Rebecca Ford graduated with her Masters in journalism from USC in May 2008. A San Francisco native, she has lived and worked in Santa Barbara, Hawaii and Los Angeles. Her work has been published in Los Angeles Magazine, Ms. Magazine and the Honolulu Weekly. She blogs at Rebeccamford.com

Blog Entries by Rebecca Ford

Obama Talks Health at Latino Convention

Posted July 13, 2008 | 08:58 PM (EST)


SAN DIEGO, Calif.--During a speech emphasizing his shared values with the Latino community, Barack Obama unveiled another aspect of his health care plan at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.

Obama announced yesterday that...

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New Mexico's Native American Swing Vote

Posted July 10, 2008 | 06:20 PM (EST)


ALBUQUERQUE -- Native American voters, often treated as an afterthought in presidential elections, are receiving an unprecedented amount of attention from both presidential candidates this year in the battleground state of New Mexico.

It's a development nearly two decades in the making in which a handful of Albuquerque–based activists have been...

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Navajo Nation: Election 2008

Posted June 17, 2008 | 06:38 PM (EST)


Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation in the United States. More than 38,000 of its residents are registered to vote. This year, John McCain and Barack Obama are courting the Native American vote, especially in the west, where Obama is mounting a significant challenge to western senator McCain....

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Michelle Obama's Rocky Road to the White House

Posted June 5, 2008 | 05:32 PM (EST)


Now that Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, it is time to focus on a woman that could have a lot of influence over his life.

No, not Hillary Clinton.

Michelle Obama.

In early May, when ABC's "Good Morning America" asked...

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HBO's "Recount" Makes Us Look Back Before Moving Forward

Posted May 22, 2008 | 10:58 PM (EST)


In one sentence, HBO's made-for-TV-movie "Recount" brings back the pain and agony of the 2000 presidential election like a slap in the face: "Anybody ever heard of a hanging chad?"

There we are, back at those few weeks where the center of the world was Florida, and the...

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McCain Courts The Indian Country Vote

Posted May 19, 2008 | 11:52 PM (EST)


Sen. John McCain has released his long-awaited "Native American Policy" in hopes of gathering more support from the often-ignored but influential group.

The American Indian vote, which has been historically Democratic, could shift to the Republicans this election cycle because of the positive interaction and...

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