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November 5, 2010

Election nearly wipes out white Southern Dems

WASHINGTON (AP) - The white Southern Democrat -- endangered since the 1960s civil rights era enraged whites across the Southeast…
November 5, 2010

Obama acknowledges his message didn't get through

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says in an interview with CBS television that he 'stopped paying attention' to the leadership style…
November 4, 2010

Gov. Patrick picks 1st black Mass. Chief Justice

BOSTON (AP) - Roderick Ireland, currently the senior associate justice on the high court, would replace the retiring Chief Justice…
November 4, 2010

Can Obama reach common ground without selling out black base?

OPINION - How does the president work with this new crop of conservatives whose ire has been focused as much…
November 3, 2010

Rhode Island votes to keep ‘Plantations’ in state name

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Islanders have voted to keep the word "Plantations" in the state's official name despite concerns…
November 3, 2010

New black GOP Rep: Capitalism cure for poverty

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina state Rep. Tim Scott, elected this week as one of the nation's first black…
November 3, 2010

Obama on midterm defeat: ‘It was a shellacking’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama opened his post-election news conference by saying voters who felt frustrated by the sluggish pace of…
November 3, 2010

‘Rent Is Too Damn High’ candidate: I can’t quit now

NEW YORK (AP) - He says the mayoral race in a few years is a possibility. He says he's been…
November 3, 2010

Embattled Ga. Rep. Bishop barely squeaks out win

ATLANTA (AP) - Bishop's campaign manager, Travis Worl, says the congressman "feels great" after a hard-fought race in which the…
November 3, 2010

Midterm elections make black history

theGRIO REPORT - Two years after electing the first African-American president, African-American candidates are still making history all across the…
November 3, 2010

Alvin Greene unveils comic book of himself after election loss

Greene was snubbed by the South Carolina Democratic Party and not invited to their celebration party on election night...
November 3, 2010

Richmond unseats Cao in New Orleans district

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare…
November 3, 2010

Republicans run the House — now what?

OPINION - They now have a responsibility for governing, and will share in the credit, and the blame, for the…
November 3, 2010

Deval Patrick’s win provides a blueprint for Obama

OPINION - What remains to be seen is not whether Obama is capable of leadership, but more poignantly, that he…
November 3, 2010

Why Kanye’s infamous Katrina dig got under Bush’s skin

OPINION - The tragedy is that it took West's racial dig at Bush over Katrina to shame him and the…