RIP Whitney Houston
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Whitney was one of the greatest entertainers ever. Whitney Houston is now making music with Michael Jackson. My prayers are with her family — especially her mom and daughter. Share
Obama Campaign Picks Stefanie Brown To Lead Black Voter Outreach
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(by Trymaine Lee, BlackVoices/Huffington Post) – The Obama campaign has hired a longtime NAACP operative to head its African American voter outreach going into the 2012 presidential election. Stefanie Brown, the national field director for the NAACP, will join team Obama’s Operation Vote in February. The program is geared toward outreach to key Democratic constituency [...]
US elections 2012: tensions over race likely to suppress black vote
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On the eve of its GOP primary, South Carolina’s deep racial divide has been brought into focus by Republican rhetoric that many feel is intent on dividing the poor by race… For others it is the hostile treatment of Barack Obama by the Republican party in Congress, which some critics see as beyond the usual [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry to Debut Weekend Program on @MSNBC
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MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry is the latest edition to MSNBC’s expanding weekend lineup. Her new program, set to air Saturdays and Sundays 10a-noon ET, will debut on MSNBC February 4th. The announcement was made by MSNBC President Phil Griffin. Chris Hayes will continue to lead off MSNBC’s weekend programming with his popular roundtable program ‘Up,’ [...]
National Urban League’s Marc Morial Charges Rick Santorum with Racist Pandering
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New York- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today charged Presidential candidate Rick Santorum with pandering to racist elements within his party. “Senator Santorum is perpetuating a thoroughly false and destructive racial stereotype in a desperate attempt to score political points,” Morial said. “He is appealing to the lowest common denominator within [...]
South Carolina voter ID law blocked by Justice Department
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by Jeremy Pelofsky (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that requires voters to have photo identification because of concerns it would hurt minorities’ ability to cast a ballot. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley in May signed into law a measure that says voters must show a driver’s license, passport [...]
AG Holder says US election systems must be free of discrimination, attempts at political gain
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By Associated Press — Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redraw political boundaries and impose requirements that could reduce voting by minorities who enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in the 2008 election. … Currently, the Justice Department is [...]
The persistent “post-racial” fallacy
Headlines, National News(By David Sirota, Salon.com).In the annals of contemporary American history, the power of white denialism and the “post-racial” fallacy is not to be underestimated. As race scholar Tim Wise has recounted, in the early 1960s, most white Americans told Gallup pollsters that African-Americans had equal economic and educational opportunities to get ahead. Those were the [...]
Dr. Joseph Lowery Supports Occupy Atlanta and Calls for Moratorium on Foreclosures – VIDEO
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Clyde Bradley – Civil Rights pioneer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery spoke from the Fulton County Courthouse steps today, calling for a six to nine-month moratorium on foreclosures and for property values to be assessed in order to bring all mortgages above water. Lowery said, “We are here today because [...]
BET Networks Talks with Herman Cain About Black America in A Half-hour News Documentary
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New York, NY – BET Networks brings to air a deeper characterization of one the most controversial black political figures in contemporary America in an exclusive one-on-one interview special “The Curious Case of Citizen Cain” premiering on Thursday, December 8 at 9 PM ET/PT. Cain talks in-depth for the first time to the black audience [...]
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