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February 1, 2011

GOP efforts to redefine ‘forcible rape’ put women in peril

OPINION - If enacted, the bill threatens to deny due health care to untold numbers of rape victims, with poor…
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Donna Edwards, Democrat pushing service and science in DC

TheGrio's 100 - While other congressmen cite their voting records for proof of their convictions, Rep. Donna Edwards can point…
January 28, 2011

Obama open to ‘tweak’ of health care, not repeal

WASHINGTON (AP) - He stood up for the bill in his State of the Union earlier this week and reiterated…
January 28, 2011

What ‘shellacking’? Recent polls show major momentum for Obama

Just two months ago, President Obama was reeling from his party's massive defeat in the midterm elections...
January 28, 2011

Lawmaker says race played role in GOP 2010 wins

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia is saying his party's November election losses were due partly to…
January 26, 2011

The hip-hop response to the State of the Union

Hip-hop got a shout out, too, if you caught it. Obama simply said, "We do big things."...
January 26, 2011

Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility

OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
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

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

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 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

Low income blacks biggest victims of GOP budget cuts

OPINION - We cannot afford a fiscal policy that sacrifices the resources vital to the survival of low-income people and…
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

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

House votes to repeal Obama’s health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 245-189 vote was largely along party lines, and cleared the way for the "repeal and replace"…
January 18, 2011

Michael Steele: ‘We could have used a few more brothers in the House’

Days after losing his bid for a second term as RNC Chairman, Michael Steele reflected on his time as leader…
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 15, 2011

History of King holiday all but forgotten 25 years later

OPINION - The fight for a King national holiday has been bitter, contentious, and controversial from the first moment it…
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 6, 2011

‘Birther’ interrupts reading of Constitution in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility…