Sunday, May 4, 2008

From "The Nation": Gender and Race

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton and an Obama volunteer, recalls that for black Americans "Iowa was an astonishing moment--watching Barack win the caucus felt like Reconstruction ...

Source: http://sociologistsforobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-nation-gender-and-race.html

"Obama is a Beautiful Runner"

In an online program for the Washington Post, Monday, April 28, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, responded to questions from the public. ...

Source: http://wwsword.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-is-beautiful-runner.html

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Missing Mitt

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an associate professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton Un iversity, admits she misses Mitt Romney. Had he stayed in the race, Harris-Lacewell believes Romney — and the FLDS raid — would ...

Source: http://blogs.sltrib.com/slcrawler/2008/05/missing-mitt.htm

Democracy Now! Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wright Controversy: A Debate with Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Reed, Jr. As the Reverend Wright controversy continues to dominate media attention, we host a debate with two guests. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of ...

Source: http://onebigtorrent.org/download.php?id=3257

Friday, May 2, 2008

From Jeremiah to Jonah

Two of my Carleton professors forward me this article by Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, on Rev. Wright's self-identification with the prophetic tradition. Harrs-Lacewell argues that the Obama campaign has shifted Wright ...

Source: http://dsadevil.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-jeremiah-to-jonah.html

FLDS & LDS: Ivy League ignorance

From the blog of Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a political science professor at Princeton:. I never thought I would say this, but I miss Mitt Romney. After three full days of having to interpret, explain and apologize for Reverend Jeremiah ...

Source: http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1940

Thursday, May 1, 2008

May Day Soul Search (Help!)

Today I listened to a debate on Democracy Now between Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Creed, in which the latter swung on Obama from a different angle: he merely argued that his clumsiness in allowing race and religion to run amok on ...

Source: http://elihastings.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-day-soul-search-help.html