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Nov 22 2012

Rahm Emanuel dispenses his wrath

Chicago mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel crushed Fox News host Sean Hannity on live television on election night under a withering verbal attack.

Emanuel, legendary for his sharp tongue and salty language, was on the conservative network to offer his opinion on the apparent ease in which his former boss Barack Obama defeated his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Nov 15 2012

Practical Politics

“Hard heads make soft behinds,” my mother always told me. Translation: Lessons ignored or not learned well the first time would be revisited upon me, usually in more painful ways. This homily seems to fit the recently cold-cocked Republican Party.

If the constant tone and arrogance of many of the national spokespeople for the party can be taken as a true barometer of what the party hierarchy learned from the shellacking they just received then it seems “soft behinds” indeed are in the offing.

George E. Curry | NNPA  |   OW Guest Contributor
Nov 8 2012

President Barack Obama riding high

WASHINGTON (NNPA)—After riding to victory in Ohio on the strength of his successful auto bailout plan and a come-from-behind victory in Virginia and possibly Florida, President Barack Obama was riding high on Wednesday.

Nov 8 2012

Many millennials looking for work

Demographics were the talk of Tuesday’s election—White voters, male voters, single women voters, Hispanics, African Americans and of course, young voters—the 18-29 year olds (millennials) who represent America’s future and a key swing demographic in many of the battleground election states, according Paul T. Conway, president of Generation Opportunity.

Shae Collins  |   OW College Intern
Nov 1 2012

Cites president’s exposure to the Mexican American community

Ed Reyes entered politics with the idea that he could use his education to serve the neighborhood he grew up in. He is a first-generation Mexican American, raised in Lincoln Heights. Reyes received his master’s degree in urban planning from UCLA, becoming the first member of his family to attend college. He then used his background in urban planning to advance into city politics, and has served on the Los Angeles City Council since 2001.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”