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2008-04-16
Compassion for Whom?
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama crossed paths recently at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, for a "Compassion Forum." They were there to be called to task by people of faith on issues like climate change, human rights and torture, poverty, genocide in Darfur, and the AIDS crisis. Just think about that - it's a brilliant progressive strategy to reclaim the religious narrative about politics that's been obsessed with abortion and homosexuality for far too long. read more...
2008-04-09
How to actually support our troops
So we have passed the five year mark and pushed into the sixth year of our war in Iraq. It is something that many of you will agree is a horribly botched situation, for so many reasons. We have lost almost four and a half thousand US soldiers and needlessly taken the lives of close to one million Iraqis thus far. Despite the administration's relentless attempts to project positive progress along with the media's disgusting complacency in spinning the story, the situation continues to deteriorate. read more...
2008-02-15
EAC Council Meeting Sets the Standard
I totally over-packed for the Energy Action Coalition (EAC) Council meeting. The extra pair of shoes, the just-in-case dress shirt and slacks, and more than 2 pair of draws for a 4-day stay in The Bay with EAC proved that I had very little idea of what exactly I was getting into. Energy Action Coalition is best known to the League for hosting Power Shift 2007 -- the youth summit on climate change that brought 6,000 students from 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico to the University of Maryland to build, chill, rally, and lobby the Feds on climate change. I was there too, actually, and witnessed one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen -- a 3 AM spoken work/ballroom dancing battle in the College Park, MD IHOP parking lot. Needless to say, it's never anything short of ground breaking when EAC is involved. read more...
2008-02-03
Hope For A New Generation
Can Obama ever connect with voters of color as much as Jesse Jackson did and stay 'electable' at the same time? read more...
2008-02-02
Why I’m voting on Super Tuesday
My son was born in November of 2007, and that was certainly the most monumental event to ever happen in any November for me. And as my son approaches his first birthday this year, our Nation’s count down to a new commander-in-chief will be drawing to a close. This got me thinking… read more...
2008-01-14
Election 08: What's Great and What We're Getting Wrong, Time and Again...
Election time always makes me feel like it's Christmas: I can hardly wait to find out who's going to take over the White House on Election Day. There's so much preparation that must be done ahead of time: you have to research the candidate platforms, banter with your friend about their candidate of choice while you watch debates, and get real excited (or horrified) at media coverage of candidate responses. read more...
2008-01-09
The party only just began...
I was on a radio show the other day talking about the youth voter turnout in the primaries, and the question came up of whether young voters have now "arrived". There was something that felt odd about it. Of course I'm glad that young people are finally getting the positive news coverage they deserve about increasing participation in elections. But why did it feel like it didn't barely begin to describe what we're doing at the League? read more...
2008-01-04
Iowa: Young People Just Made History
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) just compiled the youth turnout numbers in Iowa from three sources -- CNN.com, Washington Post and The New York Times -- and they are astounding. read more...
2007-11-30
Let's get our issues heard
In less than 40 days, voters in Iowa will head to the polls to cast their vote in the caucuses for the next president of the United States. Candidates from both sides of the aisle have made Iowa their second home. But here's the deal with Iowa: not only is the population of Iowa one of the oldest in the nation, but people of color only make up 6% of the state's population. Yeah, our peers in Iowa are out there representing for what's important to them -- but as always the candidates are following Jay Z's mantra of "We don't believe you, you need more people." So the League has linked up with The Brown and Black Presidential Forum to shake things up and make sure our issues GET HEARD!.... read more...
2007-11-14
The Real Deal gets realistic
Katie Diamond reflects on the Maine League's "Real Deal" and all its incredible leaps and bounds. This past Tuesday, the League's regular action-packed Real Deal evening got even more intense.... It's really incredible to see how much can change in a week, in a day even.... read more...
