Black Politics Blog

Joining me to discuss where we go from here, post-election: Dr. David Campt, aka the RACE DOCTOR; he’s the co-author of “The Little Book of Dialogue For Difficult Subjects” with Lisa Schirch.

And James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org talks "Election Stories," Change's digital snapshot of the impact of Obama's election on Black Americans and their allies, Black online activists' contributions to the campaign, as well as voters' experiences at the polls on Election Day.

That’s this weekend on Black Politics.

I'm talking with my favorite Republican columnist and comic, Robert George, from the New York Post, about how we both felt this week after the victory of the Obama campaign, as well as the key elements for victory and defeat and what we hope comes from this new administration.

That's this week on Black Politics.

A message from Chris Owens:

This weekend:

With our regular and urgent report on voter protection: Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President & CEO, on the NAACP’s legal ground work to protect votes before and after the election.

** If you have problems voting call 866-OUR-VOTE and a legal expert will be there to take your call, answer questions and if necessary, come down to your voting station. **

And Ludovic Blain, Project Director, StopDogWhistleRacism.com, based in Oakland, California, joins me to explain how campaigns have often been shaped by the “dog whistle” tactics that seek to divide and spread fear. StopDogWhistleRacism.com is a non-partisan research project of the Center for Social Inclusion, which seeks to examine the ways that race figured implicitly in the 2008 campaigns, ballot initiatives and policy debates.

That’s this weekend on Black Politics.

from Chris Owens:

This week, tune in to my conversation with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and in our regular segment on protecting your vote . . . Greg Palast, co-creator of “Steal Back Your Vote,” a comic book guide written with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (www.stealbackyourvote.com)

Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "Armed Madhouse" and "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and is a Nation Institute/Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow for investigative reporting.

Waters and Palast and I will tackle some of this week’s nasty attacks on voters and voter advocates as well as tools you can use to make sure you vote is counted.

A message from Chris Owens:

We’re in the final push.

This week, a recap of the last presidential debate, including my take on the ACORN scandal and our regular segment on your rights as a voter: I’ll be speaking with Steven Rosenfeld, Editor of Alternet's Democracy Page and senior fellow at Alternet.org. He’s the author of “Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting” (AlterNet Books, 2008) and he says, with Obama well ahead, the buzz about ACORN and the tactics now being employed in Ohio and other swing states are an effort to “cast doubt on the outcome of the election.” Plus, I’ll take up these topics with my favorite conservative sparring partner, Robert George, from the NY Post editorial page.

A message from Chris Owens:

This week, things have gotten a little ugly in the presidential campaign, from threats and innuendo to guilt by association...

I'll take up just one part of this topic with Isabel Macdonald, communications director at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) and one of the authors of the “Smearcasting: How Islamophobes spread fear, bigotry and misinformation,” a profile of the “Dirty Dozen” 12 worst offenders of smearing American Muslims. http://www.fair.org/index.php

And I'll speak with Van Jones, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and author of the new book, The Green Collar Economy. We're talking about what "green jobs" really are and what new money Americans could be making when they shift their priorities on the environment. www.vanjones.net