Race, religion collide in 2012 presidential campaign
(AP) - How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian...
Romney: Economy should be creating 500,000 jobs a month
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking an election-year advantage on the economy by setting 4 percent as a target for the nation's unemployment rate...
4 years later, race is still issue for some voters
MSNBC - 'Certain precincts in this county are not going to vote for Obama,' said John Corrigan, clerk of courts for Jefferson County...
Black unemployment dips, as US rate hits 8.1 percent
theGRIO REPORT - Black unemployment dropped a full point to 13 percent, one of the most positive signs in a jobs report released Friday that otherwise showed limited progress for the American economy...
Clooney raises $12 mil for Obama's re-election
Oscar winner George Clooney's fundraiser for President Obama looks to be a huge success...
West: Obama a 'disastrous response' to 'catastrophe'
Cornel West says, 'Mitt Romney is a catastrophic response to a catastrophe, whereas Obama is a disastrous response to a catastrophe'...
Bachmann endorses Romney for president
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has endorsed one-time Republican rival Mitt Romney for president...
Obama enjoys huge lead with Hispanic voters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic Americans, the fastest growing minority group in the United States, favor President Barack Obama over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by a huge margin...
Condi Rice for VP? Candidacy has its pros and cons
OPINION - A recent CNN|ORC poll puts Rice at the top of the list of Republicans vice-presidential contenders. But Rice in the number two spot not be the cakewalk that Juan Williams suggests...
Ex-girlfriend says young Obama 'needed to go black'
theGRIO REPORT - A new book about President Obama's early years includes interviews with past girlfriends and friends who describe his search for identity early in adulthood...
