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With all of the voter ID laws being passed, appealed, and postponed lately, it is easy to get confused over what our rights are as we prepare to cast our ballots in November. In the past two weeks alone, South Carolina’s and Pennsylvania’s voter ID laws, which require voters to present photo ID, have either […]
Supporters of President Barack Obama asked for a more aggressive, engaged performance in the second presidential debate and he did not disappoint. Surprising an arrogant, complacent, and, at times, belligerent Mitt Romney with his insistence of letting lies stand as facts, a focused President Obama knocked the former governor off his stride in the first […]
As has been the case for the upcoming presidential election, the battleground states figure prominently for both President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Ohio has been a hotbed of political activity of late, with the civil rights group Advancement Project helping to get a “wrong precinct” law struck down. Now the organization is celebrating another […]
While Democrats are often criticized for being too cerebral and high-brow, the Democratic National Committee has clearly stepped out of this stereotype with their new website called “RomneyTaxPlan.com,” where getting the details about said plan is almost as exhausting as getting the details from Romney himself. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama Defends Husband, Says Black Women […]
10:38 PM EST: Obama again calls out Romney on 47% statement. 10:36 PM EST: Romney claims again that he will reform medicare and social security, recalls his term as governor in Massachusetts as proof that he can “fix” America. 10:30 PM EST: Obama tap dances around gun violence and getting weapons off of the street. […]
Some continue to fight it, but the majority has ruled that President Barack Obama performed about as well in his first debate with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as Rick Ross would in a race against Ryan Lochte at a Hilton pool. However, the online panic attacks – i.e., openly questioning whether Obama gave up the entire presidential race […]
Rosie Perez mocks Mitt Romney over his “it would be easier if I were Latino” comments in a video posted on actually.org. And boy, is it funny! SEE ALSO: The Origins Of ‘Ratchet’ “Actually Mitt, that is so true,” Perez says in the video. “All you have to do is look at the statistics and […]
While you may know this actress best for her award-winning role of the hilariously funny, fashion-forward “Joan Clayton” on the hit show “Girlfriends,” these days Tracee Ellis Ross is making her name on the campaign trail stumping for President Barack Obama. As she traveled through Ohio, Ross spoke exclusively with NewsOne to explain why everyone […]
Koch Industries, the billion-dollar global corporation that is known for converting some of the world’s resources into services that people depend on, sent a mailing to 45,000 of its employees earlier this month on how to vote in this year’s presidential election. The company’s owners, siblings David (pictured right) and Charles Koch (pictured), who are infamously known […]
With incredulous looks, frequent interruptions and emotional outbursts, Vice President Joe Biden showed more life in the first 15 minutes of last night’s vice presidential debate with Rep. Paul Ryan than President Barack Obama showed during the entire debate last week against Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. RELATED: The Vice-Presidential Debate: Fact Vs. Fiction And […]
10:29 PM EST: When asked about his character and what makes him as a “man” uniquely” qualified to lead the country. Ryan talks policy. Biden talks about his dedication to the middle class. 10:20 PM EST: Both VP Biden and Ryan are Catholic and both agree that life begins at conception as it pertains to […]
In a six-person roundtable meeting (pictured with NewsOne Senior Editor pictured left in black) in Leesburg, Va., First Lady Michelle Obama discussed her reaction to her husband’s debate performance, what’s at stake in this election, and whether Black women have her husband’s back before connecting with local residents in an electrifying rally. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama […]