Tag Archives: Hillary CLinton

The (Very) Earthly Pursuits of Rev. Calvin O. Butts III

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Harlem On Our Dime

The Harlem Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, an art deco behemoth on the corner of 138th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, opened in 1923. Continue reading

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Smikle’s Ride To State Senator

Political strategist Basil Smikle will be challenging incumbent State Senator Bill Perkins for the District 30 seat in Harlem this fall. Smikle, who has worked with Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg, told the Daily News, “I don’t like the way that [Perkins] has pitted residents of upper Manhattan against one another. Continue reading

Hillary Clinton As Secretary of State?

Andrea Mitchell at NBC scoops them all with news that New York’s Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State:

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Sen. Hillary Clinton’s DNC Speech

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Democrats Praise ‘New Hope’ Obama

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Hillary’s Day In The Sun

Now it’s her turn. After a quarter century of standing by Bill Clinton—and rising to power with him—the First Lady is ready for a run of her own. Where will she make her mark? In the Senate or on the world stage? The road ahead is risky, but at the moment Mrs. Clinton is the hottest commodity in American public life. Continue reading

New Politics: Hip Hip To The Hill?

It’s just after 11 a.m. on a hazy Memorial Day in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. Outside Tillie’s of Brooklyn, a trendy café near the corner of DeKalb and Vanderbilt avenues, a multiracial group of a dozen young men and women arrange themselves in a semicircle to be briefed on their itinerary for the afternoon.

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Dem Politics: You Supported Clinton

Brooklyn’s 10th Congressional District, home to more African-Americans than any other in New York, gave Senator Barack Obama his highest margin of victory in the state. But the district’s longtime congressman, Edolphus Towns, did not share his constituency’s preference for Mr. Obama. Now some of those voters are pushing to oust him.

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Yes, ‘Each One Bring One’ To Harlem

 

Harlem For Obama (H4O) is inviting you to “Each One Bring One” a Unite for Change event in central Harlem. All supporters are asked to bring a friend… Continue reading

Obama, Clinton Unite In Unity

Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making their first public appearance together since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.

They are making their show of unity in a hamlet named for it. Continue reading