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July 28, 2011

Cain apologizes after meeting with Muslim leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former Godfather's Pizza CEO has said communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques because Muslims…
July 28, 2011

Herman Cain leads in Fox News airtime

The liberal group Media Matters released a report this week showing a wide divergence in the amount of airtime different…
July 28, 2011

Deportations may divide Obama's black and brown base

OPINION - Stalled immigration reform -- like several other high-profile Obama campaign promises has become a proxy for frustrated political…
July 27, 2011

NAACP urges minorities to up vote in 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) - To do that, Roger Vann, the group's chief operating officer, said the organization plans to use…
July 27, 2011

Herman Cain reaches out to American Muslims

After establishing himself as the Republican presidential candidate most overtly critical of Muslims in America, Herman Cain taking steps to…
July 26, 2011

Obama won't win back white voters by being 'President Pushover'

OPINION - Last night, President Obama did what many in his party had longed asked of him: Tell the American…
July 25, 2011

NAACP chief focuses on voting laws at convention

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party…
July 25, 2011

GOP makes big gains among white voters

As the country enters into the 2012 presidential election cycle, the electorate's partisan affiliations have shifted significantly since Obama won…
July 25, 2011

Rick Perry's racially insensitive pastor problem

OPINION - Governor Perry's pastor problem begs a comparison with Obama's troubles with Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
July 20, 2011

Bachmann: Migraines will not hinder ability to lead

theGRIO VIDEO - Joy-Ann Reid discusses why the American people will want to know about a candidates medical conditions, during…
July 20, 2011

How black farmers remain a Republican punching bag

OPINION - Michele Bachmann, like the GOP in general, has conveniently forgotten the USDA's history of racism as far as…
July 19, 2011

Cain: Mitt Romney can't win because he's a Mormon

Herman Cain made an issue of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in an interview the Washington Times published Monday...
July 19, 2011

Bachmann bashes black farmer settlement

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represented black farmers in the Pigford…
July 17, 2011

Debt crisis may help Obama woo independent voters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that unaligned voters are increasingly alarmed about the prospects of…
July 15, 2011

Bachmann's gay stepsister attended Obama's inauguration

Helen LaFave, Michele Bachmann's openly gay stepsister, was interviewed following President Barack Obama's January 2009 Inauguration...
July 15, 2011

Cain says Tenn. mosque would spread Islamic law

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain opposes a planned Tennessee mosque that has been the subject of…
July 15, 2011

Is Obama winning the debt war by playing tough?

OPINION - The president's supporters have been urging him to do grow a backbone, or at least find the one…
July 14, 2011

Herman Cain not signing 'marriage vow' either

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is declining to sign the controversial "Marriage Vow" pledge pledge put forward by the Iowa…
July 13, 2011

McConnell warns GOP: Don't help re-elect Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Failure to raise the U.S. debt limit may ensure President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012, Senate Republican…
July 13, 2011

Obama raises more than $86M for campaign, party

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama collected $86 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party during the…