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October 4, 2012

  • Supreme Court May Hear Challenge to Voting Act Preclearance

    Supreme Court May Hear Challenge to Voting Act Preclearance by Frederick H. Lowe The U.S.

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  • NAACP Takes Fight for Voting Rights for Ex-Cons to the United Nations

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  • George Soros Donates $1 Million to Pro-Obama Super PAC

    George Soros Donates $1 Million to Pro-Obama Super PAC Billionaire George Soros, financial backer of the Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, has donated $1 million to Priorities USA, a super PAC, that is supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election. Michael Vachon, an advisor to Soros, announced the donation last week during a lunch hosted by the Democracy Alliance, a partnership of business and philanthropic leaders.

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  • Network Announces $10,000 Grants for Schools that Empower Boys of Color

    Network Announces $10,000 Grants for Schools that Empower Boys of Color Schools, pre-kindergarten to 12th grade, that demonstrate promising practices in educating boys and young men of color can apply for grants form the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC). The organization announced on Monday guidelines and deadlines for its second-annual  series of $10,000 grants.

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  • Black Caucus Hosted Voter-Registration Drives in 12 Districts

    Black Caucus Hosted Voter-Registration Drives in 12 Districts The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) recently hosted voter-registration drives in 12 Congressional Districts as part of its voter-protection initiative.

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  • State of the Black World Conference Aims to Set Post-Election Agenda

    State of the Black World Conference Aims to Set Post-Election Agenda by Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.

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  • Chicago Pastor Finishes Cross-Country Walk

    Chicago Pastor Finishes Cross-Country Walk Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks who went from the rooftop to the road has completed his 2,700-mile  walk across the country to bring attention to violence in urban communities and to raise funds to purchase an abandoned building.

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  • American Express Hit Hard in the Wallet for Violations

    American Express Hit Hard in the Wallet for Violations by Frederick H. Lowe American Express Co. will have to pull out its Centurion, or Black Card, to pay this bill.

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  • Report: Businesses Added 162,000 Jobs In September

    Businesses created 162,0000 jobs in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, the ADP National Employment Report announced on Wednesday, the day of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov.

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  • Pa. Judge Blocks Enforcement of Photo ID Rule for Nov. 6

    Pa. Judge Blocks Enforcement of Photo ID Rule for Nov. 6 by Frederick H. Lowe Judge Robert Simpson of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to keep the state’s tough photo-ID law from taking effect before the November 6 presidential election.

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  • Black Consumer Buying Remains Strong, Report Finds

    Black Consumer Buying Remains Strong, Report Finds (TriceEdneyWire.com) - As a  consumer group that continues to  grow, has unique generational behavioral trends and characteristics and has a projected buying power of $1.

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  • Political Observers Fear Voter Apathy Could Hurt Obama in Virginia

    Political Observers Fear Voter Apathy Could Hurt Obama in Virginia Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Howard University News Service by Christina Downs and Hazel Trice Edney WOODBRIDGE, Va. (TriceEdneyWire.

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  • We Are One

    We Are One by Gary L. Flowers (TriceEdneyWire.com) - “Can’t understand why we treat each other in this way…no matter what is said or done, we are one…” - Frankie Beverly and Maze National politics in the United States of America has not been so divisive since the American Civil War 150 years ago.

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  • Don't Believe the Hype! It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over

    Don't Believe the Hype! It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com) - In late September the “nonpartisan” website Real Clear Politics reported that President Obama leads Republican nominee Mitt Romney is several battleground states.

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  • Conservative Whiners Display an Inferiority Complex

    Conservative Whiners Display an Inferiority Complex by A. Peter Bailey (TriceEdneyWire.com) - One of the favorite sports of conservative propagandists on television, radio and the op-ed pages of newspapers, is to hurl accusations of “whining” at anyone who insists that race is a major force in the economic, political and cultural life of this country.

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  • Yale University Launches Celebration of Bayard Rustin

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  • Macy’s Plans to Hire 80,000

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  • NorthStar Begins Accepting Ads and Donations

    The NorthStar News & Analysis, one of the leading online publications for African-American men, is now offering sponsorship and advertising opportunities for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The publication, which is not published for a profit, is seeking support for its operations through small donations and modest paid advertising.

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  • $2 Million Investment Made for Black-Male Achievement

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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in last night's debate.
President Obama turned in a lackluster performance during last night's debate.
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Round 1: Romney Takes It to Obama

President Barack Obama never went on the offensive in Wednesday’s night televised debate, possibly prompting concerns by some that the president is a better campaigner than debater.

During campaign appearances President Obama has forcefully and effectively challenged Romney on his commitment to the middle class, but during the debate the president never mentioned Romney’s controversial “47 percent” comments about not caring for the middle class and poor people.

Instead it was Romney who was on the offensive, with President Obama unable to find his footing. National left-leaning pundits such as James Carville of CNN and Chris Matthews of MSNBC said the president looked almost dispirited. Other pundits suggested that the White House may have planned a defensive strategy for this first debate. If that was the plan, it did not work, and places significant pressure for Obama to perform more forcefully in the next debate.

The men will square off again on Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, KY. It is likely that Obama will debate – or at least attempt to do so – much more forcefully than he did in the first debate.

A defensive strategy, such as the possible plan in the first debate, allows the president to avoid making mistakes and possibly protect a narrow national lead in the polls. But too defensive a posture could help Romney close the gap.

On the other hand, so many voters may have already made up their minds that the debates won’t make much difference for them.

President Obama spoke four minutes longer than Romney, but Romney dominated the verbal fisticuffs.

Romney repeatedly cut off President Obama from speaking to make a point. Romney also ignored moderator Jim Lehrer’s requests to stop talking and to answer questions. Romney discussed  issues that Lehrer never mentioned. Some observers said Lehrer lost control of the debate.

It was the first of three presidential debates. This one was  90 minutes, and it was held at the University of Denver and the topics were health care and taxes.

President Obama and Romney differed over the taxes, each arguing that the other’s proposals won’t work.

Romney said if he were elected he would repeal the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. President Obama said the Affordable Care Act will help keep the middle class from going bankrupt because of rising healthcare costs

“America does best when the middle class does best,” said President Obama. That was his theme for the night. He also defended job growth, but Romney said the economy was growing too slowly.

President Obama never mentioned how Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House refused to work with his administration to create jobs and to improve the economy.

During the debate, Romney made point-by-point statements, giving concrete examples of people whom he has met on the campaign trail.

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