5 lessons Obama can learn from 'the first black president'
OPINION - Clinton stands out as a Democratic president who withstood withering attacks from the GOP and occasionally allies but still got things done...
Republicans block repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The vote ends months of political wrangling on the bill and makes congressional action on the repeal provision unlikely any time soon...
Tim Scott: Blacks vote Democratic because of past, not future
theGRIO Q&A - Scott has made headlines because he is the first black Republican elected to Congress from South Carolina since Reconstruction...
Has 'Head Start' helped advance black education?
OPINION - To date, over 25 million children have participated in Head Start programs, with billions spent in over a thousand local cities and towns throughout the country...
Is Obama's tax deal the lesser of two evils?
OPINION - Depending on your point of view, the tax plan is either the best the public could have expected under the circumstances or the worst thing imaginable...
Obama defends tax deal, says he's kept promises
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama called the news conference in the face of Democratic criticism of the agreement, which still needs House and Senate approval...
Why celebrate secession? Civil War revisionists sidestep slavery
OPINION - What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of slavery, if not its total elimination from the equation...
Why GOP gamble on taxes could leave us all broke
OPINION - Facing the holidays without a job is bad enough; but to face them without any income can be devastating...
Why Obama has been so stingy with pardons
OPINION - Hammering Obama as insensitive, uncaring, or timid in granting reforms, ignores the fact that he is in a precarious political box..
Orly Taitz cheers as states ready to consider 'birther' bills
Bills concerning Obama's birthplace and birth certificate will be considered in the upcoming legislative session...
