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Misplaced Loyalties: Montana Native American Elected Leaders and Voters Silent in Health Care Debate

Melinda Gopher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Native Americans, Max Baucus, Minority Voters, Indian Health Service, Politics News
Melinda Gopher

Maybe it is time for Native Americans to step up and seriously re-think their allegiance to Max Baucus and further; to ponder 30 years of failed policies that have not made their communities better off.

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The Minority Response

David Goldstein | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minority Voters, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
David Goldstein

Republicans just can't slap a Jindal or a Michael Steele in front of a gaggle of rich, old, white men and magically create a more inclusive party.

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Obama and the Minority Majority

Laura Carlsen | Posted 12.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Results, Minority Voters, Race, Barack Obama, Minorities, Home News
Laura Carlsen

The election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American president has been heralded as proof that the United States has finally broken t...

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Proposition 8 is Not About Black Homophobia

Irene Monroe | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Black Voters, Gays and Lesbians, Lesbians, Minority Voters, Gays, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Irene Monroe

When society narrowly defines marriage as solely the union between a man and a woman, it ignores the constant changing configuration of today's family units.

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The Passage of Prop 8: Do The Math

Disgrasian | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, African-American Voters, California, Math, Proposition 8, Latino Voters, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, African-Americans, Asian-American Vote, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Others, Barack Obama Election 2008, Minority Voters, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Barack Obama Supporters, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality in CA, Politics News
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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Our Eyes Have Seen The Glory

Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: History, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Election Night Celebration, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, Obama Inauguration, Elderly Voters, Barack Obama African American Voters, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, Minority Voters, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Timothy Cooper

On November 5th, I examined the red, weary eyes of my fellow taxpayers, which showed the residue of a sleepless night spent checking every news channel to see if it was really true.

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A Long Road to Walk

Whitney Leigh | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, HuffPost Election Reaction, Proposition 8, California, Obama Election Day, Latino Voters, Prop 8, Black Voters, California Propositions, Hispanic Voters, Minority Voters, California Gay Marriage Ban, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Whitney Leigh

Here in California, we appear to have passed Proposition 8

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Slow Voting Process in St. Louis

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: African American Voters, Obama Missouri, Mccain Missouri, The Rachel Maddow Show, Black Voters, Election Day, Missouri Results, Minority Voters, Poll Worker, Paper Ballots, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Missouri, On the Ground 2008, Election 2008, Poll Tax, Sarah Palin Missouri, Long Lines at the Polls, Home News
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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I Like What I See in Florida

Alan Fein | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Crist, Florida, Early Voting, Barack Obama, Election Predictions, Swing States, Battleground States, Voter Turnout, Florida Swing State, Minority Voters, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Alan Fein

I have never seen a volunteer effort like it in any Florida campaign, ever. I expect the laser focus and effort to stay in place through Tuesday.

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How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, Acorn, Mark Ritchie, Greg Palast, Vote Suppression, Robert Kennedy Jr, Republican Vote Suppression, Acorn Nevada Raid, Electoral Process, Democratic Vote, Minnite, Minority Voters, 2008 Presidential Election, Voter Registration, Poor Voters, Voter Fraud, Voting Problems, Politics News
Sarah van Gelder

The issues of ACORN and voter fraud are a smokescreen designed to cover a much more serious issue with a long and ugly history: the suppression of the vote of groups that tend to vote Democratic.

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Who Do You Love? -- Obama and McCain's Appeal to Hispanic Voters

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Latino Vote, Hispanics, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Immigration Issues, Minority Issues, Hispanic Voters, Minority Voters, Mccain Latino Vote, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

In all likelihood, Obama will still win the Latino vote in a couple of weeks, and commentators will trip over themselves explaining how the Latino population was the deciding factor in the election.

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Conservatives' Race-Baiting Miscalculation

John Ridley | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Race in Politics, Minority Voting, Black Voters, Mccain Minority Vote, Asian Voters, Hispanic Voters, Race and Politics, Minority Voters, Obama Minority Vote, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Ridley

From not-so-subtle euphemisms to open slurring, how much is conservative race-baiting going to cost the Republicans? Probably the presidency.

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We Can't Afford to Lose a Single Vote

Cheryl Howard Crew | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Florida Voters, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Ohio, Swing States, Connie Rice, Electorate, Minority Voters, Absentee Ballots, Absentee Voting, Voting, Politics News
Cheryl Howard Crew

Don't fool yourselves, we may be the good ole' US of A, but we need international election monitors as much as any third-world government today.

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Could This Year Be The Start Of A Democratic Era?

American Prospect | Thomas F. Schaller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Democratic Electorate, Democratic Majority, Barack Obama, Democratic Demographics, Minority Voters, Democratic Base, Politics News

For a decade, Democrats have heard promises that a durable electoral majority was just around the corner. It's easy to construct such a majority on pa...

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McCain: Representing The Fading Graying Demographic

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Demographics, Aging Demographics, Aging Population, Voting Demographics, Voting Demographics White Black, White Population, Minority Voters, Election 2008, White Voters, Home News
Kelly Nuxoll

The population of the U.S. and the world is changing. White people are old. Young people who turn on the TV and see a President Obama will be seeing someone who looks like them or their relatives.

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