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May 14, 2011

Gingrich on Obama: 'Most successful food stamp president'

MACON, Ga. (AP) - Republican Newt Gingrich told a Georgia audience on Friday evening that the 2012 presidential election is…
May 13, 2011

Army 'birther' doctor released from confinement

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A Fort Leavenworth spokesman says Terry Lakin was released Friday after serving five months of a…
May 13, 2011

Threat to kill Obama published in Ireland paper

VIDEO - Khalid who's a supporter of Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden believes terrorists are willing to pay more than…
May 13, 2011

Black caucus takes challenges to White House

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
May 12, 2011

Why the right hates Common

The man at the center of all those middle-aged white people's anger this week was Chicago's own Lonnie Rashid Lynn…
May 12, 2011

African Al-Qaeda branch threatens Obama's Kenyan grandmother

The killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has led to a direct threat by militants on a relative…
May 12, 2011

The right wants to remind America Obama is black

OPINION - Obama appears to be moving too fast and successfully for GOP strategists, and they seem to be clearly…
May 12, 2011

Common rhymes about MLK at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rapper Common opened his performance at the White House with cuts of words from Martin Luther King,…
May 11, 2011

Jill Scott is the next White House guest being called 'racist'

If you haven't been following the story, Michelle Obama's event is set to feature poetry readings by a number of…
May 11, 2011

White House defends invite to Common

Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama has spoken out against violent and misogynistic music lyrics..
May 11, 2011

AP-Gfk poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years and more than half of…
May 11, 2011

Gingrich has already lost the minority vote

OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
May 11, 2011

Common gets a bad rap from the right

OPINION - Although the talented Chicago-bred rapper is hardly immune to criticism, the controversy has become the latest episode in…
May 10, 2011

Memphis school wins Obama graduation address

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Booker T. Washington High School found out it was the winner of a national competition in…
May 9, 2011

Can Herman Cain really win the GOP nomination?

OPINION - He's a serious African-American candidate in a political party which remains overwhelmingly white...
May 9, 2011

First lady lauds US forces in bin Laden raid

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Obama met Friday in Fort Campbell, Ky., with some of the Navy SEALs who raided…
May 9, 2011

Obama: Risky approach on bin Laden was the best

WASHINGTON (AP) - In an interview aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," the president said he thought it was very…
May 9, 2011

Obama's kindergarten finger paintings revealed

Even though Barack Obama released his long form birth certificate, critical thinking Americans are still suspicious of the president's credentials…
May 8, 2011

Colin Powell: Obama blew away the birthers

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - The stadium roared in approval of Powell's comments on the president's move last week to quell…
May 6, 2011

Obama to bin Laden assault team: 'Job well done'

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) - President Barack Obama embraced the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden...