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June 7, 2010

Why BP keeps stonewalling Obama

OPINION - BP's corporate arrogance is made out of cash. It can and has bought its way out of trouble…
June 7, 2010

Ark. Dems vie for black voters in Senate race

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - The race, which remains neck-and-neck, is seen as an important test of what kind of…
June 7, 2010

40 years after 1st win, Rangel runs again

NEW YORK (AP) - Rangel was first elected to the House in 1970. He defeated Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.,…
June 7, 2010

Arizona isn’t the only state with a racist agenda

OPINION - The collective outrage expressed over the civil liberties issues in the Arizona immigration law has been hardly present…
June 7, 2010

Obama going to Kalamazoo high school graduation

AP - Kalamazoo Central was one of three Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge finalists chosen through public…
June 5, 2010

Altered mural fuels racial debate in Prescott, AZ

A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at…
June 4, 2010

Obama sees progress on oil spill response

KENNER, Louisiana (AP) - But the president says it's "way too early to be optimistic" about BP's latest attempt to…
June 4, 2010

Attorney General Holder vows to take on hate crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The attorney general said an internal Justice Department review is under way of a 2003 directive banning…
June 4, 2010

Can the Gulf Coast still be saved?

OPINION - President Obama should respond to the oil gushing from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico as he…
June 4, 2010

SC state senator calls GOP candidate, Obama ‘raghead’

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - GOP state Sen. Jake Knotts later apologized for the slur, saying the remarks about President Obama…
June 4, 2010

Why Democrats are the greatest danger to Obama’s agenda

OPINION - President Obama's deadliest enemy is not Sarah Palin, GOP congressional obstructionists, the Republican National Committee or even Fox…
June 4, 2010

‘Furious’ Obama heading to Gulf for spill update

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polls show the public growing more negative toward the president's handling of the spill...
June 3, 2010

Feds send BP $69M bill as Obama plans return to Gulf

WASHINGTON (AP) - BP has until July 1 to pay back what the government says is 75 percent of costs…
June 3, 2010

Are Congressional ethics investigations racially motivated?

OPINION - The preponderance of investigations against black Congressional figures underscores a disturbing trend of influence trading and double-standards...
June 3, 2010

Mass. sen. who stuffed money in bra pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) - Dianne Wilkerson, a Boston Democrat, entered the pleas to eight counts of attempted extortion at a hearing…