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December 6, 2011

Blagojevich faces punishment for trying to sell Obama Senate seat

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' ousted governor Rod Blagojevich soon will learn his punishment for corruption convictions that include trying to…
December 6, 2011

Donald Trump is back! And he still has a black people problem

OPINION - Donald Trump is back! And there's every indication that he still has a black people problem...
December 5, 2011

Newt Gingrich calls Obama 'food stamp president' (again)

TheGrio REPORT -- Newt Gingrich is doubling down on his double-down, on comments he has made in recent weeks about…
December 5, 2011

Presidential pardons heavily favor whites

ProPublica - Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president's ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis…
December 5, 2011

White House makes its case to black voters

POLITICO - The White House and President Barack Obama's reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters...
December 5, 2011

Obama defends American faith amid GOP critique

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president of the United States is defending his faith in America, confronting GOP efforts to undercut…
December 5, 2011

Slideshow: Obamas join artistic luminaries at Kennedy Honors

WASHINGTON (AP) - As Meryl Streep and four other artistic luminaries were saluted with Kennedy Center Honors, the actress got…
December 2, 2011

Gingrich's poverty solution: Pay poor kids to be janitors

OPINION - The former Speaker proposes that in poor neighborhoods, the 'schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors,…
December 2, 2011

World AIDS Day: Obama addresses black gay male infections

President Obama challenged the world to usher in an AIDS-free generation during a panel discussion in George Washington University this…
December 2, 2011

Gingrich: Obama must have 'cognitive dissonance' about plight of blacks

'Look,' Gingrich said, 'at a time when you have up to 43 percent black teenage unemployment, you have entire communities…
December 1, 2011

Obama on AIDS: 'We can beat this disease'

WASHINGTON (AP) - 'We can beat this disease,' Obama declared during a World AIDS Day event in Washington. Former Presidents…
November 30, 2011

Black Eyed Peas to join Obama for tree lighting

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Black Eyed Peas and Kermit the Frog are joining the lineup of performers who will help…
November 29, 2011

Obama campaign launches first ads

WASHINGTON (AP) - Campaign officials say the ad buy is "tiny" on national satellite TV stations but aimed at learning…
November 28, 2011

Alleged White House shooter found competent

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man accused of firing shots at the White House in an attempt to kill President Barack…
November 26, 2011

Obama pops into bookstore, backs small businesses

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season...
November 26, 2011

Georgia business owner: 'no hiring until Obama is gone'

WACO, Ga. - A west Georgia business owner is stirring up controversy with signs he posted on his company's trucks,…
November 24, 2011

College: Obama effigy burning 'not intentionally racist'

MSNBC - A Conservative party college student association in Britain will send a written apology to Barack Obama after its…
November 24, 2011

Obama telephones thanks to service members abroad

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving…
November 24, 2011

New anti-Obama ads sell fiction as fact

OPINION - Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are releasing campaign ads that quote President Obama out of context in a…
November 23, 2011

'Uppity' slur still haunts African-Americans

OPINION - In 1933, the word 'uppity' meant nothing short of a death sentence for African-Americans living in the South,…