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The birther issue – the preposterous idea that President Obama was not born in the United States – was finally put to rest, but that has not prevented conservative conspiracy buffs from seeing a plot behind the falling unemployment numbers.…
Centuries ago, Black people in America came to realize they had to fend for themselves in order to survive in this foreign land. As enslaved Africans, with talents and skills necessary for building the wealth of this country, they never…
Somehow, the body snatchers came last Wednesday and took the fire (as in fired up, ready to go) out of President Obama, leaving a rather listless shell of a man who never truly engaged the audience or his opponent. He…
As the founder of the Agricultural Workers Association, the co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Union, and the founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation for community organizing, Dolores Huerta has spent decades working relentlessly to improve social…
Have you ever known that something was going to happen, but still was shocked when it actually happened? Well, to my dismay, I have just had that happen to me. I have been telling my fellow Republicans for months that…
The origin of the "Rope-a-Dope" was the successful boxing technique employed by Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, when he knocked out his bigger and stronger opponent George Foreman to regain his title during their 1974 match. In that fight Mr. Ali…
The sentencing of Jerry Sandusky for his sexual abuse of 10 boys over 15 years – and it's conceivable there could be more we'll never know about – is a moment of reckoning for not only Sandusky, but the rest…
A Dead Campaign Which Refuses to Die - Back in early August, one observer remarked that July had been Willard Mitt Romney's "worst month ever." Not so. The GOP presidential nominee then went off to Europe to prove that…
Don't Be Deterred, Vote! Barrington Salmon's front-page article "Panelist Decry GOP Voter Suppression Efforts," September 27, 2012 was one of the most important pieces of political news I've read in the Informer so far this election year. This story shows…
Maxine Waters Case: A Political Train Wreck - The headlines proclaim that Rep. Maxine Waters, the outspoken Democrat from California, has been cleared of charges that she violated House ethics by advocating on behalf of a Black bank in…
For the second time this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken strong enforcement steps against deceptive marketing practices. Through CFPB's joint enforcement action with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), more than 3.5 million consumers with…
The U.S. Census Bureau's new poverty data for the states show millions of families struggling mightily to keep their heads above water in the wake of the Great Recession. Fourteen states saw statistically significant increases in their child poverty rates,…
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