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Black in the Age of Obama

22 hours ago ago from ondiversity.com

From Charles Blow, in The New York Times A hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Dickens opened “A Tale of Two Cities” with the now-famous phrase: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. ” Those words resonated with me recently while contemplating the impact of the Obama presidency on blacks in America. So far, it’s been mixed. Blacks are living a tale of two Americas — one of the ascension of the first black president ...

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NO HE CAN'T

19 hours ago ago from BarkGrowlBite

One of my friends sent me a copy of an op-ed piece written in November 2008 by Anne Wortham, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Here is that op-ed piece which Dr. Wortham entitled “No He Can’t”: Fellow Americans, Please know: I am Black; I grew up in the segregated South. I did not vote for Barack Obama; I wrote in Ron Paul's name as my ...

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American History Help!!

16 hours ago ago from The Lincoln 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Lincoln, Nebraska

1: The California Gold Rush refers to: a golden river located in the newly-settled state of California. a rush of stories about gold in the West flooding the ears of Americans on the East coast. the influx of travelers to the American West that were in search of gold and wealth. the national effort of forcing thousands of Indians off their lands. 2: The application for California statehood caused turmoil in Congress because: it ...

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Congrats President Obama on Nobel Peace Prize

17 hours ago ago from The Social Justice Consultants Blog

This morning I watched with pride as our President, Barak Obama, humbly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. It is sometimes amazing how others see his  strength when people at home have yet to value this transformative figure. In the midst of  watching the presentation, a friend sent me a text and said that the Congressional Black Caucus was upset with President Obama because he was not doing enough for the Black community. It still amazes ...

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GOP Becoming Party of Crazies

8 hours ago ago from Kyle Bell

The Republican Party is moving far to the right, as was expected following the exit of independent voters in 2006 and 2008. The Tea Party wing of the party is clearly winning out. Two polls confirm the radical thinking of the few remaining members. The polling firm PPP asked respondents whether Barack Obama won last year's election legitimately. According to the poll, a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the ...

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Joe Peyronnin: Peace and War

17 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

President Barack Obama said he was grateful and humbled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and acknowledged his accomplishments are slight when compared to past honorees. But in his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, President Obama had to balance the role of a wartime president with his recognition as a man of peace. The United States is engaged in two wars and President Obama's appearance comes days after he announced a military buildup in ...

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Black lawmakers grow impatient with White House

20 hours ago ago from PopEater

WASHINGTON -Black lawmakers who have largely held their tongues during President Barack Obama's first year in office are stepping up their demands that the nation's first black president do more for minority communities hit hardest by the recession. While still careful about criticizing Obama publicly, they appear to be losing their patience after watching him dedicate more than $1 trillion to prop up banks and corporations and fight wars in ...

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AP Political NewsBrief at 3:23 p.m. EST

20 hours ago ago from PopEater

Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize OSLO (AP) President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be." A wartime president honored for peace, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever ...

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Justice Dept. nixes Jack Johnson pardon bid

17 hours ago ago from PopEater

WASHINGTON(AP) The Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. In a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, the department's pardon attorney, Ronald L. Rodgers, told Rep. Peter King that the Justice Department's general policy is not to process posthumous pardon requests. In ...

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Peggy Noonan: Obama Moves Toward Center Stage

15 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

He quoted Martin Luther King, when he received the Peace Prize: "Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: It merely creates new and more complicated ones." But Mr. Obama added that "as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation," he could not be guided only by Dr. King's example. "I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people." Evil exists: "A nonviolent ...

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