Affirmative Action

The Last Time We Vote For Bigotry

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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The time has come to put our votes and our money where our mouth is and no longer tolerate the malleable bigotry of those who profess to be our friends, but also say we are not quite worthy of the same rights.

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Obama Wins -- For Black and White Americans... What's Next?

Carl Jeffers | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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For white Americans, the election of Obama does not mean the conversation on race is over, that we are past race as an issue, and that we can now forget about affirmative action.

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6 of 26: Conservatives Lost Big on Ballot Measures While Progressives Made Significant Gains

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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If you read this headline and you're automatically thinking, "Wait, what about California, you fool?! Don't you care about marriage equality?" Just h...

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A new day for all people--but young people, let's not forget tomorrow

Morgan Warners | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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In college we learn to be skeptical of claims like the ones being made about Barack Obama's historic victory. For today, forget it. His win really doe...

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Sarah Palin: America's Affirmative Action Candidate

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Palin is an example of what opponents of Affirmative Action would call someone who has "low level accountability" in her new position.

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McCain's Record On Civil Rights Disappointing For Detainees

Gregory S. Evans | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

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In his April speech on racism, Barack Obama argued that some issues in this election "reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've neve...

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Moving to the Radical Center

Richard D. Kahlenberg | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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While Republicans made no overt racial appeals at their convention, it seems only a matter of time before conservatives will target Obama's Achilles heel -- his support for affirmative action.

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Sarah Palin and the Republicans' Favorite Sport: Extreme Affirmative Action!

Michael Melcher | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Republicans hate affirmative action, until they think it will work for them. Then they just love it, in a big way -- look at Sarah Palin.

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Does Obama's Success Mean We No Longer Need Affirmative Action?

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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With Barack Obama officially nominated as the Democrats' Presidential nominee, is it time to re-think affirmative action? Ward Connerly, a long-time...

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Affirmative Action Ban Likely To Be Stripped From Arizona Ballot, Opponents Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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On Monday, opponents of an Arizona ballot initiative that would bar public institutions from adopting affirmative action policies filed what observers...

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Obama Needs Nuance Without Ambiguity

Roger Hernandez | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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Obama has the opportunity to bring nuance to politics by leading a reform of affirmative action, because there is no agreement on what it is, or even on what its purpose should be.

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CULTURE ZOHN: Obama Actions, Affirmative and Otherwise

Patricia Zohn | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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We should not be thinking of exclusivity when it comes to affirmative action! Obama could bring this conversation to a new level.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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The Affirmative-Action Attack

Horace McMillon | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

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Republicans are placing ballot initiatives concerning affirmative action on a number of key swing-state ballots in order bring out their voters and wedge independents away from the Dems.

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Connerly's Anti Affirmative Action Measure Could be a Win-Win for McCain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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McCain is betting that pummeling affirmative action will do far more good than bad for his campaign. It's a smart bet.

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McCain Tests The Waters Of Race As Campaign Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Has John McCain started to aggressively court the white vote? It sounds like a question with an obvious answer. But when facing the first black nomin...

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McCain "Mum" on Divisive Initiatives

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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McCain's choice is clear: flip-flop and pander to the right wing or oppose these divisive initiatives as he has in the past. To stay "mum" on the issue is not "straight talk" we can believe in.

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Might Obama's Success Undercut Affirmative Action?

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports. Already ...

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