By The Admin on June 28, 2010
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92.
A spokesman for the family, Jesse Jacobs, said Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, [...]
Posted in Congress | Tagged Robert Byrd
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
Amy Goldstein, Washington Post
- On the eve of Elena Kagan’s Senate confirmation hearings, her record on race in the Clinton White House and at Harvard Law School is producing discomfort among some leading civil rights organizations, leaving them struggling to decide whether they want her to join the Supreme Court.
Their reservations have introduced the first [...]
Posted in Race, White House | Tagged Elena Kagan
By The Admin on June 27, 2010
Bernice L. McFadden, Washington Post
- Kathryn Stockett’s novel “The Help,” published by a Penguin Books imprint, sold 1 million books within a year of publication. Her novel has gained accolades and awards, including the prestigious South African Boeke Prize. “The Help” is being adapted for the screen; at the helm of production is the Academy [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm, Race | Tagged black writers, publishing
By The Admin on June 27, 2010
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
- The clerk at my local post office was absolutely apoplectic at the site of the motley group of young African-American political canvassers that had set up their literature table on the sidewalk in front of her station. She raged loudly to me that she would call the police and have them carted [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Party Politics | Tagged Alvin Greene, Democrats, Kesha Rogers
By The Admin on June 25, 2010
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick beamed as her son and rising political star, Kwame, vowed during his first ceremonial oath of office to faithfully serve the citizens of Detroit as their mayor. She called the Jan. 4, 2002 event the highlight of her life.
“In my mind he’s still my little boy and always will be,” [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Michigan, State & Local News | Tagged Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick
