Archive for the ‘Mass Politics’ Category

UNIFIED GOVERNMENT MAYOR JOE REARDON TACKLES THE HOMELESS ISSUE, by Crystal Booker
KANSAS CITY, Kan – On Tuesday, July 27, Unified Government Mayor Joe Reardon announced his initiative to end homelessness in Kansas City, Kansas. He has entrusted this task to the Wyandotte Homeless Services Coalition. One of the fund raisers for this cause is the [...]

FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS PARTS OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW, Wired from CNN.com
PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked one of the most controversial sections of a tough Arizona immigration law, granting a preliminary injunction Wednesday that prevents police from questioning people about their immigration status. That provision requires police to “make a reasonable attempt [...]

JEAN GREGOIRE SAGBO IS THE 1ST BLACK POLITICIAN ELECTED IN RUSSIA, by Michael Stevens
NOVOZAVIDOVO, Russia – For the first time in Russia, a black politician will hold a political position in the country. He has been referred to as “Russia’s Obama.” In Novozavidovo, Jean Gregoire Sagbo was elected as a councilman. Sagbo was born in [...]

OBAMA’S APPEARANCE ON “THE VIEW” WILL MAKE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, The Associated Press
NEW YORK – ABC’s “The View” has welcomed many notable guests, but none more prominent than President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit for Thursday’s edition. In making the announcement on Monday, executive producers Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie said this marks the [...]

AFGHAN SAYS IT’S SHOCKED BY LEAKED U.S. DOCUMENTS ON WEBSITE, by Atika Shubert (CNN)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Afghan government said Monday it was “shocked” as it sifted through tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic reports on the war in Afghanistan that a whistleblower website posted a day earlier. “The Afghan government is [...]

HUGO CHAVEZ WARNS OF U.S. OIL CUTOFF IN COLUMBIA DISPUTE, the Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to halt oil sales to the United States if Venezuela faces any military attack by its U.S.-allied neighbor Colombia. Chavez said in a speech to thousands of supporters that if there is an “armed [...]

RIGHT WING IS USING RACE TO SMEAR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, by Eugene Robinson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there’s no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African-Americans or other minorities reach positions of power, they seek some kind of revenge against [...]

JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS ON ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAWSUIT, Associated Press
PHOENIX — A judge heard arguments in a packed courtroom Thursday on whether Arizona’s new immigration law should take effect next week amid a flurry of legal challenges against the crackdown. The hearing focused on one of seven lawsuits filed against Arizona over a law that has [...]

SHERROD’S STORY OF RACISM PRESENTS WONDERFUL LESSON, by Wayne Hodges
ATLANTA, Georgia – Community backlash in the aftermath of Shirley Sherrod’s abrupt resignation and subsequent vindication has been vicious thus far. So, whose more at fault? Depends on who you ask? Many people are upset at Ben Jealous and the NAACP for publicly disowning Sherrod based [...]

SHIRLEY SHERROD’S STEADFAST MOTTO: “LET’S WORK TOGETHER.” Wired from CNN.com
ATLANTA, Georgia – Shirley Miller Sherrod has spent most of her life fighting injustice. On the Baker County, Georgia, farm where the Miller family grew corn, peanuts, cotton and cucumbers and raised hogs, cows and goats, oldest daughter Shirley despised the work. “I swore I would [...]