Race & Politics
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
EdITOR'S NOTE: One in a series examining issues at stake in the election and their impact on people.
The issue:
What, exactly, is discrimination, and what should be done to fight it? This election offers choices on the answers.
In areas such as mortgages, voter identification and immigration enforcement, the presidential candidates differ over how to use laws that guarantee equality and how far...
October 19th, 2012
Written by John Seewer - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama failed to bring any new ideas that could revive the economy during the second presidential debate, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Wednesday.
Ryan told supporters in the Cleveland area that running mate Mitt Romney followed up a strong first debate with another winning performance.
The Wisconsin congressman said Obama is out of...
October 19th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
To the annoyance of the Romney campaign, members of Washington's reality-based community have a habit of popping up to point out the many deceptions in the campaign's blue-sky promises of low taxes and instant growth. The latest is the Joint Committee on Taxation, an obscure but well-respected Congressional panel — currently evenly divided between the parties — that helps lawmakers calculate the...
October 19th, 2012
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack Obama.
Are black people supporting Obama mainly because he's black? If race is just one factor in blacks' support of Obama, does that make them racist? Can blacks' support for Obama be...
October 18th, 2012
Written by Charles Babington - Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney teed up the last three weeks of the presidential election as a question of which man voters can trust to improve the economy.
If the undecided voters who questioned the two men in Tuesday's fast-paced debate are an indication, then the Nov. 6 contest may turn on whether like-minded Americans decide to stick with a disappointing-...
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