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By Barbara Frankel After I saw the movie Lincoln, I wondered: When did the Republican Party go from being the champion of inclusion to advocating the “politics of nullification” The answer is analyzed in a fascinating and important new article in The New Republic, “Original Sin: Why the GOP is…
Papa John’s profits are up 25 percentthat’s why CEO John Schnatter’s threat to cut workers’ hours and raise the price of pizza by up to 14 cents to offset the company’s cost of Obamacare resulted in a widespread boycott of the pizza chain. “I got in a bunch of trouble…
By Luke Visconti This time, it wasn’t about the excitement of “hope” and “change.” It was a campaign that seemed to me to be rather uninspiring and visionless, in the middle of a searing, aching, endless recession that is destroying more household wealth than anything in 80 years.And in who…
“Racist” voter ID laws were struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Oct. 2, but that hasn’t stopped the state’s politicians from trying to discourage Latino voters from rightfully casting their ballots on Nov. 6. Just two weeks shy of the presidential election, a series of state-sponsored billboards reading…
One day after a television ad featuring GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s endorsement of him began to air, Indiana U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock publicly said that when a woman becomes pregnant after a rape, “that’s something God intended.” This puts Romney in a now-familiar bindneeding to do damage control…
Women’s votes could swing the presidential election, yet both President Obama and Gov. Romney don’t get the benefits of feminineand inclusiveleadership styles. By Barbara Frankel With all the talk about women being the key factor in determining the presidential election, I am flabbergasted that both candidates went for the ultimate…
Did President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney intentionally drop the ball with Latino voters The candidates have yet to make a concerted effort to address top Latino concerns during the final stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign. “I think that both candidates are still not doing enough to frame the…
Mitt Romney’s ‘47 percent’ remarks struck a big nerve this week, and DiversityInc readers were quick to respond. DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti discussed “Why Gov. Romney’s ‘47%’ Comment Probably Isn’t Racist” in his recent “Ask the White Guy Column,” the implications the presidential candidate’s controversial “secret video” holds, and how…
Luke Visconti’s Ask the White Guy column is a top draw on DiversityInc.com. Visconti, the founder and CEO of DiversityInc, is a nationally recognized leader in diversity management. In his column, readers who ask tough questions about race/culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability and age can expect smart, direct and…
Mitt Romney told a gay Vietnam war veteran that he wants to repeal the same-sex-marriage law in New Hampshire. Romney said during the campaign stop that he believes a marriage is between a man and a woman. See also: Observations on the End of DADT Ask the White Guy: What…
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