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January 26, 2011

Only in America: Breaking the law to get kids in a better school

OPINION - Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of fraud, for a very common practice often utilized in many lower income communities...
January 25, 2011

Obama’s ‘Union’: ‘Move together or not at all’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Reaching for unity in a new era of divided government, Obama implored Democratic and GOP lawmakers to…
January 25, 2011

What you won’t hear in the State of the Union

OPINION - The predicted mixed message will give the White House room to define the real message going into this…
January 24, 2011

Court: Rahm Emanuel’s name can’t appear on ballot

CHICAGO (AP) - A lawyer for Emanuel says they plan to appeal the matter to the Illinois Supreme Court...
January 24, 2011

Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Powell also lamented the lack of civility in political discourse and urged Americans to display tolerance in…
January 24, 2011

Obama to push faster recovery, more jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama message: his prescription for a more robust economic recovery that cuts persistently high unemployment, now…
January 24, 2011

House leader Cantor says Obama is a US citizen

WASHINGTON (AP) - Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Cantor refused to call people who question Obama's citizenship "crazy."...
January 24, 2011

Do black people care about the green movement?

OPINION - Despite President Obama's appointments, with regard to the environment, in America, it's business as usual...
January 21, 2011

Clyburn urges Obama to target minority hardships

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said the recession has devastated communities of color, leaving them with extraordinarily high…
January 21, 2011

Beautyshop Buzz: Can Obama’s State of the Union continue civil tone?

VIDEO - The latest buzz has been that Democrats and Republicans may break tradition and choose to seated side-by-side this…
January 21, 2011

Fox rejects Super Bowl ad from JesusHatesObama.Com

The ad shows two bobblehead dolls: one of Jesus and one of President Obama...
January 21, 2011

Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 1/16-1/21

SLIDESHOW - Barack Obama was inaugurated, 'The Jeffersons' debuted and soul legend Jackie Wilson died; this is an incredibly historic…
January 20, 2011

Hawaii gov: Record of President Obama’s birth in 1961 is ‘in the archives’

The new Democratic head of the state vowed when he took office that he would do his best to end…
January 20, 2011

Slideshow: Obamas stun at state dinner for China

SLIDESHOW - Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to the…
January 20, 2011

Obama’s approval rating highest since July 2009

VIDEO - In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, new numbers show that 53 percent of Americans approve of…
January 20, 2011

A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to…
January 20, 2011

Santorum uses race to smear Obama on abortion

OPNION - It appears that Santorum thinks that because Barack Obama is black, he should automatically be pro-life...
January 20, 2011

GOP should do their jobs by creating some

OPINION - Much like their empty, anti-Obama attack machine, they provide no solutions, no answers for the nation's economic malaise…
January 19, 2011

Reagan revisionism can’t whitewash his history with blacks

OPINION - Michael Reagan argues that his father was more of a friend to black people than President Obama...
January 18, 2011

Reagan’s son: Dad was ‘a far better friend’ to blacks than Obama

Reagan writes that he "could make an even stronger case for my father, Ronald Reagan, as 'our first black president.'...