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Faye posted a blog entry
Obama’s Jobs Summit
I am in Steel City staying in a hotel room with a view of the Allegheny, Ohio and Monongahela rivers, and Heinz Field, home of...
I am in Steel City staying in a hotel room with a view of the Allegheny, Ohio and Monongahela rivers, and Heinz Field, home of...
Faye posted a blog entry
Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth
President Barack Obama is holding the White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth today. The White House says: The forum will...
President Barack Obama is holding the White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth today. The White House says: The forum will...
Faye posted a blog entry
Obama’s War: The Remix
On the eve of President Obama’s address at the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Gallup poll found that 55...
On the eve of President Obama’s address at the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Gallup poll found that 55...
Faye posted a blog entry
Obama’s War
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. From Genghis Khan to Gorbachev, foreign occupiers have failed to...
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. From Genghis Khan to Gorbachev, foreign occupiers have failed to...
Faye posted a blog entry
The Nightmare Before Christmas
No, I am not referring to Tiger Woods’ “private matter” hot ghetto mess. Though as a black woman, there is an element of...
No, I am not referring to Tiger Woods’ “private matter” hot ghetto mess. Though as a black woman, there is an element of...
Faye posted a blog entry
Happy Thanksgiving
I’m off for the next few days. Before I go, I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Yes, times are tough,...
I’m off for the next few days. Before I go, I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Yes, times are tough,...
Faye posted a blog entry
House of Credit Cards
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. With “Black Friday” looming, you might want to check your local listings for...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. With “Black Friday” looming, you might want to check your local listings for...
Faye posted a blog entry
National Day of Outrage
They call it “Stormy Monday.” But the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are calling it a “National Day of...
They call it “Stormy Monday.” But the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are calling it a “National Day of...
Faye posted a blog entry
Help Wanted: Recovery.gov Auditors
The job-counters at Recovery.gov need help. The Government Accountability Office reports the stimulus jobs numbers don’t add...
The job-counters at Recovery.gov need help. The Government Accountability Office reports the stimulus jobs numbers don’t add...
Faye posted a blog entry
Tax Cheat Geithner May Get the Ax
Finally, there’s some good news. Progressive Democrats are calling for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to get to...
Finally, there’s some good news. Progressive Democrats are calling for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to get to...
Faye posted a blog entry
Congress Looks behind Stimulus Numbers
There are lies, damn lies and jobs numbers. The reports posted to Recovery.gov notwithstanding, only seven percent of Americans...
There are lies, damn lies and jobs numbers. The reports posted to Recovery.gov notwithstanding, only seven percent of Americans...
Faye posted a blog entry
CBC Discussion on Race & Politics
Twenty-five years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. had Americans fired up and chanting, “Run, Jesse, run.” I was in Moscone...
Twenty-five years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. had Americans fired up and chanting, “Run, Jesse, run.” I was in Moscone...
Faye posted a blog entry
Fight the Banksters
The national underemployment rate is 17.5 percent. Without the $700 billion bailout, Wall Street banksters would be among the...
The national underemployment rate is 17.5 percent. Without the $700 billion bailout, Wall Street banksters would be among the...
Faye posted a blog entry
Obama’s Job Number One
For most Americans, a “jobless recovery” is no recovery at all. Academic lectures about the gross domestic product or...
For most Americans, a “jobless recovery” is no recovery at all. Academic lectures about the gross domestic product or...
Faye posted a blog entry
Recovery.gov: There’s an App for That
OK, I admit it: I’m obsessed with stimulus spending and transparency. Thankfully, I’m not alone. A lot of folks are...
OK, I admit it: I’m obsessed with stimulus spending and transparency. Thankfully, I’m not alone. A lot of folks are...
Faye posted a blog entry
Veterans Day 2009
Today, we pause and honor the brave men and women who have served in America’s military. In light of the attacks at Fort...
Today, we pause and honor the brave men and women who have served in America’s military. In light of the attacks at Fort...
Faye posted a blog entry
Recovery.gov for Dummies
The media’s attention is focused on the healthcare debate and the American jihadist, but some of us are following the...
The media’s attention is focused on the healthcare debate and the American jihadist, but some of us are following the...
Faye posted a blog entry
Race Matters in the Age of Obama
I just got back from Orlando. It was fitting that I read the latest Gallup poll while waiting for my flight. After all, a...
I just got back from Orlando. It was fitting that I read the latest Gallup poll while waiting for my flight. After all, a...
Faye posted a blog entry
Unemployment Rate Tops 10 Percent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the national unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent, the highest since 1983. More...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the national unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent, the highest since 1983. More...
Faye posted a blog entry
Election Post-Mortem
The verdict is in: If black voters had turned out, there would not have been a Republican rout in Virginia. Mind you, African...
The verdict is in: If black voters had turned out, there would not have been a Republican rout in Virginia. Mind you, African...
Faye posted a blog entry
Election 2009: The Obama Factor
It’s all over but the finger-pointing. Republican Bob McDonnell won in Virginia. Over in the Garden State, Chris Christie...
It’s all over but the finger-pointing. Republican Bob McDonnell won in Virginia. Over in the Garden State, Chris Christie...
Faye posted a blog entry
One Year Later: Black America’s President
To mark the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic victory, Organizing for America is holding celebrations across the...
To mark the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic victory, Organizing for America is holding celebrations across the...
Faye posted a blog entry
Where the Recovery Jobs Aren’t
Well, the job numbers are in. According to Recovery.gov, 640,329 jobs have been saved or created nationwide by the American...
Well, the job numbers are in. According to Recovery.gov, 640,329 jobs have been saved or created nationwide by the American...
Faye posted a blog entry
Recovery Trick or Treat?
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter of this year. With that, the economic recession is...
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter of this year. With that, the economic recession is...
Faye posted a blog entry
Philly by the Numbers
1: Number of World Series Games Won by the Phillies $157 million: Amount of Direct Stimulus Funds Awarded to City of...
1: Number of World Series Games Won by the Phillies $157 million: Amount of Direct Stimulus Funds Awarded to City of...
Faye posted a blog entry
Rap Session: Is America Post-Racial?
Next week will mark the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic election as the first African American President of the...
Next week will mark the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic election as the first African American President of the...
Faye posted a blog entry
In Praise of Responsible Fatherhood
Today on Capitol Hill, Rep. Danny K. Davis and members of the Congressional Black Caucus will convene a forum focusing on the...
Today on Capitol Hill, Rep. Danny K. Davis and members of the Congressional Black Caucus will convene a forum focusing on the...
Faye posted a blog entry
More GOP Census Nonsense
Stupid is as stupid does. And some members of the Stupid Party are, well, stuck on stupid. First, there was the nonsensical...
Stupid is as stupid does. And some members of the Stupid Party are, well, stuck on stupid. First, there was the nonsensical...
Faye posted a blog entry
This Is It
With less than half of the stimulus funds spent, Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said...
With less than half of the stimulus funds spent, Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said...
Faye posted a blog entry
Will Work for Stimulus Check
There is more bad news on the employment front. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that unemployment rose in 23 states in...
There is more bad news on the employment front. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that unemployment rose in 23 states in...
Faye posted a blog entry
More Census Nonsense
The Senate will soon vote on Sen. David Vitter’s amendment to not count illegal immigrants living in the United States for...
The Senate will soon vote on Sen. David Vitter’s amendment to not count illegal immigrants living in the United States for...
Faye posted a blog entry
Census and Nonsense
To everything there is a season, but it’s always silly season in the nation’s capitol. Few are sillier than Sen. David...
To everything there is a season, but it’s always silly season in the nation’s capitol. Few are sillier than Sen. David...
Faye posted a blog entry
Birth of the Cool
The jury is still out on whether taxpayers are getting a positive ROI on the $787 billion stimulus package. The White House has...
The jury is still out on whether taxpayers are getting a positive ROI on the $787 billion stimulus package. The White House has...
Faye posted a blog entry
Recovery Job Numbers
The first batch of reports on jobs created by stimulus spending is in. The data show direct federal contracts saved or created...
The first batch of reports on jobs created by stimulus spending is in. The data show direct federal contracts saved or created...
Faye posted a blog entry
Virginia Dems Standing on Shaky Ground
The polls have not opened in Virginia, but Democrats are already concerned about black voter turnout. The Hill reports:...
The polls have not opened in Virginia, but Democrats are already concerned about black voter turnout. The Hill reports:...
Faye posted a blog entry
Hot for a Teaching Job
States have begun to report the number of jobs created by stimulus funds. So far, teachers are the big winners under the...
States have begun to report the number of jobs created by stimulus funds. So far, teachers are the big winners under the...
Faye posted a blog entry
Obama’s War
Oh, the irony. On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Prize for...
Oh, the irony. On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Prize for...
Faye posted a blog entry
State of Black America (Again)
I attended Circle of Sisters 2009 on Saturday. In addition to workshops led by Steve Harvey and the fabulously ageless Ann...
I attended Circle of Sisters 2009 on Saturday. In addition to workshops led by Steve Harvey and the fabulously ageless Ann...
Faye posted a blog entry
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In a surprise announcement that’s sure to get Rush Limbaugh’s drawers in a bunch, President Barack Obama has won the Nobel...
In a surprise announcement that’s sure to get Rush Limbaugh’s drawers in a bunch, President Barack Obama has won the Nobel...
Faye posted a blog entry
Tracking the Recovery
Is a house a home when there’s no one there? If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a...
Is a house a home when there’s no one there? If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a...
Faye posted a blog entry
Stimulus Job Watch
In a recent column, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote: The big question on the domestic front right now is whether...
In a recent column, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote: The big question on the domestic front right now is whether...
Faye posted a blog entry
TARP IG to Bernanke: You Lied!
A report released by Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), found that...
A report released by Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), found that...
Faye posted a blog entry
Doctors in the White House
After an ill-fated trip to Copenhagen, it’s back to the grind for President Barack Obama. Later today, a delegation from...
After an ill-fated trip to Copenhagen, it’s back to the grind for President Barack Obama. Later today, a delegation from...
Faye posted a blog entry
Diversity, Civil Rights and Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission will hold a staff workshop, “Diversity and Civil Rights Issues in Broadband Deployment...
The Federal Communications Commission will hold a staff workshop, “Diversity and Civil Rights Issues in Broadband Deployment...
Symphony posted a blog entry
Even In Black Blogosphere: If It Bleeds It Leads, The Hypocrisy Of Black Blogs
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog...
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog...
Faye posted a blog entry
Moore’s Law
The Senate Finance Committee has pulled the plug on the public option. Five Democrats, including Committee Chairman Max Baucus,...
The Senate Finance Committee has pulled the plug on the public option. Five Democrats, including Committee Chairman Max Baucus,...
Faye posted a blog entry
Hope, Change and Accountability
President Barack Obama was welcomed with thunderous applause at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s awards dinner. In...
President Barack Obama was welcomed with thunderous applause at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s awards dinner. In...
Faye posted a blog entry
Holding Tavis Smiley Accountable
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley is discovering that accountability is a double-edged sword. Tavis is under fire for his...
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley is discovering that accountability is a double-edged sword. Tavis is under fire for his...
Faye posted a blog entry
Minorities and the Economic Recession
When white America has a cold, black America has pneumonia. With the black unemployment at 15.7 percent, compared to 9.7...
When white America has a cold, black America has pneumonia. With the black unemployment at 15.7 percent, compared to 9.7...
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