Jesse L. Jackson Sr. In response to what he calls the president’s “war on coal,” future Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell says, “I’m going to war with him.” For McConnell, the historic agreement the president signed with the Chinese, committing them for the first time to dramatic reductions in their greenhouse gases, is an outrage, […]
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What is Ben Carson thinking?
Dr. Ben Carson. Ben Carson, conservative author and noted neurosurgeon, is acting as if he may run for president as a Republican. Despite his conspicuous lack of political experience this man is taking steps to run for the most powerful office in the country. And he appears to have some of the Republican right excited […]
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Should the Congressional Black Caucus Give Utah Congresswoman-Elect Mia Love a Shot?
Utah Congresswoman-Elect Mia Love. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Mia Love made history when she became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress as a Republican. Representing Utah’s 4th District, the daughter of Haitian immigrants is even more noteworthy because she is a member of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, a religion that up […]
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The Question Black Conservatives Always Avoid
Bill Fletcher Jr. Like everyone else, I am processing the November election results. I will write more about that later, but there was a radio exchange that I heard the night prior to the election that really got me thinking. On my way home from Baltimore, where I had been doing some electoral work, I […]
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Why Democrats Lost the Midterms
Wellington E. Webb Now that the dust has settled after our nation’s 2014 elections across the country, here is my two cents worth on what has happened during the last couple of years, and what it means now. First and foremost, congratulations to the National Republican Committee. They had a 50-state plan, and they implemented […]
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Who lost Maryland?
What happened? Democrat Anthony G. Brown managed to lose the race for governorship in a solidly Democratic bastion like Maryland to his Republican opponent Larry Hogan even though heavy hitters like Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama came to the state to campaign for him. And while a […]
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The Challenge of Ebola
As our nation and the world face the deadly threat of Ebola, both our morality and our self-interest are at stake. Between 1976, when Ebola Virus Disease was first identified, through 2012, there were 2,387 identified cases, including 1,590 deaths, all in Central and East Africa. Yet, many in other nations remained focused upon what […]
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Watching the Elections from Abroad
JERUSALEM — On Election Night, I usually stay awake as long as my eyelids are willing to cooperate. But this year was different. Instead of alternating between watching CNN and tracking results on the Internet, I was in the Holy Land, nearly 6,000 miles from my office in Washington, D.C. With Daylight Savings Time going […]
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Know Your Rights, Make Your Vote Count
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Unlike any other time in American history, it is important for all eligible citizens to exercise their right to vote on November 4th. Recently, there has been significant dialogue regarding which party will control the House and the Senate in Washington. These conversations highlight a very real point…this election is critical […]
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Blacks, not Hispanics, Key to Election Victory
George E. Curry Although Latinos are growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group in the United States, they will have less of an impact on whether Democrats retain control of the Senate than African Americans, according to a study of Census data by the Pew Research Center. The report, titled, “Latino Voters […]
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Fired Up and Ready to Vote in 2014
Gloria Hill Why? Because your rights are under attack from a group of radical Republicans, if you are: a minority (African American, Hispanic American, etc.) a woman a poor person a member of the middle class an elderly person a college student a member of the LGBT community a military family member a prisoner, who […]
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Democrats Bash Obama Yet Want Black Vote
Lauren Victoria Burke Here are a few election-time questions to think over: Why in the world do Democrats think they can bash President Obama and his policies and still win Black votes? Why should Black voters be motivated to turn out after months of watching Democrats bash the president? What exactly is the strategy for […]