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Obama jobs plan quietly targets solutions to double-digit black unemployment, energizes base

ATLANTA — President Barack Obama’s jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had...
Not a Race Card

A number of states have recently passed voter-ID legislation — among them, Texas, Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and...
Clarke to Run in Conyers’ Congressional District

As a result of a controversial new redistricting map, first-term Rep. Hansen Clarke has announced plans to run in a redrawn district that was for...
Politic365 Interviews Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh on Jobs

Politic365.com’s Charles D. Ellison talks with Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh, Senior Research Associate on Economic Security Issues at the Joint...
A Balanced Approach Will Lead to America's Prosperity

Despite what many of us may wish, the political argument over the federal budget and the future direction of our nation's fiscal policy has...

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Medicare and Social Security in a Time of Budget Austerity

January 31, 2013 - 9:30am

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Ralph Everett Statement on the 2012 Presidential Election

The American people have decided that President Obama should be given another term in office to continue leading the nation toward economic recovery...
Ralph B. Everett Statement on Voting Rights

Participatory democracy and civic engagement are bedrock American values. What we should be doing as a nation is working very hard to expand voter...
Organizations Declare "State of Emergency" on Voting Rights

The voting booth is the one place where we all are presumed equal, yet the reality this year is that the playing field is far from level. ...

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