'The Wire' meets Justice Dept on drugs, children
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three stars from HBO's "The Wire" joined Justice Department officials in calling attention to the tragic toll of drug abuse on children and families...
Resolution to pardon Jack Johnson re-introduced
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama refused to act on the call for a pardon in the last congressional session, even after the resolution passed both houses of Congress...
Holder intervenes in gay man's deportation case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Holder set aside the Board of Immigration Appeals ruling allowing the deportation to Ireland of Paul Wilson Dorman, a gay man illegally in the U.S...
DOJ: Miss. schools still segregated despite order
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A public school district in Mississippi and the federal government are divided over whether the schools are complying with a desegregation order that dates back to the civil rights era...
Can Obama's gay rights agenda cure black homophobia?
OPINION - Obama's record on gay rights, though imperfect, has been the most progressive and exemplary of any of his predecessors...
Gov't drops defense of anti-gay marriage law
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage...
Will Jack Johnson be pardoned on Obama's watch?
OPINION - Obama is under an intense racial microscope, and any misstep, real, or invented, will bring instant howls as yet another example of racial favoritism...
Backers take another swing at Jack Johnson pardon
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Rep. Peter King and Arizona Sen. John McCain, both Republicans, plan to reintroduce a congressional resolution urging a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson...
Why won't Obama pardon Jack Johnson?
OPINION - If and when the pardon comes, it surely will be 100 years too late...
US sues BP, 8 other companies in Gulf oil spill
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's lawsuit asks that the companies be held liable without limitation under the Oil Pollution Act for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill...
