Teacher Pin Blame For Campaign Ban
A Department of Education ban on school workers wearing campaign pins and other election paraphernalia while on the job has some teachers smarting.
Tag: Barack Obama
Non-Partisan Bus Hits Campaign Trail
Not everybody on a campaign bus is running for office. Representatives from Project Vote Smart, a non-partisan group that brings election information to the public, have logged 40,000 miles this campaign season.
Netroots Effort Shows Net Effect
Growing grassroots Internet activism – commonly referred to as the “Netroots” – is credited with helping energize the Democratic Party. Young Obama supporters are runnings phone banks, organizing "street teams," and hitting battleground states, using the Internet as an organizing tool.
Obama-a-Day Design Plan in DUMBO
Neighborhoodies is running a political campaign, cut from a different cloth. The clothing store's “Obama-a-day” promotion features daily Barack Obama-related design templates for T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts and accessories.
via The Queens Courier
Seniors Eye Economy in Voting Choice
Sunnyside senior Carmelo DePrima, 92, survived the Great Drepression – but he worries about the economy's impact on young people: “I’m glad at least I already have one foot in the grave.”
via Lives in Focus
Prisoners of Politics
With less than one week left before voters’ cast their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama’s positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.
via AM New York
Campaign T-Shirts Fit to a 'T'
Campaign T-shirts – ranging from "Blondes For Obama" to the canine-inspired “Bark for Obama” – are for sale in Union Square.
Sonya Rodriguez
Neighborhood: Pelham Parkway, Bronx Occupation: Manager, Strass Auto Parts…