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Less than half of African-American men now have full-time jobs, and less than half of all white men will have full-time jobs in 2018, according to post-2000 trends hidden in federal population and workforce data. (more)

Could the fairness doctrine be coming back? (more)

It’s a well-worn mantra in politics to never let a crisis go to waste, so it comes as little surprise that public officials and the chattering class are wasting no time in dusting off some of their wilder ideas in the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona. (more)

As Democrats scramble to prepare for Republican subpoena power come January, when the GOP takes control of the House, an identity politics jigsaw puzzle is complicating a brewing battle over a key leadership position. (more)

After weeks of uncertainty among Democrats over the future of House leadership, the party elected Nancy Pelosi as minority leader in a 150 to 43 vote. They also elected Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer for whip and South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn as assistant leader. (more)

Dwight Schrute would be jealous. (more)

Far-left Rep. Dennis Kucinich made the boldest public comments yet late Monday regarding Democrats’ growing sense that Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York may not be their best shot at standing up to President Obama’s chief congressional tormentor, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, on the Oversight Committee in the next Congress. (more)

While the battle for Democratic whip rages between Reps. Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn, another fight is quietly brewing over who will serve as foil to top GOP oversight official Rep. Darrell Issa of California in the 112th Congress. (more)

Republicans, who were expected to be overwhelmed by internal divisions and Tea Party discord, have navigated the first set of rapids with surprising ease following the midterm elections, while Democrats have suffered a level of chaos that most did not foresee. (more)

A younger generation of Democrats is chafing at being asked to stand aside and let a triumvirate of elders keep their leadership positions in the wake of a catastrophic midterm election result. (more)

Talk of a possible show-down between Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer and South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn over the party’s second-most powerful House leadership position was made official Monday after Hoyer announced he would make a run for Democratic Whip, a position Clyburn has held since 2007. (more)

Seppuku, or hara-kiri, was a form of ritual suicide practiced by the samurai in feudal Japan.  Part of the bushido honor code, seppuku was used by warriors who were accused of disloyalty.  The ceremonial disembowelment was part of an elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators as recently as 1873, when it was officially abolished. (more)

In what could become a showdown for the No. 2 spot in Democratic House leadership, Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer announced Friday that he would consider a run for Minority Whip, a position South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn says he intends to keep in 2011.  (more)

Three black Republican House candidates are in a position to possibly join the 2011 congressional freshman class, but the official spokesman for the Congressional Black Caucus refused to say Monday whether they will be invited to join the traditionally Democratic group. (more)

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) warned Republicans will investigate President Obama’s birthplace if they take over Congress. (more)

A telling story is unfolding in the Democrat Senate primary in South Carolina. This one might take the cake, even in a state affectionately known as “The Jerry Springer Show” of politics. (more)

The questions swirling around South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene are almost as funny as they are bizarre. Is he intellectually disabled? On drugs? A product of a disinterested Democratic electorate? (more)

Democrats will lose seats in Congress, but not enough to lose control of the House, according to a Democratic leader. (more)

President Barack Obama’s Washington-bashing could boomerang on his own party in Congress if he’s not careful, House leaders warned White House senior adviser David Axelrod in a closed-door meeting Thursday. (more)

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) received racist faxes Monday in the wake of Sunday’s House vote approving health care reform legislation. (more)