Fourth Graders From Democracy Prep Charter School In Harlem: Vote For Somebody (VIDEO)
Fourth graders from the Democracy Prep Charter School in Harlem encourage you to vote with their remake of Call Me Maby.
2012 Presidential Campaign
LISTEN: Roland Martin, Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett Discuss Today's Election
Roland Martin talks with Valerie Jarrett about today’s election.
REV. JESSE JACKSON SR.: Why I Believe America And The World Still Need Barack Obama
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. The Guardian Why do I think it is so vital that President Barack Obama win again this week, for America and for the world? Let’s remember President Obama inherited a very deep hole, a hole most Americans did not imagine existed. When he came in, we had lost four million jobs [...]
Election 2012: What About The poor?
Source: Tami Luhby / CNN Money NEW YORK – One wants to strengthen the nation’s existing safety net. The other wants to overhaul it. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have vastly different views on how to help the 46.2 million Americans in poverty and the more than 30 million people who are near poor. The [...]
Washington Watch Voter Suppression Update: Beware Of Efforts To Suppress Your Vote (VIDEO)
It’s time now for our final voter update of this election cycle. As we have reported, most of the strict voter ID laws have been put on hold by the courts through the great efforts of civil rights groups like the NAACP and others. But those victories don’t mean that efforts to suppress the vote [...]
ROLAND S. MARTIN: Vote Or Shut The Hell Up (VIDEO)
Roland Martin asks us to stop complaining and to use our right to vote. #VoteOrShutTheHellUp
Chris Rock’s Message For White Voters On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ In Brooklyn (VIDEO)
With election day nearly upon us, Brooklyn native Chris Rock wanted to take an opportunity to address white voters while Jimmy Kimmel is still in town doing “Live!”
Ohio Secretary Of State Jon Husted Adds A Step For Voters Who Will Cast Provisional Ballots On Tuesday
Source: Brandon Blackwell / The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four days before Election Day, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted added a new step for voters who will use a provisional ballot on Tuesday. Previously, election officials were required to write down the form of ID a voter uses when provisional ballot paperwork is [...]
Civil Rights Icon Rev. Amos C. Brown Fighting For Change One Registered Voter At A Time
Source: Jen Christensen / CNN At 82 and slowed by a stroke, Brown could be satisfied as senior pastor to his 3,000-strong flock at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, the Bay Area’s version of King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Instead, he has been working behind the scenes – praying with President Barack Obama before his [...]
Ohio Secretary Of State Acknowledges Loss Of Thousands Of Voter Registration Records
By D.L. Chandler With the presidential election happening in just four days, the battleground state of Ohio is once again a major piece of the election puzzle. Already a hotbed for controversial moves and measures concerning the voting rights of its citizens, the “Buckeye State” finds itself on the map again after Republican Secretary of State, Jon Husted, acknowledged that [...]
