Jami Floyd
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Jami Floyd
Jami Floyd is an attorney, broadcast journalist and legal analyst for cable and network news, and is a frequent contributor to WNYC Radio. She is former advisor in the Clinton administration and served as a surrogate for the Obama campaign on legal and domestic policy issues. You can follow her on Twitter.
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Opinion: Remembering Selma From Super Tuesday to Bloody Sunday
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
As every year, the 2012 Selma march follows the route John Lewis took with Dr. King and other pioneers of the civil rights movement. Instead of watching the horse race of election cycles, perhaps March 7 would be better spent reflecting on our collective conscience.
Opinion: Mourning Breitbart the Man, Not the Pundit
Thursday, March 01, 2012
While I often shared his jumping off point – that the news media is broken – his fix for that dysfunction was to retaliate with propaganda of his own making – right-wing paranoid conspiracy theories.
Opinion: CA Shouldn't Wait for SCOTUS To Overturn Prop 8
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The California initiative process is a cop-out. It relieves lawmakers of the responsibility of making the difficult decisions they were sent to Sacramento to make, and it leaves the public holding the bag containing the really tough questions.
Opinion: Why the GOP Lost Black Voters
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
As we head into what everyone seems to agree will be the defining contest for the GOP, I find myself wondering whether African Americans have a reason to vote Republican.
In MLK's Footsteps: Education as a Civil Right
Monday, January 16, 2012
Listen to excerpts from Sunday's event hosted by Brian Lehrer and Jami Floyd, managing editor of The Global Game, as they discuss Dr. King's battle for equal education for all.
Panelists included:
With live performances by:
On MLK Weekend, Remembering the Quiet Soldiers
Friday, January 13, 2012
We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the team of lawyers who fought in Brown and the cases that followed. One of those attorneys, Robert L. Carter, passed away just last week.
Opinion: Two Anniversaries, One Vision of Nonviolence
Monday, January 09, 2012
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords led a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on Sunday, one year after a shooting spree that claimed six lives and left her gravely wounded.
Opinion: Obama, Roosevelt, and the Power of Progressivism
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
“Many people will hear the word Progressivism and immediately think of liberals or Democrats—but they’re not synonymous.” - Glenn Beck
I’ve always thought of President Obama as more of a Progressive than a Liberal. I know, I know. Labels again. But sometimes they are helpful. On Tuesday, with his speech in Kansas, harking back 100 years to Theodore Roosevelt, Obama confirmed my suspicions.
Opinion: Harasser or No, Cain isn't Qualified to be a Candidate
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Twenty years ago, last week, Clarence Thomas took his seat on the U.S. Supreme Court although, as I have suggested on this page before, he was not at that time, qualified to do so. The hearings on the matter of his qualification had been derailed by allegations of ...
Opinion: Justice Thomas' 20 Years on Bench - Still Unqualified After All These Years
Monday, October 24, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: Herman Cain Dismisses Racism, Making Him Easy to Dismiss
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: Why Republicans Should Thank Sarah Palin for Leaving the 2012 GOP Field
Thursday, October 06, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: What Rick Perry's Racist Rock Says About his Judgement
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: Why We Should Take the Sarah Palin Book Seriously
Monday, September 19, 2011
Political agenda and unnamed sources aside, the real value in any book about Sarah Palin will be in the study of her character and characteristics as a leader. For too long there has been reluctance, in the press, to talk about her qualities and qualifications, with any real clarity.
Opinion: 9/11 Has Left us Afraid to Embrace our Values
Sunday, September 11, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: Obama Has Divided His Black Base
Friday, September 09, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: As Court Weighs Perjury Retrial, Clemens Defense Needs a Demure Rocket
Friday, September 02, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Case Dismissed
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Jami Floyd, legal analyst, sometime guest host for The Brian Lehrer Show, and It's A Free Country blogger, and Will Saletan, Slate's national correspondent, talk about the Manhattan DA's decision to request all charges be dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Opinion: The Media Should Stop Shielding Names of Rape Victims
Monday, August 22, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
Opinion: Casey Anthony Walks, The System Works, But Who is the Biggest Loser?
Sunday, July 17, 2011
-Jami Floyd, It's A Free Country blogger.
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