By The Admin on August 31, 2010
Politics Daily
- The latest grievance from the Tea Party nation is how the mostly white mainstream media projects its own flaws onto mainstream America when they report that most of the attendees at Glenn Beck’s rally on Saturday were white. The allegation triggers memories of another big event, the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, [...]
Posted in National Politics, Race
By The Admin on August 23, 2010
Hundreds of impassioned demonstrators — all waving American flags, but separated into two groups by police — descended on the site of the proposed mosque near ground zero, with opponents chanting, “No mosque, no way!” and supporters shouting, “We say no to racist fear!”
The two leaders of the construction project, meanwhile, defended their plans on [...]
Posted in National Politics, New York, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on August 22, 2010
CQ Politics
- From Barack Obama ’s election as president to a white Congressman fending off African-American challengers in a majority-black district, have Americans moved beyond race as a determining factor in their vote choice?
A couple of weeks ago, Tennessee Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen , the white, Jewish incumbent, won re-nomination over former Memphis Mayor Willie [...]
Posted in National Politics, Race
By The Admin on August 10, 2010
Chuck Hobbs, Esq.
- What constitutes a black leader?
You may have missed it, but the July 25th edition of Newsweek has Al Sharpton on its cover and in a four page feature article on his “reinvention” from a much maligned fringe to a mainstream “black” political leader.
Indeed, during the 20 years since he thrust himself into [...]
Posted in National Politics, Policy & Issues, Race | Tagged Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, black leadership, Kendrick Meek
By The Admin on August 5, 2010
Los Angeles Times
- Kendrick Meek tours Jimmy’s Place, a workaday diner on Northwest 7th Avenue, with an easygoing familiarity. He’s on his home turf — and it shows. He squeezes hands and arms and banters with customers, some of whom have known him for years. If every corner of Florida could be like this one, [...]
Posted in National Politics, State & Local News, White House
