Justice, whoswitched partiesseven months after taking office, has repeatedly said efforts to seize the hotel werepolitical revenge. The state Democratic Party said it was "a direct consequence of his own financial incompetence.” Elliott, looking to spread the...
But Kim enchanted the Democratic base, who rebelled against the state’s boss-driven political system, and filed a lawsuit that — combined with an earlier effort that had languished in court for years — brought about the temporary and likely permanent demise of the ...
As in the House of Representatives,political partiesand thecommittee systemdominate procedure and organization. Each party elects a leader, generally a senator of considerable influence in his or her own right, to coordinate Senate activities. The leader of the largest party is known as the majorit...
Fought and defeated HillaryCare both in strategy, as well as political and legislative maneuvering. On third try got a Democratic President and Senate to initiate Welfare Reform that put 60% of recipients to work. Gingrich’s pro-life voting record is 98.6%, 70 out of 71 votes. Brought...
1 / 7:The National Memorial for Peace and Justice As lynchings increased, so did race riots, with at least 25 across the United States over several months in 1919, a period sometimes referred to as “Red Summer.” In retaliation, white authorities charged Black communities with conspiring to...
As if running from that political party were not enough reason for Stephen to withhold his celebrity endorsement power, he insists that as a hardened newsman he would never stoop to such favoritism."As a broadcast journalist, I am obligated to maintain pure objectivity," Colbert said on his ...
Jim Malcolm probably knew his debut album was going to be good. Entitled Sconeward, it’s not simply good, it’s brilliant. Malcolm dedicates this album of self-penned songs to the Democracy for Scotland movement and the Declaration of Calton Hill. The recurring message is the political and...
“Two years after Obama’s election, Alexander put the entire criminal justice system on trial, exposing racial discrimination from lawmaking to policing to the denial of voting rights to ex-prisoners. This bestseller struck the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter.” ...
More Political News Facing South Florida More One-on-one with Florida House Speaker Danny Perez Jim talks with Sui Chung of Americans for Immigration Justice One-on-one with Florida senator and Minority Leader Jason Pizzo Hillary Cassel breaks her silence on her switch from Democrat to Republican...
this took off since the AK Party came to power, showing this opening as a result of both Turkey’s domestic transformation and change in the global political economy. Just from 2004 to 2009, Turkish exports tripled to Africa. In Sudan, Turks were everywhere from building roads to cutting ha...