Barack Obama and the American Dream
The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.
The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
It's not really Obama's responsibility to keep us involved. It really is ours. So here are some suggestions I have for keeping alive his call to service.
Karin Badt | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
The French are upfront about the fact that Obama is celebrated for his symbolism: as a black man, as the new Kennedy, as the man who will open European-American relations.
CNN | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
With less than 24 hours to go before the presidential election, Sarah Palin still has not released her medical records and there is no indication the ...
MTV | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
MTV News sat down with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday in Nevada, but we weren't alone. We were armed with your questions, ...
Politico | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Somebody's looking ahead, just a bit. The website SarahPalin2012.com was registered in August to a person who giving his location as Alaska and his n...
AP | SARAH LARIMER | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
MIAMI — With two days remaining until Election Day, Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs told voters in South Florida not to be scared away from the pol...
The New York Times | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Millions of voters will encounter an unfamiliar low-tech landscape at the polls on Tuesday. About half of all voters will vote in a way that is differ...
Danger Room | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
CIA-linked private military contractor Evergreen Defense & Security Services offered to post sentries at Oregon election offices on Tuesday, "detainin...
The LA Times | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Reporting from Delaware, Ohio -- John McCain has targeted this wealthy area just north of Columbus as one of 15 counties in Ohio where he needs to dri...
Joan Borysenko | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
This is the countdown to the most important election in our lifetime. Although I'm hoping for a huge Obama landslide, no matter the outcome on Tuesd...
Politico | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Drudge's report that two right-leaning papers, the Washington Times and the New York Post, have lost their seats ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
The Washington Monthly reports: Sarah Palin campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania, yesterday and blasted Democrats for allegedly wanting to cut funding f...
Cleveland Plain Dealer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Columbus- Ohio's voter database was poorly constructed and cannot handle a massive check for fraud among the state's 700,000 newly registered voters,...
The Daily Beast | Wendy Button | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
A speechwriter for Obama, Edwards, and Clinton on why she's voting McCain. Since I started writing speeches more than ten years ago, I have always be...
The Washington Independent | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
During Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's last swing through battleground states this week, boisterous supporters cheer almost on cue when she delivers her stu...
The Hill | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
A landslide victory next Tuesday would give Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Big campaign donors typically come with deep pockets and influence. But in Illinois this election cycle, no one not running for office himself has giv...
Lance Simmens | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
To merely imply that the concept of redistribution of wealth is inherently evil (read socialistic) is simplistic and absurd. Hope allows us to explore the uncertainty of the future.
CNN.com | Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registra...
WSJ | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
The Barack Obama campaign occupies a storefront on N. Main Street across from the county courthouse. A stream of people filters through to pick up but...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago
Barack was my state senator, and he was the perfect fit for the Hyde Park community. I now think he is the perfect fit for America.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Still more ugliness and hostility on the campaign trail, courtesy of North Carolina's Fayetville Observer: Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 ...
Amie Newman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
There is no public benefit to an endless back and forth about the morality of women's reproductive health decisions, when millions of women are faced with unintended pregnancies.
Fulton Sun | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
Dialing number after number, Martha Eisenhour sat at a single table working her way through a phone list of unreachable people that most campaigns mig...
Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics