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(Politics 365) — Opposition continues to mount against Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and it has actually intensified since the Chair announced his bid for re-election only a week ago. As the race for Chair fast approaches the RNC Winter meeting, accusations of playing the race card and racism itself abound on both sides of […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun lashed out against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg on Wednesday in response to a column criticizing the former U.S. senator. “He is a drunk and a wife beater, and that’s a matter of record. I didn’t make that up. It’s the truth,” Braun said at a […]
There's fear that Clinton's stumping for Emanuel would siphon black votes.
(The Grio) — Of the dozen or so candidates running for mayor of Chicago, one of them dropped out of the race. And his decision was a prudent one. James Meeks (D-Ill.), Illinois state senator and black megachurch pastor, announced the day before Christmas Eve that he was withdrawing from the mayoral race. The reason he […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Like the menu at a potluck supper, Chicago Public Schoolshas a dizzying array of offerings, from classical, magnet, selective enrollment and gifted schools to charters and contract schools and career and military academies. The smorgasbord is a testament to Chicago’s myriad attempts to fix broken schools and keep middle-class parents from fleeing to the […]
(Chicago Now) — On Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 12 Noon a cross section of leadership from the Black coommunity will stage a public demonstration and press conference against the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper at 350 N. Orleans near the Chicago River. African-American clergy, business owners and community leaders expressed outrage over a column written by Neil Steinberg in the Monday edition […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — State Sen. James Meeks has dropped out of the mayoral race. In an e-mail sent to media Thursday afternoon, Meeks — who also heads Salem Baptist Church on the South Side — said he was ending his campaign. Meeks met with mayoral challengers U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and former U.S. Senator […]
(National Journal) — More than a quarter of U.S. adults used their cell phones to either learn or participate in this year’s midterm elections, according to a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. “Mobile connectivity has become a growing feature in all kinds of communication and information exchanges–including […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Congressman Danny Davis, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and State Sen. James Meeks met privately Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to unite behind a consensus black candidate for mayor. One day before today’s deadline to drop out of the race, the three top African-Americans in the race tried once again […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Former White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel early Thursday survived the pivotal first round of a residency challenge that will determine whether his name remains on the ballot for mayor of Chicago. “The name of Rahm Emanuel shall appear and shall be printed on the ballot,” Hearing officer Joe Morris wrote. Morris […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast were trying to “starve” U.N. peacekeepers into “submission” by blocking their supplies at border crossings, as the West African nation slid into a “real risk of a return to civil war,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. In an address […]