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July 8, 2010

Obama: US choice between moving ahead or back

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Obama cast upcoming elections as a choice between the party that caused the economic meltdown…
July 8, 2010

Steele on GOP calls for resignation: 'I ain't going anywhere'

theGRIO REPORT - Michael Steele went on to add that the party doesn't need the 'distraction', and that he's focused…
July 8, 2010

Why Obama is in a hurry to make history

'Hardball' host Chris Matthews has a theory about Barack Obama: he is running his presidency as though there is no…
July 8, 2010

Earth to Rush Limbaugh: Barack Obama is no Black Panther

OPINION - Limbaugh recently claimed that President Obama has deliberately allowed unemployment to grow in the United States as 'payback'…
July 7, 2010

Slideshow: Michael Steele's most memorable missteps

SLIDESHOW - Ironically Steele declared on his 100th day as head of the RNC that this was the end of…
July 7, 2010

Olbermann calls on Oprah to 'crush' Limbaugh

VIDEO - Limbaugh, who is no stranger to controversy, recently made racially offensive comments about President Obama and Oprah on…
July 7, 2010

Van Jones rails against 'that little idiot box': Fox News

Appearing before the Campus Progress National Conference, Jones primarily pushed what has been the cause of his career: clean energy…
July 7, 2010

Obama pep talk, crowded field helps Deval Patrick

BOSTON (AP) - President Obama told Gov. Deval Patrick to get over his revulsion about asking for campaign cash and…
July 7, 2010

Will the New Black Panthers become another ACORN?

OPINION - With the case against the New Black Panthers, there's only smoke and mirrors, and lots of racial hating…
July 7, 2010

Why Obama shouldn't skip this year's NAACP convention

OPINION - An appearance or message from him is politically expedient, practical and simply the right thing to do...
July 6, 2010

Obama, Netanyahu deny Israeli-US problems exist

WASHINGTON (AP) - Netanyahu said without elaborating that he and Obama discussed specific steps that could be taken in the…
July 6, 2010

KY man pleads guilty to threatening Obama in poem

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Stephan M. Pazenzia said in an affidavit that Spencer wrote and…
July 6, 2010

First health overhaul provisions start to kick in

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first stage of Obama's health care overhaul is expected to provide coverage to about 1 million…
July 6, 2010

Steele trapped behind bad timing, big mouth

OPINION - As accurate as some of his observations are they ring hollow when stated by Michael Steele and put…
July 5, 2010

Democrats resist GOP bid to nationalize election

WASHINGTON (AP) - The outcome will help determine whether Republicans take control of the House, the Senate or both. It…
July 5, 2010

Slideshow: Obama celebrates July 4th at White House barbecue

SLIDESHOW - The estimated 1,200 guests included active-duty military personnel and their families, wounded troops, and people with family members…
July 4, 2010

GOP senators say Steele's future at RNC in doubt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sens. McCain and Graham spoke from the war zone to condemn Michael Steele's claim that Afghanistan…
July 3, 2010

Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July speech echoes in Obama era

A full century-and-a-half before President Obama began mesmerizing the country with his moving oratory, another black man gave what some…
July 2, 2010

Top Republicans pile on Steele, call for his ouster

Republicans are furious with RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who was caught on camera saying that the war in Afghanistan is…
July 2, 2010

Ogletree: Gates arrest put racial profiling in spotlight

VIDEO - Ogletree is the author of 'The Presumption of Guilt' which examines the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.,…