October 2010
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Who and What is The New Black Panther Party?
The Atlanta Post – It is safe to state that America has become an empire that is crumbling day by day and is becoming inundated with widespread hate and fear and maladjustment to suffering and injustices. Right and left-wing cable chatter has galvanized a multitude of individuals to act in a way that is contrary [...]
Poll Reveals Racial Divide on Opinion of Obama
CBS News – While Mr. Obama’s approval rating among Americans overall has been mixed for a few months now, he receives nearly universal support from African Americans, according to a new CBS News/ New York Times poll. Nine in 10 African Americans approve of the job he is doing overall, and as many are satisfied [...]
Among black voters, support for the president, but waning enthusiasm
MPR News – Back in 2008 Carolyn Smaller always kept the TV on CNN in her St. Paul flower shop. Barack Obama was heading down a historic path to the presidency and she didn’t want to miss a step. Smaller said this election cycle, the news is a lot harder to watch. “Sometimes I turn [...]
Bid For Black Vote Spurs Racially Charged Tactics
NPR – No one expects African-Americans to vote in anywhere near their numbers from 2008, when their 65 percent turnout matched that of whites for the first time. But that isn’t stopping Democratic organizers and supporting groups from using aggressive, even racially charged, tactics to get them to the polls Tuesday. The Democratic Party, organized [...]
Rev. Jesse Jackson condemns Williams firing
Politico – The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday compared NPR’s firing of Juan Williams to the Agriculture Department’s firing of Shirley Sherrod. “NPR was wrong because they did not afford him freedom of speech,” Jackson said. “They did it in a way that was unfair. The context was he was arguing with Bill O’Reilly, saying [...]
