Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
Jeffrey Blankfort: Chomsky misfires on US-Israel relations
Jeffrey Blankfort 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...
November 4th, 2010 | Featured, Middle East, US, World | Read More
Red, Brown, and Blue: How our definition of whiteness has changed with each new wave of immigration
Destination Casa Blanca’s host Ray Suarez takes a look at a new history of immigration, and the opposition, in America…. One St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, back when I was working as a television reporter there in the 1980s, I wandered up and down the famous parade route on Dearborn...
September 20th, 2010 | Featured, Latinos | Read More
Does an Afghanistan exit strategy hurt our allies?
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Uh oh, looks like you are starting to have an effect on the war. Congress is freaking out, calling hearings, holding up...
June 18th, 2010 | Politics, US | Read More
Latinos and the GOP
When I came up with the idea for this program, I figured I could together a group of Republicans and have a serious discussion about why the party has not succeeded among Latinos, and looks poised to do even worse in the years to come. As a guy who covers politics I figured we could brainstorm about...
June 7th, 2010 | Politics | Read More
Time for US revolution – fifteen reasons
It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance companies, military contractors, lobbyists, and for the rich and powerful. But it does not work for people. The 1776 Declaration of Independence stated...
March 8th, 2010 | Featured | Read More
Congresswoman Woolsey: Baucus’ Bill requires older folks to pay five times more
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D- CA) co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus and also serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. As the first of only two members of Congress to have been a welfare recipient, Woolsey is a vocal leader committed to promoting issues that directly impact children...
September 17th, 2009 | Health, Politics, US | Read More