May 2008
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Key to black liberation is political independence
Al Calloway, South Florida Times – At least 90 percent of black people who vote Democratic and support Barack Obama for president are incensed by the high level of white nationalism orchestrated by the Clintons, supported by the media, and acquiesced to by the National Democratic Party. It could be called a conspiracy, but, inexorably, [...]
New Study on Economic Opportunities Finds that Americans Experience Upward Economic Mobility, But for Many the Magnitude of Their Movements is Minimal
- Nearly three-quarters of individuals born into the bottom half of the income distribution improved their economic standing relative to their parents by at least one percentile, yet less than half moved up more than 20 percentiles, and fewer than two in five moved into the top half of the distribution, according to a new [...]
Obama distances himself from another clergyman
CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that he was “deeply disappointed” by a supporter’s sermon at his church that mocked Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Chicago activist, also apologized for last Sunday’s sermon at Obama’s church, in which he said Clinton’s eyes welled with tears before [...]
Obama campaign used party rules to foil Clinton
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press – Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama’s staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were months away. What they found were opportunities to win delegates, even in states [...]
McClellan not sure about McCain, intrigued by Obama
Jonathan Martin, Politico – Scott McClellan, making the media rounds to promote his book and push back against the ferocious counter-attack by Bush loyalists, declined to come out tonight for John McCain and said he liked what he had heard from Barack Obama. “I haven’t made a decision,” McClellan told Katie Couric on CBS’s “Evening [...]
