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Post-Election, State GOP Leaders Still Push Drug Testing the Poor
by Seth Freed Wessler on December 12 2012, 10:12AM
The wave of laws that have swept the country since 2010 has clearly not crested, despite court challenges and evidence that drug testing dramatically increases costs.
Bachmann Still Angry at The Roots’ Stunt on Jimmy Fallon Show
by Jorge Rivas on November 28 2011, 12:09PM
The band made waves with their musical introduction of the tea party favorite last week.
Topics: Arts & Culture
Why Obama’s Visit to Puerto Rico Won’t Sway Latino Voters
by Julianne Hing on June 15 2011, 10:36AM
Recent polls show that immigration reform tops the list of Latino voters’ concerns. And so far the president’s been slow to act.
Topics: Immigration
Chicago Study Proves That All Young Black Voters Aren’t the Same
by Asraa Mustufa on June 6 2011, 10:00AM
It’s time for a more nuanced approach to address the needs of young voters of color.
Topics: Politics
GOP Lawmaker: Blacks ‘Don’t Want to Study As Hard In School’
by Shani O. Hilton on April 28 2011, 3:35PM
Rep. Sally Kern is the same woman who called “homosexuality” the “biggest threat” to the U.S. today.
Topics: Politics
Donald Trump Has a ‘Great Relationship With the Blacks’
by Jamilah King on April 14 2011, 4:20PM
He just wants you to know that he really, really cares.
Topics: Politics
D.C. Mayor Vince Gray Arrested in Budget Battle Protest
by Shani O. Hilton on April 12 2011, 1:30PM
A new budget deal prevents D.C. from spending its own funds on abortions for poor black and brown women.
Stopgap Budget Deal Cuts More Community Development, Transit
by Shani O. Hilton on April 11 2011, 12:44PM
Expect another $38.5 billion in cuts, the details of which are to be announced later this week.
Topics: Politics
Sen. Durbin Holds Hearing on Threats to Muslim Civil Rights
by Shani O. Hilton on March 29 2011, 4:38PM
Assistant attorney general Thomas Perez vows to use “every tool in our arsenal” to fight anti-Muslim discrimination.
Topics: Politics
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s Teleprompter Fail
by Jorge Rivas on March 11 2011, 11:42AM
For a woman who seems to have an answer for everything, it’s news when she’s at a loss for words.
Topics: Immigration
Arizona Rounds Up Other States to Challenge Federal Government
by Julianne Hing on March 11 2011, 10:41AM
It’s all in an effort to defy the federal government on health care, gun regulation and even the regulation of endangered species.
Topics: Immigration
People I Love: South Asian Women Who Make Change
by Rinku Sen on March 9 2011, 11:01AM
These political trendsetters are helping to lead the call for racial, economic and gender justice.
Topics: Rinku Sen
John Lewis Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
by Thoai Lu on February 16 2011, 12:20PM
The Georgia lawmaker and civil rights hero gets the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Topics: Politics
Under Political Siege, Muslim Americans Confront America’s Ugly Side
by Michelle Chen on June 7 2010, 12:02PM
Besieged by media attacks and riven by internal conflicts, Muslim American communities have been wrestling with an identity crisis for years now. The latest slew of “homegrown terrorism” allegations has prompted the Obama administration to show that it’s at least…
Topics: Immigration, National Security, Politics
Congressional Coffee-and-Collating CAIR Conspiracy Clearly a Crock
by Channing Kennedy on October 22 2009, 10:43AM
In case you forgot to look out for the well-being of your country last week, four brave Congressional Republicans have uncovered a conspiracy at the highest levels of American government: an established lobbying group is working to get unpaid…
Topics: Politics
by Leticia Miranda on October 20 2009, 9:00AM
Ah, Modesto –- the proud producers of the nation’s milk, almonds, chickens, cattle, and walnuts. This agro-business-rich city touted $2.5 billion in agricultural production two years ago. But in classic San Joaquin Valley agro-business style, it doesn’t look like…
Topics: Politics
Another Take on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
by Terry Keleher on October 9 2009, 1:32PM
Sometimes, I can be of two minds on the same subject, such as President Obama’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. On one hand, I can identify with the criticism and cynicism that the so-called leader of the free world…
Topics: Politics
FBI to Muslim Man: Spy for Us or We’ll Deport You
by Leticia Miranda on October 7 2009, 1:00PM
Foad Farahi is just one of many people caught between the political crosscurrents of nationhood, xenophobia and the Bush-led “war on terror.” He came here on a student visa and when it expired, he sought political asylum from persecution…
Topics: Immigration, National Security, Politics
Congresswoman Hits Back with New ACORN Bill
by Guest Columnist on October 6 2009, 12:46PM
By Paul Blumenthal This post originally appeared on OpenCongress. A few weeks ago Congress passed the Defund ACORN Act (it was attached to another bill during a motion to recommit), a bill designed at defunding the beleaguered community organization. While…
Topics: Politics
Die Quickly, You Tired, Poor, and Huddled Masses
by Tracy Kronzak on October 2 2009, 6:00AM
Congressman Alan Grayson rocked my little world this week. When I talked about fighting fire with fire last week, this is exactly what I meant. The Republicans want you to die quickly. Insurance companies want you to die quickly….
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