Posted in Political Culture, The Obamas on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Meaning of Michelle Obama
By Nancy Gibbs and Michael Scherer
Time Magazine
It was just two days after the Inauguration when an e-mail went around to Michelle Obama’s staff, instructing everyone to be in the East Room of the White House at 3 that afternoon. The First Lady’s advisers arrived to find the room filled with ushers [...]
Posted in News, Political Culture on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Despite generally crappy weather, thousands of people across the country came out for today’s Tax Day Tea Parties to protest the Obama administration (or just Obama in general), big government, “socialism,” Congress, Democrats, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
I don’t agree with these people, but seeing them make their voices heard about the things they believe in (even in [...]
Posted in Imagery, Political Culture on April 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Images: The Guardian
I don’t agree with their method or most of their message, but from a photo-journalistic perspective these images from the anti-capitalism (among other things) protests/riots in London during last week’s G20 Summit GO SO HARD!
More photos below.
Activists or Anarchists?
—Travers
Posted in News, Political Culture on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pew Research Center for the People & The Press
Via Pew Research Center:
For all of his hopes about bipartisanship, Barack Obama has the most polarized early job approval ratings of any president in the past four decades. The 61-point partisan gap in opinions about Obama’s job performance is the result of a combination of high Democratic [...]
