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Hope and Change 2.0
(The Root) — Mitt Romney has been betting against America. His chances of being elected have hinged upon a weak economy, bad unemployment numbers, disillusionment with the political process and latent resentment of President Obama. This approach, of course, has been the GOP playbook since Jan. 20, 2009. According to Robert Draper’s book Do Not…
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Color Them Democrats: Diversity at the DNC
(The Root) — Change comes in many colors. And the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., has proved to be a brilliant display of American diversity — blurring the lines between black, brown, white and every hue in between. The delegates have gathered to re-elect the nation’s first African-American president — a historic moment —…
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More Evidence Against NYC's Stop and Frisk
In a piece for Ebony, The Root’s contributing editor Edward Wyckoff Williams says that the recent shooting outside the Empire State Building reminds us why the policy is a “big, racist fail.” When it comes to the nation’s misguided approach to gun control — or lack thereof — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is…
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NYC Shooting: More Evidence Against Bloomberg's Stop & Frisk
Edward Wyckoff Williams is a contributing editor at The Root. He is a columnist and political analyst, appearing on Al-Jazeera, MSNBC, ABC, CBS Washington and national syndicated radio. Follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.
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Why Birtherism Is No Laughing Matter
(The Root) — Poor Mitt Romney has lost his way. On the road to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., he appears to have taken a detour into the swampland of Birtherism. Last Friday, during a campaign rally in his home state of Michigan, Romney said, “I love being home, in this place where…
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The GOP and White-Collar Welfare
(The Root) — The Romney-Ryan ticket suffers from pathological hypocrisy. On Monday, President Obama made a rare appearance in the White House pressroom and addressed false claims in a Mitt Romney campaign commercial that asserts Obama’s administration is turning back the clock on the welfare reform of 1996 by doing away with the requirement that…
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The GOP's Shrinking Base
(The Root) — Mitt Romney has managed to do the impossible: find a running mate who is the mirror image of himself. In a surprising, though not completely unexpected, move, Romney chose Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his vice presidential nominee. Ryan, who hails from the small town of Janesville, Wisconsin, has risen to national…
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Chavis: A Familiar Tale of Police Misconduct
(The Root) — Welcome to the Twilight Zone, where a bag of Skittles counts as a deadly weapon, and men are capable of shooting themselves in the head while handcuffed — with double locks — behind their own backs. In 21st-century America, there is apparently no distinction between a boy holding rainbow-colored candy and a…
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Why GOP's Southern Strategy Moved North
(The Root) — Republicans have devised an insidious plan to steal the 2012 presidential election, and it’s a page torn from the history books about Jim Crow South. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law compiled a comprehensive report showing that 24 new laws and two executive actions restricting the…
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Waiting for the War on Guns
(The Root) — James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shootings, which killed 12 and wounded nearly 60 more, purchased 6,000 rounds of ammunition online in four months. He was captured with automatic handguns, assault rifles, magazines (which allow multiple firings without pause), tear gas and other military-style weaponry in his apartment.…
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