Election

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November 17, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) - The rapidly spreading disease is even infecting the presidential campaign, with candidates trying both to protect…
November 5, 2010
State Rep. Timothy W. Jones (R-Eureka) of the Missouri House of Representatives was unanimously elected by the new Republican caucus…
November 4, 2010
Jay-Z hinted that he might run for president in the future, specifically in 8 years...
November 2, 2010
First, I'll state the obvious: It's not racist to criticize President Obama, it's not racist to have conservative views, and…
October 25, 2010
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - In fact, Peter Bossman, a Ghana-born physician, could be the first black mayor elected anywhere in…
October 23, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama state senator has recorded phone calls saying that blacks risk "going back to the…
September 15, 2010
From The Chicago Tribune - There are many candidates puffed up in the media who don't connect with their communities,…
September 13, 2010
VIDEO - In DC, the mayoral election could be decided to the sound of a different beat; the mixture of…
September 1, 2010
VIDEO- The NAACP's Benjamin Jealous defends the president's policies and unveils plans for the 'One Nation' coalition...
August 30, 2010
JUBA, Sudan (AP) - The U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Southern Sudan said the task of transforming a rebel movement…
August 26, 2010
OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future…
August 24, 2010
VIDEO - According to the Haitian constitution, only an individual who has had residency in Haiti for five years previous…
August 22, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Speaking to The Associated Press, Jean says lawyers will go to a Haitian court Monday to…
August 21, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The Haitian-American hip-hop star expressed disappointment at the late Friday ruling, but called on his followers to…
August 20, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - He said he was hopeful that an electoral council weighing his candidacy will rule that he…
August 19, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) - Wyclef acknowledged that he has rankled some in Haitian politics by running and added that he…
August 18, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The voting public -- Haiti's most disenfranchised -- see him as a son or a brother, despite…
August 17, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean -- one of dozens of candidates vying for the office -- said he was in…
August 16, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The leading candidate by far is Wyclef Jean, hip-hop musician, philanthropist, and roving ambassador for Haiti. But…
August 6, 2010
OPINION - Elect an international star, the logic goes, and the champagne and caviar dreams will follow...