Obama Needs a Drudge
“New Slaves”– Kanye West Goes for Rap God (Again)
Missing the Detention & Deportation Forest for the Immigration Reform Tree
Frederick Douglass Statue to be Unveiled in U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth
Katherine Archuleta Could Become First Latina to Head Office of Personnel Management
Politics
By Brent Budowsky As media controversy about the Benghazi attack swirls across official Washington and throughout major media, President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should consider why so many in mainstream media have joined the conservative press in the stampeding herd that now puts them on the defensive. The GOP has begun [...]
Culture
Be great at your craft if you’re gonna have a God complex. Kanye West satisfies both conditions. Because of that, his song “New Slaves” makes more sense to audiences. West released “New Slaves”, in all its bitter, butter bars and glory, last weekend. Projections of him rapping were displayed in 66 cities. Viewers quickly posted [...]
Immigration
Seemingly lost in much of the congratulatory messaging surrounding the “Gang of 8″ immigration reform bill passing by a bipartisan vote of 13-5 from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate floor is the continued emphasis, in both the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and other policy actions, on immigrant detention and [...]
Culture
On Wednesday, June 19, a statue of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) will be unveiled in the in the United States Capitol Visitor Center at a ceremony. After escaping slavery, Douglass became a leader of the abolitionist movement and a prolific writer. District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has been pushing for the statue for years. All 50 [...]
Grito
This morning President Obama announced that he will nominate Katherine Archuleta for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Should she be confirmed, Archuleta would be the first Latina to head this agency. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the agency that manages the civil service of the federal government. Archuleta played a [...]
