A tale of White House racism at the high-profile White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month has appeared on the Huffington Post, alleging some pretty terrible treatment aimed at the woman (the wife of guest) who penned the column. The White House racism claim involves security staff and their purported baldly applied double standards in regards [...] White House Racism Alleged At ...
An Obama administration official tells the Huffington Post that the president "plans to push for immigration reform this January. The official, who spoke about legislative plans only on condition of anonymity, said that coming standoffs over deficit reduction are unlikely to drain momentum from other priorities. The White House plans to push forward quickly, not just on immigration reform but ...
Everybody knew that Obama was going to tackle immigration reform in his second term. We just didn't know how soon. Well, the word is out, and it's good news for anybody eager for lawmakers to tackle an issue that's troubled the country for years. Obama will take on immigration reform this month. A fresh report from The Huffington Post's Elise Foley and Sam Stein quotes anonymous administration ...
WASHINGTON -- Three hours shy of the midnight deadline, the White House and congressional leaders reached a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, several sources confirmed to The Huffington Post.
By Radley Balko, Huffington Post On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the enforcement of an Illinois eavesdropping law. The broadly written law — the most stringent in the country — makes it a felony to make an audio recording of someone [...]
Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), an anti-abortion rights physician, reportedly pressured a former patient and mistress to get an abortion during a secretly recorded phone call in 2000. The report was put out by The Huffington Post on Wednesday, and alleges that the freshman representative was trying to save his marriage at the time of [...] Republican Representative Scott DesJarlais ...
MESSAGING: Is it just a coincidence that pro-Republican political mailings that attack Obamacare employ images of black doctors? The Huffington Post has put two and two together on the Republican Party/Koch Brothers' Southern Strategy. An article today by John Celock notes that Americans for Prosperity, the Koch billionaires' political lobby, has put some of the $1 million it is spending to win ...
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank ridiculed the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) in a Wednesday interview with The Huffington Post, suggesting that “their role model is Uncle Tom.” The gay Republican group responded by accusing Frank of being “a partisan hack” who “bashes his fellow LGBT [lesbian, gay, bi and transgender] Americans.”
After a year of international speaking engagements, high profile writing gigs with The New York Times and the Huffington Post, and more than 100 interviews with entrepreneurs, educators, students, and parents, Nikhil Goyal, a 17-year-old senior at Syosset High School, rang in the release of his first book, "One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student?s Assessment of School," on Wednesday.
Part of a Causecast Memorial Day series that examines how Corporate America is finding innovative ways to help veterans through its employee engagement programs. This blog originally appeared in The Huffington Post.
