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July 20, 2011

How black farmers remain a Republican punching bag

OPINION - Michele Bachmann, like the GOP in general, has conveniently forgotten the USDA's history of racism as far as…
July 19, 2011

Obama backs bill overturning Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is supporting legislation to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act...
July 19, 2011

Obama pushes businesses to invest $118 million in education

President Obama meets this afternoon with business and non-profit groups dedicated to improving the nation's school systems...
July 19, 2011

Cain: Mitt Romney can't win because he's a Mormon

Herman Cain made an issue of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in an interview the Washington Times published Monday...
July 19, 2011

Maxine Waters calls for ethics case to be dismissed

Rep. Maxine Waters is calling for the House Ethics Committee to dismiss the long-running case against her, claiming she can't…
July 19, 2011

RNC chair accuses Obama of 'criminal behavior'

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Republican National Committee is asking for a Justice Department investigation of President Barack…
July 19, 2011

Bachmann bashes black farmer settlement

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represented black farmers in the Pigford…
July 18, 2011

Obama appoints new head of consumer agency

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing to fight any efforts to block the work of a new consumer…
July 18, 2011

Are we too quick to blame race for Obama attacks?

OPINION - To unnecessarily bring race into the debate now will only dissuade people from acknowledging far more legitimate claims…
July 18, 2011

Rep. Jackson Lee says Obama's race at center of debt crisis

WEB RUNDOWN - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has suggested lawmakers are blocking President Obama's attempt to raise the debt…
July 18, 2011

Did ethics staff taint Waters, Rangel probes?

The former staff director of the House Ethics Committee accused two top committee lawyers of secretly communicating with Republicans on…
July 18, 2011

Who will be the next great African leader?

OPINION - So respected is Mandela, that millions of people will do precisely as he asks. It makes many wonder…
July 15, 2011

Obama: Chance for 'something big' to calm economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by…
July 15, 2011

Deficit reduction could make single, senior black women poor

Deficit reduction plans currently on the table would cut social security benefits, impacting single, senior African-American women the hardest and…
July 15, 2011

Bachmann's gay stepsister attended Obama's inauguration

Helen LaFave, Michele Bachmann's openly gay stepsister, was interviewed following President Barack Obama's January 2009 Inauguration...