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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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It's Not Over Till It's Over.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

Daniel Larison is still bearish on the odds that Republicans will win a majority in November:

At this point, it appears that Republicans will gain 35 seats. If all of the toss-ups broke for the Republicans, they could realistically gain 41, which would be just enough, but all of them are not going to break their way. [...] The least certain pick-ups are AR-01, ND-AL, OH-18, MI-07, NH-02, NV-03, and SC-05, but I am still assuming Republicans win these. Democratic pick-ups will include the three everyone expects in LA-02, DE-AL and IL-10, and will most likely include Hawaii’s First District and Florida’s 25th.

Unhealthy Food Is Cheap Food.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

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How much food can you buy for one dollar? With the help of his camera, Jonathan Blaustein traveled New Mexico to find out:

The Demographic Gap.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

Republicans should heed David Frum's point about generalizing from November's elections:

Be very careful about projecting forward from the 2010 congressional results to the 2012 presidential vote. These elections almost occur in two different countries.

Be very careful about assuming that Republican success in 2010 signifies that Republicans have overcome the longer-term problems that I’ve been writing about these past five years. If Republicans cannot connect better to the huge new Millennial generation, next month’s success will only be a happy interval before 2012’s grim challenges.

Steve Jobs: Probably Not Big Brother.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

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There Are No Systemic Problems! Or Something.

Jamelle BouieOct 22, 2010

African Americans are overrepresented in the nation's prisons and jails, and it's common to attribute some of this to systemic forces; poverty, poor schools, inadequate legal representation, drug-enforcement policies, and sentencing laws. It's not that black people are more prone to criminality; it's that they are more likely to find themselves affected by the things that guarantee high rates of incarceration. Of course, some people disagree. Like, for instance, two justices on the Washington state Supreme Court:

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