Day: November 7, 2012

  • 1st Black President Wins a 2nd Term The Root 2012-11-07 Keli Goff, Political Correspondent Here’s who gave it to President Obama, and what he might do with it. (The Root) — Four years after making history by becoming the first black president elected in the United States, Barack Obama has been elected to a second…

  • Viva Obama! – How Spain Views The US Elections International Business Times 2012-11-06 Palash R. Ghosh Spain, reeling from a paralyzing economic crisis that has thrown one-quarter of the workforce onto the streets and crippling budget cuts, may not have its full attention upon Tuesday’s presidential elections. However, given the widespread approval of Barack Obama…

  • Barack Obama Reelection Signals Rise Of New America The Huffington Post 2012-11-07 Howard Fineman NEW YORK—President Barack Obama did not just win reelection tonight. His victory signaled the irreversible triumph of a new, 21st-century America: multiracial, multi-ethnic, global in outlook and moving beyond centuries of racial, sexual, marital and religious tradition. Obama, the mixed-race son…

  • Thank you for making CMRS 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest a success Laura Kina 2011-11-04 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University We’ve just finished four days of the Critical Mixed Race Studies conference and Mixed Roots Midwest festival hosted by DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Thank…

  • Rejuvenated Obama reelected as president after bruising campaign The Washington Post 2011-11-07 David A. Fahrenthold Barack Obama was elected to a second presidential term Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney by reassembling the political coalition that boosted him to victory four years ago and remaking himself from a hopeful uniter into a determined fighter for middle-class…

  • Divided U.S. Gives Obama More Time The New York Times 2012-11-06 Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give…

  • President Barack Obama defeats Romney to win re-election BBC News 2012-11-07 President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. America’s first black president secured more than the 270 votes in the electoral college needed to win. In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Mr Obama said he…