Verdict in voter records appeal will wait until 2009

Published 11/20 No comments
By Kelly House

No verdict will be reached until early next year in the Michigan Secretary of State’s appeal to a ruling that restored 5,500 purged voter registration records to the state’s rolls, an involved attorney said.

Racism not erased by Obama's win, real change still needed

Published 11/12 63 comments

“Change we can believe in” and “Yes we can” were some of the slogans used in propelling President-elect Obama, D-Ill., into the White House. Indeed, his win was both convincing and historic. However, what does Obama’s presidency mean for racism? Is racism in fact eradicated? What is the relationship between Sen. Obama being elected and the eradication of structural racism?

Winter's assessment of British government has inaccuracies

Published 11/11 6 comments
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Drew Robert Winter’s column Obama could help U.S. see its faults (SN 11/10) brings up many good points about people’s hope for President-elect Barack Obama’s upcoming presidency in reversing damaging U.S. domestic and international policies, and with this feeling I could not agree more. Many of his statements regarding Great Britain’s political history, however, are misguided and downright fallacious.

Obama's presidency will usher in change, unity for America

Published 11/10 17 comments
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It’s not hard to think highly of Sen. John McCain, especially when he is as gracious and high-minded in defeat as he was Nov. 4. I know that President-elect Obama wants to usher in an era of unity and healing, but it’s important that we never forget that Obama is the president-elect despite the fact that the McCain campaign promoted fear, xenophobia and racism because he believed people’s ignorance was the margin of victory.