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March 3, 2010
The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started out…
March 3, 2010
For more than a year, the popular chairman - a close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi - has dodged calls…
March 3, 2010
Despite paeans to diversity, the Republican Party clearly does not want a black man -- or any minority candidate --…
March 3, 2010
Lee Daniels has set his sights on a new family drama, this time for HBO with author Amy Bloom...
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over,"…
March 3, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread as…
March 3, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - During the Jan. 12 earthquake, there were few cries of ayibobo, the Voodoo calling of the gods. Instead,…
March 3, 2010
ALBANY, New York (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson, trying to hold onto office in the face of one…
March 3, 2010
Across the country, the anti-abortion movement, long viewed as almost exclusively white and Republican, is turning its attention to African-Americans…
March 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A man hired to drive Naomi Campbell told police she assaulted him from the back seat…
March 3, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An attorney for Michael Jackson's mother confirms that child services workers are investigating the presence of…
March 3, 2010
ALBANY, New York (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson remains defiant in the midst of a rapidly growing scandal…
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel has decided to temporarily step down from his post as chairman of the…
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders hope President Obama's unveiling of his final health care package Wednesday will help resuscitate an…
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Putting a lone senator's cantankerous challenge behind it, the Senate is back to work on a $100…
March 3, 2010
OPINION - At the heart of this debate is partisan politics, inept leadership and racial prejudice...
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The D.C. Council voted to censure former mayor Marion Barry over a report accusing him of violating…
March 3, 2010
OPINION - Uganda's controversial anti-gay legislation illustrates tension between foreign donors' expectations and African cultural values...
March 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Campbell slapped and punched her driver in midtown Manhattan, then hopped out of the car and…
March 2, 2010
Since television's inception, African-Americans have been woefully underrepresented. But some shows have been able to break through and find a…