Obama plays hardball in 'cliff' talks
ANALYSIS - President Obama is no longer looking to be the great compromiser in Washington...
Romney can't run away from Obama-like record
OPINION - If he winds up as the nominee, it'll be hard enough for Romney to take on Obama with health care, but that's not the only issue he should worry about...
Can Obama bypass Congress to create jobs?
OPINION - By facing GOP obstinacy with equal force, he can re-engineer the broken political machine and make it work for all of us...
Obama says he's ready to move jobs bill in pieces
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said Tuesday he's prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move it that way, hours before the measure faced likely defeat...
Obama's 2009 stimulus is still boosting jobs
In its latest quarterly report, the agency said the law's combination of aid to states and localities, public works projects, tax cuts...
Are blacks missing out on jobs in their backyard?
OPINION - For African-Americans -- the most loyal of Obama's base, and voters he will surely need to secure his reelection -- the devastating jobs crisis is serious business...
Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department said the number of people seeking benefits dropped 10,000 to 382,000 in the week ending April 2...
Make no mistake: Barack Obama is on the midterm ballot
OPINION - Those who say more should have been done or could have been done ignore the limits placed on the presidency by the reality of the current political environment...
Blacks' higher education options limited in the South
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - "The 400,000 or 500,000 African-Americans in the Delta need a place to go to school where they can get black culture and feel comfortable"...
Obama planning new package of economic aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has already passed many of the provisions, but they have stalled in the Senate because Republicans and Democrats could not agree on how to pay for them...
