I find it a supreme irony that the most powerful black man in America cannot speak to the issues of the most powerless people in the country.
Trey Ellis | Posted 10.04.2011
Despite the many missteps of this first term, I am hopeful that in a second, freed from the need to ever again campaign, President Obama will finally help usher in change that we can believe in.
Chi-Town Daily News | Geoff Dougherty | Posted 05.25.2011
Alderman Emma Mitts worked hard in the days before the presidential election to ensure that citizens in her West Side ward would take advantage of the...
Jon Wiener | Posted 05.25.2011
When Reagan won reelection in 1984, the electorate was 86 per cent white; by 2004, the white percentage had dropped to 77. That's one reason why an interracial coalition is likely to elect America's first black president today.
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011
What Geraldine Ferarro said about Obama isn't entirely without merit -- it just entirely misses the fact that there hasn't been a candidate in our lifetimes that didn't benefit from a certain appeal due to their height, wealth, race, name, faith or smile.
Janet Langhart Cohen | Posted 10.04.2011