Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul Crown 2016-01-12 288 Pages 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 Hardcover ISBN: 9780804137416 Ebook ISBN: 9780804137423 Eddie S. Glaude Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies Princeton University A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society…

  • ‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah to be a keynote speaker at Dem retreat Politico 2016-01-22 Lauren French “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah will be a keynote speaker at the House Democratic Caucus issues retreat next week, sources familiar with the event said. Noah will join President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and environmentalist and…

  • Misc.: How to Really Kill Affirmative Action or Why Abigail Fisher Ain’t Rachel Dolezol The Multiracial Advocate 2016-01-20 Thomas Lopez, President Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) Abigail Fisher was a mediocre high school student applying to the University of Texas (UT). She couldn’t get in based on her grades and test scores alone so…

  • Jewish Uses and Abuses of Martin Luther King’s Memory Forward 2016-01-18 Jared Jackson, Founder/Executive Director Jews in ALL Hues Four years ago, I made a promise to myself: I would not accept any more invitations to speak to the Jewish community on Martin Luther King weekend. Since then, I have dutifully kept that promise. But…

  • Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama Praeger August 2014 253 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3055-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3056-3 Martin A. Parlett This groundbreaking political exposé scrutinizes the motivations behind the unparalleled attacks on President Barack Obama that attempt to undermine his eligibility to lead the country. The ascendancy of the first…

  • Can the freshman senator from Illinois stick to his ideals and still become the first man to rock Air Force Ones on Air Force One? We’re entering the most hotly contested election of our lifetime. It s time to decide. Is Barack Obama our man?

  • The Complicated History of Nikki Haley The New Yorker 2016-01-13 Jelani Cobb, Staff Writer; Professor of History University of Connecticut Like President Obama, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley—who delivered last night’s Republican response to the State of the Union—has harnessed the rhetoric and symbolism of racial progress. Credit Photograph Courtesy C-SPAN Set aside the feuding…

  • #MemeOfTheWeek: The Racial Politics Of Nikki Haley National Public Radio 2016-01-16 Sam Sanders, Reporter, Washington Desk Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C. at Charleston, S.C., Republican presidential debate Thursday. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Depending on whom you ask, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s State of the Union response this week was either going to save the modern Republican…

  • Obama: A Nation Divided Medium 2016-01-14 Delonte Harrod I was at grad school during the time President Obama campaigned for and eventually was elected to the highest office in this country. I remember listening to people talk about the potential of him becoming president. Some of my white friends complained, and were genuinely confused, about…

  • Remembering Julian Bond (1940-2015) Politico 2015-12-29 Josh Zeitz Getty For many Americans, Julian Bond, who died in August at age 75, was quite literally the voice of the modern civil rights movement. In the early 1960s, when he served as communications director for the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in later years, as…