Jamelle Bouie

It’s no exaggeration to say that before Steve Jobs and Apple, computers were esoteric machines for researchers and academics. Few people had a chance to interact with them, and their relevance to everyday life was marginal. This changed with the Apple II. Introduced in 1977, it was the first successful mainstream computer, and its follow-up, […]

Americans have never liked Congress, but today’s rankings — by way of The Washington Post and ABC News — show a titanic amount of anger and discontent with the legislative body. Just 14 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing — a rating lower than what it was before the 1994, 2006, […]

One of the things I found while in New Hampshire last week was the extent to which Texas Governor Rick Perry’s comments on immigration at the last debate alienated Republicans nationwide, including those in the Granite State, where Perry is trailing Romney by double-digits. “What he said at the debate, that we ought to pay […]

Texas Governor Rick Perry’s fall from grace has finally manifested itself in the polls. According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News survey, Perry has seen a precipitous decline in support from Republicans nationwide. In September, Perry topped the GOP presidential field with 29 percent of the vote to Mitt Romney’s 23 percent. As of today, […]

It’s no exaggeration to say that the last few days have been terrible for Texas Governor Rick Perry’s presidential aspirations. On Saturday, The Washington Post ran a story on a ranch Perry used to entertain guests in the early days of his political career. Its name? “Niggerhead.” And while Perry insists that the name is […]

Over at Alyssa Rosenberg’s blog, a post about the class differences between heroes and villains has become a thread over Batman and his methods. In particular, the commenters are working through one particular question: Is Batman crazy? As the argument goes, it’s not that Batman is insane, per say, but that he has a monomaniacal […]

As has been shown time and time again, African American families have been the biggest losers in the current economy. Black unemployment, for example, has been in the 16 percent range for more than two years, with dim prospects for improvement. The poor economic position of African Americans is most evidence with regards to overall […]

At this point, political observers are almost unanimous in their assessment of last night’s Republican presidential debate: Mitt Romney won, and Rick Perry is not ready for prime time. It’s not just that he seemed tired and lethargic — his answers to substantive questions on foreign and domestic policy were either weak or incoherent, and […]

Yesterday, at a meeting with journalists and bloggers at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke about the organization’s efforts as it prepared for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. During the conversation, I asked the chair about Obama’s potential difficulties with Latino voters. Between the failure to shepherd the DREAM Act […]