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Posts tagged "Barack Obama"

Barber Shop Show preview: Jay-Z supports Obama's stance on gay marriage, but will black America?

Barber Shop Show preview: Jay-Z supports Obama's stance on gay marriage, but will black America?
Will Obama’s new stance, supporting gay marriage, hurt him with socially conservative black voters? Rapper and hip hop mogul Jay-Z doesn’t think so. “It’s really not about votes,” he said on Tuesday in an interview with CNN. “It’s about people. I think it’s the right thing to do as a human being.” A Washington Post... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
May 17, 2012 at 2:20 am
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Illinois primary results: Winners and losers

Illinois primary results: Winners and losers
The results from Tuesday’s contests are in. Here are the races The Chicago Reporter was watching: President of The United States Mitt Romney won Illinois, with 47 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum, the closest challenger, came away with 35 percent. Most of Romney’s support came from the city and suburbs, while Santorum split some... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
March 21, 2012 at 9:00 pm
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Illinois primaries offer big showdowns, much drama

Illinois’ primary is Tuesday, March 20, and Chicagoans will be voting in a number of hot contests, among them: President of the United States: This race will likely not be that big of a draw in a blue town like Chicago, which counts the incumbent, unopposed President Barack Obama amongst the indigenous. But in the... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
March 20, 2012 at 9:18 am
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Elections 2012: The week in review

Elections 2012: The week in review
Here’s a roundup of election news that was on The Chicago Reporter’s political radar this week: This election cycle, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s camp finds itself doing something it usually doesn’t have to do: campaign. This week, Madigan’s staff sent out a jokey campaign flier attacking prison-bound former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose impeachment was... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
March 2, 2012 at 12:19 pm
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The allure of 'secure'

A year after Secure Communities, a controversial immigration enforcement program at the center of President Barack Obama’s immigration policies, was launched, Janet Napolitano, then-secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, described the program as an “effective tool to identify and remove dangerous criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety.” But the cover... Read more »
By MariaZamudio,
November 1, 2011 at 4:22 pm
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Since Obama's election, has racism gotten better or worse?

I will always remember being in Grant Park the night Barack Obama was elected president. The air was thick with a kind of intoxicating magic. People were crying, hugging strangers, singing and shouting. But two years later, I think it’s safe to say the bloom is off the rose. That night, America felt to me... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
September 29, 2010 at 8:54 pm
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News Roundup: Foreclosures spiked in Cook County in August, some blame law

An April 2009 law intended to better manage foreclosures caused foreclosure filings to spike 66.4 percent in August, compared to a year earlier. Overall, foreclosures fell 5.5 percent over the year nationally and dropped 16.9 percent in Cook County since July.   Also in the news… The Elgin Police Department is making creative use of... Read more »
By CRIntern,
September 16, 2010 at 2:30 pm
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The biggest headlines on race, poverty

I remember when I was a reporter and editors scrambled at the end of the year to do a big wrap-up of the year’s biggest news stories. Invariably, most of the stories about poor folks and minorities didn’t make the cut. So this year, I’ve decided to make my own list. There’s a lot to... Read more »
By KimbriellKelly,
October 14, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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Urban League conference: the perfect time to kick off a Senate campaign?

There’s been no official word yet on whether Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson will formally announce a run for the U.S. Senate in 2010, but the Urban League’s national conference–which kicks off today in Chicago–could make for an excellent stage to do so. The timing could be ideal for Jackson. An announcement during the National Urban League conference would come... Read more »
By AldenLoury,
July 29, 2009 at 7:41 am
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