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July 12, 2011

Can we believe in the gospel according to Herman Cain?

OPINION - When the communion plate comes around in the church of Cain, it'd be in America's best interest to…
July 11, 2011

National Hispanic GOP group wants Herman Cain to quit race

A National Hispanic Republican group is calling on Herman Cain to drop his candidacy in to be the Republican nominee…
July 11, 2011

Are new voter ID laws Jim Crow by another name?

OPINION - As a civil rights lawyer who works in the trenches, I am well aware of the barriers that…
July 11, 2011

Will the GOP ever pay a price for race-baiting politics?

OPINION - Bachmann may very well indeed say a lot of stupid things, but it's certainly not barring her success...
July 8, 2011

Bachmann signs pledge saying black kids better off in 1860

Rep. Bachmann signed a Republican social policy pledge that says African-American children born into slavery had stronger families than during…
July 6, 2011

Can white supremacists stage a comeback in the GOP?

OPINION - David Duke's presidential hopes can serve as a warning sign: that the threat, though unlikely, is still very…
July 5, 2011

Is Herman Cain a real life Uncle Ruckus?

OPINION - Given his vilification of all things African and his attempts to shoo away from legitimate talks of racial…
July 1, 2011

Obama urges supporters to regain 2008 energy

PHILADEPHIA (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election effort is powering toward an impressive early fundraising haul, campaign officials are trying…
July 1, 2011

Memo to Herman Cain: Obama is a real black man

OPINION - What's at issue isn't any one man's definition of blackness. It's Cain's willingness to play the "blacker than…
June 29, 2011

Herman Cain promotes his business plan

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says his tax-cutting, pro-business philosophy will power the U.S. economy and…
June 29, 2011

Bachmann: Obama should go back to…Hawaii!

Michele Bachmann's multi-state campaign announcement tour took her to South Carolina on Tuesday, home of some of the most right-wing…
June 29, 2011

Donna Brazile on voter ID laws: GOP willing to violate civil rights to win elections

Brazile writes that her sister in Florida was a victim of voter suppression during the 2000 election...
June 29, 2011

Jon Stewart to Fox News: Herman Cain joke wasn't offensive

Jon Stewart continued his "fun, light hearted and extremely productive conversation" with Fox News about his jokes over GOP Presidential…
June 29, 2011

Let's leave slavery out of our politics for now

OPINION - If we were to increase our knowledge and understanding of the period, the practice, and the ramifications, we…
June 28, 2011

Bachmann walks back anti-Obama rhetoric for 2012 run

OPINION - The main thing with Bachmann is that though she may make comments that could easily be branded 'crazy'...
June 27, 2011

Bachmann regrets saying Obama has 'anti-American views'

Bachmann informed Bob Schieffer that despite some past comments, "I don't question the President's patriotism at all...
June 24, 2011

GOP to African-Americans: If we can't get your vote, no one can

OPINION - If there is one time-honored tactic GOP politicians have mastered, it's voter suppression...
June 24, 2011

Gingrich: Obama so bad, blacks will vote Republican

Newt Gingrich told a GOP banquet that President Barack Obama is so bad that he's made it possible for the…
June 23, 2011

Former gay rights protesters support Obama and Democrats

But in surveying a host of gay rights activists and donors, it seems increasingly clear that his relationship with the…
June 23, 2011

Cain: Jon Stewart mocked me because I'm a 'black conservative'

ThinkProgress reports that Cain, former CEO of Godfather's pizza, leveled the charge while speaking during a stop in the key…