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The Supreme Court handed down one voting rights ruling on Monday, and left another for a later day. Both cases are, in a way, reflective of how American attitudes about race are changing. Monday's ruling, on the National Voter Registration Act, is about how the West is rapidly changing as the Latino population booms. The [...]
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What the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Cases Say About America and Race
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
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No Comments »GOP gets social in Mass. Senate race with campaign Facebook app
Posted by admin on June 14th, 2013
The National Republican Senatorial Committee plans to use the special Senate election in Massachusetts later this month as a testing ground for a new Get-Out-The-Vote app on Facebook that will make it easier for supporters to target friends who live in the state and encourage them to go to the polls. The race pits Republican [...]
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Mike Michaud forms exploratory committee for governor’s race
Posted by admin on June 14th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: committee, Daily, Digest, Elections, exploratory, Forms, Governors, Michaud, Mike, Morning, Race No Comments »Obama campaigns for Markey in Massachusetts Senate race
Posted by admin on June 12th, 2013
President Barack Obama put on his campaign hat Wednesday to personally insert himself into the Massachusetts Senate special election—a key race for both parties as they seek to lay claim to the traditionally Democratic-leaning state. Obama spoke at an event in Roxbury Crossing, Mass., for Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, who is running June 25 to [...]
Poll: Most Americans oppose use of race in admissions
Posted by admin on June 12th, 2013
As the Supreme Court prepares to release its decision on the University of Texas’ affirmative action policy this month, two recent polls show a majority of Americans are against colleges and universities using race as a factor in admissions. A recent ABC News poll finds that 76 percent of Americans think colleges should not consider [...]
HUD: Race affects homebuying, renting
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minority renters and homebuyers deployed to test for housing discrimination did not run into the blatant discrimination of four decades ago, but were told about and shown fewer homes than their white counterparts with similar backgrounds, according to the results of a major federal housing study released Tuesday. Tweet This Post
HUD: Race affects homebuying, renting
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minority renters and homebuyers deployed to test for housing discrimination did not run into the blatant discrimination of four decades ago, but were told about and shown fewer homes than their white counterparts with similar backgrounds, according to the results of a major federal housing study released Tuesday. Tweet This Post
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Field is set in New Jersey Senate race, with Booker leading
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
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Cory Booker Is Running Away, Quietly, with the New Jersey Senate Race
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a massive lead in the race to replace the late New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, according to a new poll from Rutgers-Eagleton. Booker is getting 55 percent of the vote to Rep. Frank Pallone's 9 percent and Rep. Rush Holt's 8 percent, as The Washington Post's Aaron Blake reports. Likewise, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: away, Booker, Cory, Jersey, Quietly, Race, running, Senate No Comments »Senate Race in Massachusetts Features First Real ‘Climate Candidate’
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
In his quest to become the next senator from Massachusetts, Democratic Rep. Edward Markey is doing something that’s never been done before: campaigning for national office on the signature issue of climate change. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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