Why the right hates Common
The man at the center of all those middle-aged white people's anger this week was Chicago's own Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., aka the Grammy award-winning rapper Common...
The right doesn't skip a beat with Obama rap attacks
OPINION - Obama appears to be moving too fast and successfully for GOP strategists, and they seem to be clearly running out of issues to attack the president on...
Common rhymes about MLK at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rapper Common opened his performance at the White House with cuts of words from Martin Luther King, Jr...
Jill Scott - next White House guest being called 'racist'
If you haven't been following the story, Michelle Obama's event is set to feature poetry readings by a number of public figures...
White House defends invite to Common
Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama has spoken out against violent and misogynistic music lyrics..
Common gets a bad rap from the right
OPINION - Although the talented Chicago-bred rapper is hardly immune to criticism, the controversy has become the latest episode in a long-running political silly season...
Common's White House invite creates controversy
If the artist is worth his or her salt, then chances he or she has probably done something outre or controversial...
Obama will not release photo of bin Laden
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House had been weighing the release of a photo, in part to offer proof that bin Laden was killed during a raid on his compound early Monday...
'U-S-A' chant fills the air outside White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - As news of the death of Osama bin Laden spread, a large crowd gathered in front of the White House to celebrate, chanting and waving American flags...
Trump should receive same scrutiny he sought for Obama
Chances are it was a confluence of dumb events that brought the White House to this point...
