell a complex idea to a Congress that prides itself on simplicity. This Congress, namely the House Republicans, were elected on the premise that massive budget cuts are essential for this country’s economic survival. This line of thinking argues that these kind of program cuts will certainly cause hardship [...]
Jeffrey Blankfort is an American journalist and recognized expert on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Kathleen Wells: Hi. I’m Kathleen Wells, political correspondent for Race-Talk, and today I’m speaking with Jeffrey Blankfort. Jeffrey Blankfort has been engaged in political work on behalf of the Palestinians since spending four and a half months in Lebanon and Jordan [...]
Continue reading …“I’ve seen a lot in my life but to be degraded… not just stripped of my clothes, being stripped of my dignity, was what I had a problem with.” Kurdish American Karwan Abdul Kader was stopped and stripped by local law enforcement for no reason other than driving around in the wrong neighborhood. This is [...]
Continue reading …The ads are becoming more frequent and more vicious. Kristi Noem, the Republican candidate for the lone House of Representatives seat in South Dakota, is the recipient of out-of-state advertisements that are using a scorched earth policy of attacking the incumbent Congress woman, Democratic Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. The most effective way to combat horrible ads [...]
Continue reading …For the first time in history two women will be competing for South Dakota’s lone Congressional seat. Kristi Noem entered the Republican primary late, but outdistanced her male opponents in a stretch run that saw her win the right to face-off against the incumbent House of Representatives Democratic candidate, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin. Although lacking name recognition, [...]
Continue reading …The National Action Network held its 12th annual convention last week in New York City. I attended the first day, but missed the black leadership forum, “Measuring the Movement.” Broadcast live on TV One, the forum was “designed to determine and commit to significant and measurable goals that will advance the standing of African Americans [...]
Continue reading …Out of the blue, I was invited to be an official blogger at CPAC 2010. I quickly seized the opportunity to be a witness to the rebirth of a movement that was declared dead a year ago. What a difference a year makes. This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference attracted 10,000 attendees, who could scarcely [...]
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