Tonight is Election night and every news station will provide non-stop coverage and commentary. Don’t Sleep! Hosted By T.J. Holmes will have a special live broadcast tonight at 10pm eastern on BET. As a new writer on Don’t Sleep, I’m particularly proud of tonight’s episode. Special guests will include David Banner and Marc Lamont Hill. My colleague and Clutch Editor-At-Large, Danielle Belton, is the…
I have been a registered voter since the week I turned 18 years old. Admittedly, at 18, I was fairly clueless about the people for whom I’d be voting, but I educated myself on each of them the best I could and embraced the privilege like no other. This opportunity, for me, was far more…
Deceptive practices around the 2012 Presidential election have reached bold and unprecedented proportions. Here’s what you need to know to ensure that your vote counts on Election Day. A last-minute action put in place Friday night by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, now places new burdens on the voter on Election Day. Ohio voters should check their registration…
The most anticipated event of the year is less than 24 hours away, although many people have already cast their early voting ballot, Tuesday marks the official voting day. But the more informed you are before you head to the voting booth, the easier the experience will be. Regardless of which candidate you’re voting for,…
For the past 18 months going on FOREVER, we’ve been knee-deep in the United States of ObamaRomnica. The pointless back and forth. The jabs. The constant chatter about the presidential race as if it’s no difference from sports – particularly baseball – where “screw facts,” your gut is supposed to inform you. You just “feel” like…
No matter how tired you are or how inconvenient it may be for you, please make sure you vote on or before Tuesday. It doesn’t matter how disinterested, disappointed, or disenfranchised you feel right now, not voting will only make your sense of alienation worse. And while getting to the polls may be a serious…
Election Day is ten days away, and by now you’ve been inundated with ads sponsored by the DNC and RNC. The race for the White House is drawing to a close, but the mud slinging is at an all time high. Everyone has their candidate of choice. But there are those people who are still…
Let’s have a politically incorrect moment, shall we? There are many Black voters who couldn’t have cared less about politics before President Barack Obama moved Mama Marian, Michelle, the girls and Bo into the White House. From the 2004 to the 2008 presidential election, Black voter turnout rate increased 4.9 percentage points, from 60.3% in…
Huffington Post’s headline immediately after the debate was: Barack Is Back! Unlike the last debate, President Obama came out swinging. He had his gloves laced up and served Romney what could be considered a knockout in last night’s debate. The candidates sparred over everything from the budget, Libya, immigration and the job market. There were…
Tonight Vice-President Joe Biden and Vice-President candidate Paul Ryan will go head to head during the debates. The latest Pew Research Center poll, from October 2012, shows that only 39% of the public had a favorable opinion of Biden, compared to Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has a 44% favorability factor. Many…
