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African American Voters

Debunking the Myth that Latinos Elected Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Latinos certainly deserve their fair share of Obama appointments and cabinet posts, but that's far different than turning the quest for Obama appointments into a numbers game, a quota game.

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Sam Stein

Chip Saltsman Leads GOP To Soul-Searching Period

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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The Republican National Committee is set to host a historic series of discussions and debates in early January that will likely affect not just the fu...

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The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Disenfranchisement, Civil Rights Act, African American Voters, Voting Rights Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fifteenth Amendment, United States Constitution, Enfranchisement, Barack Obama, Poll Tax, Redemption, Gerrymander, Voting, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

The importance of the black vote in last Tuesday's election can only be fully appreciated when considered against the historical backdrop of black enfranchisement.

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The Passage of Prop 8: Do The Math

Disgrasian | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

The shame that we feel today over Prop 8 is only directed at our collective failure, which we need to figure out how to rectify. All of us. Together.

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The Non-Campaign to Beat Proposition 8

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Mario Solis-Marich

The Mormon Church did not win the ban on family rights as much as the No on 8 campaign and Equality California lost it.

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Their Own Receive Them Not

Terrance Heath | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

Ed. Note: I plan on writing something about black voters, the passage of proposition 8 in California, and the discussion that has ensued about whether...

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The Bigotry of Hope

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

You'd think if anyone would appreciate that civil rights are civil rights, it's black Americans. And that's what makes the support of some among them of such bigotry particularly appalling.

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Marriage Equality: A Cup Half Full

Gautam Dutta | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Gautam Dutta

Marriage should be sacred, not a political prop. We need to put another initiative on the ballot -- this time to undo Prop 8.

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Slow Voting Process in St. Louis

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Jeanine Molloff

Long wait times to vote represent a covert 'poll tax.' Many people in low-income neighborhoods in Missouri are hourly wage earners who cannot afford to lose a day's wages.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

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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Obama's Pastor Problem Moves Down South and Down Ballot

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

First North Carolina, now Mississippi. Rev. Wright has become fair game for Republican campaigners. The GOP willingness to use Obama against down-ballot candidates does not bode well for Democrats.

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Democrats Fear Clinton's Attacks May Cause Racial Backlash

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman and Matthew Mosk | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

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The protracted and increasingly acrimonious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is unnerving core constituencies -- African Americans and...

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