By The Admin on March 30, 2009
In a country long divided by race, Barack Obama argues that Americans generally have been colorblind in judging him. Yet old racial stereotypes and Internet-fueled falsehoods flourish about the first black president.
In Obama’s first two months in office, a New York tabloid took heat over a cartoon appearing to portray the president as a monkey; [...]
Posted in Race, White House
By The Admin on March 29, 2009
Ekklesia
- Catholic university president Fr John Jenkins and officials at Notre Dame are standing firmly behind their decision to invite President Obama to deliver their commencement address in May.
The campaign by Catholic leaders, conservative lobbyists, religious right activists and anti-abortion groups to stop President Obama speaking has been described as “nasty” and ‘hysterical” by some [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on March 29, 2009
President Barack Obama’s first European trip could dampen his hopes that a new diplomatic style will convert once-reluctant allies into cooperative global partners.
From taking in Guantanamo Bay prisoners to sending more troops into Afghanistan’s most difficult regions and spending their way out of economic crisis, European nations remain reticent about some of the toughest U.S. [...]
Posted in Featured, International News, White House
By The Admin on March 29, 2009
Paul Scott, No Warning Shots Fired
- My friend, Jae told me about an incident that she recently had on her way home from work. These two teenagers were having a loud public/ private discussion in the back of the bus, tellin’ the interested and uninterested, alike, about everything from the graphic details of their sexual [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on March 29, 2009
Representatives of New America Media (NAM) recently met with the White House communications office to discuss ways the NAM ethnic media network can be utilized to help deliver important public policy, safety and health information to ethnic communities in the US.
With more than 2,500 members, NAM is the nation’s largest organization of ethnic media outlets [...]
Posted in Media
