11.4 million people in the world are refugees with an additional 26 million internally displaced within their own country, according to a new United Nations statistic released today in preparation for June 20, World Refugee Day.
Add those numbers together and that’s more than the entire population of California lacking a home or access to basic [...]
“It’s Barack Obama’s party now.”
So led the AP yesterday. It’s been a challenge to sort through this mess. Everyone tip-toeing around the slim prospect of Hillary somehow, someway stealing what Obama wrapped up mathematically at least a month ago. Even though he has been reluctant to say anything definitive, his actions have spoken louder than [...]
Oooh, this week has been a fun one, hasn’t it?
Hillary stuck her foot in her mouth with a comment that seemed to imply she would stay in the race just in case someone offed Obama the same way they did RFK. Contextually, she spoke about her husband securing the nomination in June, and then [...]
Meantime, the McCain campaign is not campaigning. The senator from Arizona wants to be clear that, on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, he’s merely visiting the Middle East to take a lay of the land. It’s a good thing, too, because McCain has repeatedly confused Shia and Sunni Iraqis and Iranian militants [...]

Missed some of our DNC coverage? We corral every last post for you here, plus a heads-up on forthcoming RNC coverage.
Chapters 2 and 3 of P+P founder Farai Chideya’s book “Trust” now available; mash it up as you please under a Creative Commons license.
Tricia Romano remembers the failed mayoral bid of Mark Green.
Chris Nelson weighs in on Obama’s candidacy, the punditry poison, and the speech from Invesco Field.
Max Zimbert interviews some political heavyweights on the Dem’s chances in Ohio and Iowa.
The P+P crew gives a Cribs-style walk-through of their sick DNC digs.
Torey Van Oot gets ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean to share his thoughts on courting the Latino vote for Obama.
Brooke-Sidney Gavins gets RZA of the Wu-Tang to open up about the DNC and the election.
Tara Graham breaks down the new documentary “American Teen” and laments why it gets trounced at the box office by a bunny.
Britney, Russell Brand, and the elephant in the room. 




