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The Crisis at GM
Monday, November 17th, 2008Scores of people came out on town squares all across the country on Saturday to prostest California’s decision to revoke Proposition 8: the ballot measure that decided the fate of same-sex marriages in the state. While far less in number, the Sunday news shows featured a formidable procession of commentators addressing the current crisis at [...]
Swing Semester Launches
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Just as social-networking sites like Facebook that dovetail off the work of sites like Friendster and Blackplanet are emblematic of a web 2.0 approach to community building, there are also newer movement building web-portals creating their own niches in an environment long associated with MoveOn.org. Over the past two years we have seen organizations such [...]
Eric Easter on Jesse Jackson Flap
Friday, July 11th, 2008EbonyJet.com’s Eric Easter offers a thoughtful submission on a controversy incited by Jesse Jackson’s recent unfortunate comments about Barack Obama. Jackson whose comments were lifted from a Fox New microphone while he was speaking to a friend off-air criticized Obama’s alleged habit of at times conjuring black pathologies whenever addressing African Americans. Easter [...]
Political Punch: How Politically Risky Are Obama’s Proposed Tax Hikes?
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008ABC News Correspondent Jake Tapper takes a closer look at Obama’a proposed tax hikes on his blog political punch:
Tapper quotes economist Anne Mathias as stating that Obama’s tax hikes are not risky because most of the people affected are in cities that have already been electorally divided. If this assessment proves to be true in [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
John Ridley: When Rove Calls Obama Arrogant, He Means “Uppity”
Friday, June 27th, 2008HuffPo contributor John Ridley expounds on Karl Rove’s latest attempts at putting Obama in his place:
The only arrogance Obama is guilty of is the same “Unforgivable Blackness” so many exceptional people of color have demonstrated throughout the history of this country: a refusal to bend to the will of the Retro Guard. To Rove, to [...]
The real influence of the Supreme Court
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 to lift the ban on gun ownership in Washington DC, certain to affect gun control laws moving forward. Yesterday the conservative majority body ruled 5-4 against giving the death penalty (video) for child rapists (which drew opposing reaction from Obama). The court also ruled 5-3 yesterday to drastically reduce [...]
