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July 19, 2011

Obama pushes businesses to invest $118 million in education

President Obama meets this afternoon with business and non-profit groups dedicated to improving the nation's school systems...
May 8, 2011

Colin Powell: Obama blew away the birthers

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - The stadium roared in approval of Powell's comments on the president's move last week to quell…
March 1, 2011

Slideshow: The most influential black conservatives in America

SLIDESHOW - More black conservatives are beginning to surface in prominent positions and they are here to stay...
February 21, 2011

Slideshow: US presidents and the black leaders who moved them

SLIDESHOW - Throughout history, African-Americans have often provided critical insight, especially as it pertains to race relations, for presidents of…
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…
December 3, 2010

'Building a Grad Nation' report reveals what's at stake in our schools

OPINION - According to the study, the African American high school students have a 62 percent graduation rate, behind every…
December 2, 2010

Obama gets Powell support on START nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - Failing to ratify the treaty, Powell said, could leave the U.S. in a vulnerable position...
June 1, 2010

Will ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal start new ‘separate but equal’?

OPINION - The military is an institution built upon uniformity, integrity, equality and singularity of mindset. How then will it…
June 1, 2010

Obama caught between BP and a hard place

OPINION - The Obama critics shout it at him partly out of ignorance at what the government can do, and…
April 21, 2010

Colin Powell, Shaquille O'Neal join Twitter campaign to end Malaria

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and NBA star Shaquille O'Neal have joined a Twitter campaign encouraging followers to help…
April 9, 2010

J. Bruce Llewellyn, innovative black businessman, dies at 82

Now deceased J. Bruce Llewellyn was one of the nation's richest African-Americans, with a personal wealth estimated at times to…
February 22, 2010

Colin Powell backs Obama on national security record

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is rejecting charges that the country is less safe because of…
February 3, 2010

Powell favors repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Gen. Colin L. Powell, who as the nation's top military officer in the 1990s opposed allowing gays and lesbians to…
November 11, 2009

Black soldiers continue to fight for country and equality

OPINION - The military, as an institution, is a reflection of the society that it serves. But is that reflection…
July 16, 2009

Obama a mixed bag for NAACP

Democratic presidential candidate Obama greeting supporters at the 2008 NAACP convention in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File) Over the last
July 5, 2009

Colin Powell attacks Sotomayor critics

Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor…
February 2, 2009

Colin Powell announced as Bush’s choice for Secretary of State