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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.'...
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…