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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

Recent Articles

Tom Friedman Hates Democracy.

Jamelle BouieOct 04, 2010

I thought Atrios had the right take on Tom Friedman's latest, "Tom Friedman wants a third party with no constituency to enact his preferred agenda. [I] have only seen that column written 3 trillion times before:"

There is a revolution brewing in the country, and it is not just on the right wing but in the radical center. I know of at least two serious groups, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast, developing “third parties” to challenge our stagnating two-party duopoly that has been presiding over our nation’s steady incremental decline. [...]

In the Future, Everyone will be Rick Sanchez.

Jamelle BouieOct 01, 2010

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I thought Paul Campos had a fine response to Rick Sanchez's self-pitying rant about himself, CNN and the Jews:

Republicans: Still Not Very Diverse.

Jamelle BouieOct 01, 2010

Leslie Sanchez, author of Los Republicanos: Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other, sees this year as a sign that the GOP is becoming more diverse:

Overall, 14 African-Americans across the country are running as GOP nominees for Congress. As the Frederick Douglass Foundation has pointed out, if just three of them win, it would mark the first time since Reconstruction that more than two African-Americans from the Republican Party have served in Congress.

Kids Eat a Lot of Empty Calories, and Most of Them Come from Junk Food.

Jamelle BouieOct 01, 2010

Color me unsurprised:

Linda McMahon Isn't Too Hot on the Minimum Wage.

Jamelle BouieOct 01, 2010

In August, when Linda McMahon won the Republican primary for Senate in Connecticut, she trailed Attorney General Richard Blumenthal by ten points. By early September, that shrank to a six points, and now -- with the election thirty days away -- McMahon has narrowed the gap to three points. Blumenthal is still the favorite, but McMahon's willingness to spend cash -- and campaign -- could change that. What would the Senate look like with McMahon in its chambers? Well, to begin, it would be even more unfriendly to the interests of working class Americans.

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