Corey Booker

Friday Talking Points -- Economic Messaging

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2012

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OK, we understand that this is garden-variety election pandering to the Tea Party base and all of that, but we feel duty-bound to offer up a little garden-variety ridicule to go with it.

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Romney Adviser: Bain Capital Record Is 'Fair Game'

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 05.22.2012

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Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu told reporters Tuesday that Mitt Romney's business record should be examined, but denounced President Obama's re...

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NYPD: Newark Police Knew We Were Spying On Muslims

AP | By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYS | Posted 02.24.2012

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NEW YORK -- Officials in three states traded accusations over who knew what about a secret 2007 New York Police Department operation that monitored an...

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Country in Crisis: Looking to America's Mayors to Rise to the Challenge

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.18.2012

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I believe the solutions the country is so desperately looking for are going to come at the local level -- from our mayors and engaged citizens working with their communities. It's our cities, not the nation's capital, that are the real idea factory of our country.

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A Time for Change or More of the Same at the Chicago Police Department?

Locke Bowman | Posted 07.25.2011

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Garry McCarthy's tenure as superintendent of the Chicago Police Department is likely to be marked by continuation of the same problems that have plagued the department for decades.

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Apathy Is Still The Enemy

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Well, the Lincoln Memorial Beckanalia has come and gone, and all the handwringing and ridiculing that led up to it has subsided. But there's one critical thing that still needs to be said.

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Cory Booker Is 41 Years Old

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cory Booker has become cliche: Newark's Savior-in-Progress. An image that's been marching in place for the better part of a decade.

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Concentric Circles of Service

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a missing link in our quest for a good and equitable society. In addition to volunteering, we must educate ourselves and impact our government to achieve lasting change on prominent issues.

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Cory Booker To Appear On The 'Tonight Show,' Settle "Feud" With Conan

Posted 05.25.2011

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(VICTOR EPSTEIN, AP) NEWARK, N.J. — Goodbye YouTube, hello "Tonight Show." Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has garnered national attention for hi...

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Cory Booker Got Aid From Bloomberg Camp, Campaigns With Him

nytimes.com | DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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On April 17, Mr. Booker, a Democrat, crossed party and state lines by endorsing Mr. Bloomberg, an independent running as a Republican, in Harlem. Abou...

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Conan Responds To Mayor Cory Booker: You Are Now Banned From Burbank Airport (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker recently released a video chastising Conan O'Brien for a joke he made about the New Jersey city. Conan said last week that Bo...

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Barack Obama is Elected President -- Now What?

Cory Booker | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all of us who love America, such a time of jubilation and triumph must also be a time of sober focus on the work that must still be done to make our union more perfect.

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Policies, Language Of Mayor Corey Booker Mirror Candidate He's Supporting: Obama

New York Times | PETER APPLEBOME | Posted 05.25.2011

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The language was soaring, the racial elements muted, the mood upbeat even though the road ahead remained unclear. But the end of the speech was all a...

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