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May 17, 2011

Obama tries to fire up frustrated supporters

WASHINGTON (AP) - "We're just a quarter of the way through," Obama said, sounding almost as if he was assured…
May 17, 2011

Trump just wasn't ready for prime-time

OPINION - The only thing more outrageous than a Trump presidential run is that some people in this country gave…
May 17, 2011

Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart battle over Common

VIDEO - Common's recent invitation to perform at the White House fueled a heated debate last night between Comedy Central's…
May 16, 2011

Obama tell Memphis students their success inspires

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Obama told the smiling seniors: "You've shown more grit and determination in your childhoods than a…
May 16, 2011

Trump says he's not running for president

NEW YORK (AP) - He made his announcement as NBC rolled out its fall lineup. The network is home to…
May 16, 2011

Obama to address Memphis grads, meet flood victims

WASHINGTON (AP) - The school was selected before high waters struck at some of the most poverty stricken communities along…
May 16, 2011

Gingrich can't stay out of gutter racial politics

OPINION - This quackery in the American political discourse has been so prevalent and vocal the past two years, that…
May 16, 2011

Class acts: This year's black commencement speakers

SLIDESHOW - These black luminaries, taking the stage first, are leaders of stage and film, law professors, even our nation's…
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'...