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April 6, 2010
From The Washington Independent - New statistics on unemployment among blacks raise questions about the Administration's "post-racial" approach to joblessness...
April 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration seeks to narrow the circumstances under which the U.S. would use such weapons...
April 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two experienced federal judges and the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer are widely considered the leading…
April 2, 2010
OPINION - The bad news for the president and his economic advisors is that the rising tide of increased employment…
April 1, 2010
VIDEO - The Obama administration is gearing up for the new vehicle standards that will help eliminate gas emissions set…
March 30, 2010
Dr. John S. Wilson, a Morehouse and Harvard alum, explains how education reforms Obama signs into law today will directly…
March 30, 2010
VIDEO - The legislation has a wide reach. About half of undergraduates receive federal student aid and about 8.5 million…
March 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name…
March 26, 2010
VIDEO - Under pressure to stem the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration plans to reduce the amount some troubled U.S.…
March 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will announce Friday a plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on…
March 9, 2010
VIDEO - Protesters marched outside a Washington conference of the big insurance companies that are opposing reform on Tuesday...
March 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said he wants a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to…
March 9, 2010
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure…
March 4, 2010
Within minutes of Rogers' "astonishing" resignation Friday, Mingo and a friend created a Facebook group, "Toast to Ms. Desiree Rogers,…
March 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The furloughs and freeze on payments were the result of a decision last week by Republican Sen.…
March 1, 2010
Daley called Rogers a "great friend of mine," who did a "tremendous job" in a position she didn't have to…
February 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rogers recently came under criticism for her handling of the administration's first state dinner...
February 26, 2010
OPINION - So what's on Jones' mind these days? Everything from the meaning of the NAACP Image award to the…
February 25, 2010
OPINION - For the first time in a while, Obama is taking the lead and seizing the reins in the…