Politics

Speaking today before world leaders gathered in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama called for a unified effort to quell growing instability in the world. Citing the Ebola epidemic, the situation in Ukraine, and terrorism in Iraq and Syria, the president described “a pervasive unease in our world – a sense […]

During a recent speech in Washington, D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama reminded the audience of President Obama’s positive impact on the country. “[J]ust think about how different our country looks to children growing up today,” she said. “Think about how our kids take for granted that a black person or a woman can be President of […]

In what is shaping up to be a highly monitored midterm election cycle this coming November, all but 14 states are offering the process of early voting, allowing voters between four to 50 days to cast a vote before Election Day. From there, the rules of early voting become more complicated. Therefore, NewsOne has compiled […]

  Nervous that a weak mid-term election turnout could lead to a total Republican takeover of Congress, Democrats and progressives are focusing on get-out-the-vote efforts this fall. There’s plenty of cause for concern. Voter turnout, in general, is lower for mid-terms than it is in presidential election years, but the trend is even more pronounced […]

Before he was elected mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel served as a chief of staff to President Barack Obama. The two are old friends and, reportedly, still very close. Given that, many were surprised when Emanuel announced recently to halt plans to name a school in his city after Obama. “Over the last few months, my […]

On Wednesday, a legal team comprised of attorneys from the Advancement Project and the American Civil Liberties Union held a media call to discuss the recent filing of a joint motion for an en banc rehearing of the ongoing voter ID battle in the state of Wisconsin. Both civil rights groups have been working in […]

In a FiveThirtyEight.com report, David Wasserman explains political and demographic polarization in the House and Senate is at the highest level since the end of Reconstruction.  According to VoteView’s team of political scientists, this trend shows no signs of slowing down, even after the 2014 midterm elections. See the top takeaways in the video above. For a full breakdown […]

According to reports,  a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the office window of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-Mo.) Thursday morning. The Hill has the story: The Kansas City Police and Kansas City Bomb and Arson Squad responded to the scene and completed an initial survey. No one was in the office when the object or objects […]

For Seleste Wisniewski and her four children, President Barack Obama’s decision to postpone executive action on immigration until after the November elections could have real consequences. It could mean her husband will be deported to Mexico in the next few days. Wisniewski’s husband, Pedro Hernandez Ramirez, was notified last week that his one-year reprieve from […]

    “How ironic! Michel[l]e Obama comes to town and Chicago politics comes to DeKalb” is how Georgia State Senator Fran Millar began his comment railing against a move to allow early voting in a predominately Black neighborhood. “Now we are to have Sunday voting at South DeKalb Mall just prior to the election,” he wrote. He continued, […]

When President Barack Obama (pictured) wore a tan suit on Thursday while at a press conference to discuss the Ukraine and Islamic State, Twitter nation went nuts! The tweets were not about Obama’s speech, but instead they were over his attire, which was not his typical more conservative navy or charcoal gray suits. SEE ALSO: Meet […]

House Republicans plan to spend $500 per hour on their lawsuit against President Barack Obama, with a “firm cap” of $350,000. Since the GOP decided to “make it rain,” we compiled a list of things they could have bought instead. They could buy 538 brand new iPhones at $650 a pop. The average cost of Obama’s […]