Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

Recent Articles

Scenes From the Recovery.

Pontiac, Michigan is recovering:



Obama and Gun Control.

In the imaginations and fever dreams of right-wing Republicans, President Obama is a signature away from confiscating the nation's guns, and delivering them to his personal Sharia-law task force. But as Ryan Reilly reports for Talking Points Memo, the truth is that Obama has done very little to advance anything approaching gun control, and in fact, has even signed legislation allowing guns in national parks and Amtrak trains:

The National Disaster That Is Black Teenage Unemployment.

Mark this as the one time you'll find me agreeing with Doug Schoen:


That crisis is black teenage unemployment.

Mark Halperin Still Doesn't Know What He's Talking About.

For someone who only writes about politics, Mark Halperin knows stunningly little about the forces that drive any given election. For example, watch as he tries to explain President Obama's political woes without mentioning the economy, unemployment, or historical patterns: