Vice-Presidential Musings
‘The Color Purple’ author traveling to Gaza
Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote “The Color Purple,” is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza’s residents. “I feel that what is happening in the Middle East is very important because the situation is so volatile,” said Walker, speaking by telephone Saturday [...]
Final 3 heritage markers unveiled in Mobile
The Mobile Historic Development Commission will start offering bus tours for the city’s African-American Heritage Trail in April now that the final three markers have been unveiled. The markers that were unveiled Sunday afternoon note the Mobile slave market, self-emancipated slave Wallace Turnage and Michael Donald, a teen who was found hanging from a tree [...]
Alaska’s minorities feel ignored by Palin
Alaska’s black leaders say they’re not surprised to see Gov. Sarah Palin at the center of the controversy over injecting the race issue into the presidential campaign. Palin, Republican John McCain’s running mate, has repeatedly insisted that Barack Obama’s former preacher, the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a legitimate issue even though McCain himself has [...]
Who’s the real dream team?
Foon Rhee, Boston Globe Many Democrats might believe that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would be the dream ticket in November. But at least in New York state, a must-win state for Democrats, the real dream team would be Republicans John McCain and Condoleezza Rice, according to a new poll. The NBC/Marist College survey of [...]
Rice: Still Not Running for VP
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Condoleezza Rice wants it known: She is still not interested in being vice president. Sean McCormack, her spokesman, today tried to dampen speculation that erupted Sunday after Dan Senor, a GOP political operative, claimed on ABC’s “This Week” that Rice was “actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning” for the job. Peppered [...]
