By The Admin on August 29, 2010
Washington Post
- Thousands of people joined the Rev. Al Sharpton and other leaders Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963. The event, billed as “Reclaim the Dream,” included a five-mile march that culminated at the Mall, where conservative talk show host Glenn Beck had organized [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on August 26, 2010
Politico
- Attorneys for Rep. Maxine Waters are demanding that the ethics committee stop investigating the California Democrat before her upcoming congressional trial on ethics charges.
In an Aug. 25 letter to Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), the chairwoman and ranking member of the panel, attorneys Stan Brand and Andrew Herman claim that the [...]
Posted in Congress, Featured | Tagged Maxine Waters
By The Admin on August 26, 2010
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has put high-visibility support behind a proposed cultural center and mosque near ground zero, using the windows of his top-floor apartment across the street from the site where the World Trade Center stood to display a call for coexistence, loving one’s neighbor and support of the First Amendment.
“I was trying to [...]
Posted in Featured, Policy & Issues | Tagged Ground Zero, Russell Simmons
By The Admin on August 26, 2010
The Hill
- USDA chief Tom Vilsack said he offered to resign from his post last month at the height of the controversy over comments made by rural development official Shirley Sherrod.
A video clip of Sherrod saying she had denied full assistance to a white farmer because of his race went viral in mid-July, prompting Vilsack [...]
Posted in Federal Government | Tagged Shirley Sherrod, Tom Vilsack, USDA
By The Admin on August 26, 2010
Wall Street Journal
- Some African-American leaders are criticizing talk show host Glenn Beck for the date and location of his planned rally in Washington this weekend. The rally will be at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech,’’ 47 years after King’s famous address.
Beck has said he [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues | Tagged Glenn Beck, March on Washington
