Remembering Percy Sutton
Gothamist Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:14 AM PST
Photograph from the 1970s of Mayor John Lindsay and then-Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton and his family from NYC.gov The city's flags are at half mast today , in honor of activist, politician and business Percy Sutton who died on December 26 at age 89. President Obama said in a statement, "Percy Sutton was a true hero to African Americans in New York City and around the country. We will ... |
U.S. official admits security failed in air scare
Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:12 AM PST
WASHINGTON/ABUJA (Reuters) - The Obama administration admitted on Monday that air travel security failed when a Nigerian man with suspected ties to Islamic militants allegedly was able to smuggle deadly explosives onto a U.S.-bound flight in an attempt to blow it up. |
Poll: M. Obama, Clinton, Sotomayor Winners
OfficialWire Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:11 AM PST
Americans have spoken: The top political winners of 2009 are Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor, a Gallup poll indicated. |
Reporter's Notebook: Ann Cantelow
The Narco News Bulletin Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST
I know very little about politics. I'm a miscellaneous someone from the waves of people brought into this area of endeavor by Obama in 2007-2008. |
Obama orders security review after failed attack
AFP via Yahoo! News Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:38 AM PST
President Barack Obama ordered a review of US no-fly lists and passengers faced sweeping new restrictions on Monday after a failed bid to blow up a transatlantic airliner. |
What the New Year Demands
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:38 AM PST
The U.S. political battle lines for 2010 are already clear. Despite having caused many of the severe problems the country faces, the Republicans and the Right are again in the ascendancy, having shifted the blame for most of the troubles onto President Barack Obama and the Democrats. |
Napolitano concedes airline security system failed
Greeley Tribune Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:35 AM PST
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watchlist with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit. The Obama administration has ordered investigations into the two areas of aviation security - how travelers are placed ... |
Best of 2009: The 'socialized medicine' red herring
Crosscut Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:34 AM PST
Editor's note: This story, originally appearing on August 20, 2009, is reprinted here as part of our Best Crosscuts of 2009 series. There is a lot of talk of “socialized medicine†in the current political debate about health care. Some politicians assert that the Obama Administration and the Congressional Democrats want to destroy the US health care system and replace it with something on the ... |
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