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January 18, 2011

NASA chief: Shuttle broke segregation in space

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr., in remarks for a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday breakfast, said the…
January 18, 2011

House Republicans renew plan to repeal health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are set to resume their bid to repeal the health care reform law, a week…
January 18, 2011

Can Obama reboot the conversation of education?

OPINION - The Obama administration is hoping to create a bipartisan solution that reduces the need for constant testing, while…
January 17, 2011

Nonviolence, service, themes of King day events

WASHINGTON (AP) - As he took part in a painting project at a Washington, DC middle school, President Barack Obama…
January 17, 2011

McCain calls Obama a ‘patriot’, rejects critics who say he’s ‘unworthy’ to lead

From Politics Daily: Sen. John McCain lost a bitter campaign against Barack Obama in 2008 and has been at loggerheads
January 17, 2011

TheGrio’s 2011 African-American Leadership Survey

SURVEY - TheGrio assembled a group of 25 contemporary academics, artists and activists to assess the most influential black leaders…
January 17, 2011

From MLK to Obama: How we define black leadership

OPINION - Leaders do not always win, but leaders always call us to believe that we are capable of making…
January 17, 2011

Is Sharpton the closest thing we have to a King?

OPINION - Sharpton has proven that black leadership is useful and even necessary on the outside, even when the most…
January 15, 2011

Steele’s rocky tenure at RNC leaves behind mixed bag

OPINION - The Steele era did have some pluses, but his perceived failures clearly outweighed his successes...
January 14, 2011

Poll: Americans say they will honor Dr. King holiday

ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-seven percent of people interviewed in an AP-GfK poll say there has been significant progress toward King's…
January 14, 2011

GOP chief Michael Steele fights for second term

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 168 members of the RNC were set to vote by secret ballot Friday on who should…
January 14, 2011

Obama could get boost from Tucson tragedy speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech earned compliments from even some of his severest conservative critics, who used such words as…
January 14, 2011

Barack Obama Leadership Academy to open in August

VIDEO - It may be empty now, but the auditorium and hallways of Dallas' new Barack Obama Leadership Academy will…
January 13, 2011

How Obama rose to the occasion as ‘Comforter-in-Chief’

OPINION - This speech will go down in the annals of politics as one of the most inspiring, compassionate and…
January 12, 2011

Obama tells polarized nation: ‘We can be better’

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) - Obama said that Rep. Giffords, who on Saturday was shot point-blank in the head, had opened…
January 12, 2011

Obama visits Rep. Giffords at Arizona hospital

TUCSON, Ariz (AP) - Barack and Michelle Obama visited privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other victims of…
January 12, 2011

MMA fighter regrets threat to beat ‘sense into’ Obama post-Tucson

"I would never make that comment if that shooting happened first," said Volkmann...
January 12, 2011

Poll: Obama, GOP improve their standing

WASHINGTON (AP) - The survey found that 53 percent of Americans approve of how Obama is doing his job, his…
January 12, 2011

Obama to be nation’s consoler at memorial service

WASHINGTON (AP) - His main mission will be to honor those who were killed by describing them in personal terms,…
January 12, 2011

Joe Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ slogan etched onto line of assault rifle components

The product "is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Joe Wilson or his campaign," according to a line of text at…