Obama Faces Cabinet Diversity Pressure
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Time to Modernize Housing Finance
By Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) President Obama has nominated Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA). I applaud the president for his decision. Watt will be an outstanding FHFA director, and ...
Will Obama Fall Victim to the Second-Term Curse?
By Robert Traynham They call it the “second term curse.” It’s where a recently re-elected president wins a second term with either a mandate politically from the people, and or a renewed sense of purpose based in the know...
Opinion: GOP Leaders Must Sell Immigration Reform to Base
By Juan Williams The biggest stumbling block to immigration reform is no longer politics. It is how to market the deal to conservatives. The deal is done in both the House and the Senate. All that is left is for Republicans to ...
Media Obsessed with John Boehner’s Black Son-in-Law
“House Speaker John Boehner’s new son-in-law is a Jamaican-born, dreadlock-sporting 38-year-old who was once busted for possessing marijuana… Mr. Lakhan wore a gray suit and dreadlocks that fell to his waist,&#...
Think Progress: In Colorado, Blacks Are 4% Of Population, 100% of Death Row
By Nicole Flatow for Think Progress In March, Colorado came close to becoming the 19th state to abolish the death penalty, but the bill failed after Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) voiced opposition and suggested a possible ve...
