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March 25, 2010
VIDEO - Brushing off a snag in the Senate, House Democratic leaders said they are prepared to finish work on…
March 25, 2010
ANNAPOLIS, MD (AP) - The National Medical Association announced Thursday morning that Mfume will become their new executive leader effective…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti...
March 25, 2010
OPINION - Too many of the opponents of Obama's health care reform are being destructive to control the debate and…
March 25, 2010
VIDEO - Windows were shattered at four Democratic offices in New York, Arizona and Kansas and at least 10 members…
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - Voting was expected to start late Wednesday on a full list of GOP amendments to a "sidecar" bill…
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Local governments would receive billions of dollars for construction projects and welfare programs in the latest in…
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - Jesse Jackson reacts to the National Urban League's the State of Black America report that was released today...
March 24, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Black lawmakers are urging black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina…
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Industry lobbyists have watched helplessly as Democrats and the Obama administration this week appear on the verge…
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - With little fanfare, President Obama signed an executive order designed to ensure that no federal money can…
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - The same sort of secessionist language we're hearing from the far right is eerily similar to the rhetoric…
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Urban League says in urging President Obama to promote a "jobs surge" that targets hard-hit…
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - The main suspense surrounding this week's debate is whether the fix-it bill can emerge from the Senate unchanged..
March 24, 2010
OPINION - By choosing to represent the interests of poor people and minorities in a capitalist democracy, the forces of…