President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.
Julianne MalveauxOne of the challenges, I think, is that Americans are not sufficiently vested in foreign policy.
Julianne MalveauxI think the takeaway from not holding President Obama accountable is, no matter how enthusiastic you are about Hillary Clinton, no matter how enthusiastic you are, the first thing that needs to happen is that people need to start planning how to hold her accountable.
Julianne MalveauxThis was in 2004, and it told me that President [Barack] Obama intended to be very careful and noncontroversial in addressing race matters. I
Julianne MalveauxIndeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.
Julianne MalveauxTrayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.
Julianne MalveauxI especially appreciated hearing the President [Barack Obama] affirm that "black lives matter" and that it means that some citizens are feeling more pain, and experiencing more negative effects than others, and he offered up the stats. He also indicated that black lives matter does not negate the fact that blue lives matter. He ably walked the tightrope, here, between affirming both black life and police life.
Julianne MalveauxI like to think that life lessons are learned and re-learned every day and take on importance at different times in life.
Julianne MalveauxAlways firmly believing in a higher power, I have also always been in search of a spiritual peace.
Julianne MalveauxHistory belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.
Julianne MalveauxObviously these conditions [violence, poverty] predate the [Barack] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons in cities, as opposed to more community policing, is not the solution.
Julianne MalveauxIf some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off with recovery jobs.
Julianne MalveauxIt was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.
Julianne MalveauxNorth Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.
Julianne MalveauxSometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.
Julianne MalveauxThe economy is better than the one President [Barack] Obama inherited, and unemployment is lower, but the unemployment rate gap remains large.
Julianne MalveauxThe published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.
Julianne MalveauxDid Rahm Emmanuel serve President Barack] Obama or did he serve himself as he prepared to run for Mayor of Chicago? I don't use the term black-on-black violence, since I've never heard the term white-on-white violence.
Julianne MalveauxI serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.
Julianne MalveauxFrankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.
Julianne MalveauxI describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.
Julianne MalveauxPeople will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.
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