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August 29, 2011

Arizona launches attack on Voting Rights Act

OPINION - It seems the GOP is on a campaign to rewrite American history and erase the lessons learned from…
August 26, 2011

Hurricane Irene pelts East Coast with winds, rain

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - For hundreds of miles, people in the storm's path either fled inland or stocked up…
August 24, 2011

Perry compares civil rights movement to tax cuts for billionaires

OPINION - To compare the noble goals of the civil rights movement to the nefarious political strategies of GOP hacks…
August 23, 2011

Obama and family ride bikes on Martha's Vineyard

WEST TISBURY, Mass. (AP) - The four were biking in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, a 5,100-acre preserve where the…
August 22, 2011

Can black America afford another GOP president?

OPINION - There is no viable alternative. The current crop of Republican presidential candidates are even more radical and far…
August 17, 2011

GOP candidates compete to be the biggest Obama hater

OPINION - What has come of our body politic when these non-starters, have become front-runners?...
August 17, 2011

Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national…
August 16, 2011

Trump praises Perry, keeps open a possible run

NEW YORK (AP) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he expects Texas Gov. Rick Perry will do 'very nicely'…
August 16, 2011

Adviser: Obama not obsessed with keeping job

WASHINGTON (AP) - He also suggested that some Republicans "do not want to see this economy get better" because they…
August 16, 2011

President Obama promotes policies for rural US

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
August 16, 2011

Rick Perry's Texas is no 'miracle', it's a mirage

OPINION - If the devil is in the details, it is not favorable to Rick Perry's presidential aspirations should he…
August 14, 2011

Why President Obama has more bite than bark

OPINION - Progressives would be wise to ignore their political soothsayers and recognize that everyone has a hustle...
August 13, 2011

The GOP shuffle: Perry, Bachmann prepare for battle

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells a South Carolina gathering he's running for president, and Rep. Michele Bachmann…
August 12, 2011

Vanilla Ice 'impressed' by Herman Cain

Alright stop, collaborate and listen. Vanilla Ice has some political insight to share...
August 12, 2011

Obama adviser questions Perry's economic successes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's political team is taking an early swipe at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who's set…
August 12, 2011

'Super' debt committee gets more diverse

OPINION - For a time, it looked like the debt committee wouldn't reflect the country whose financial future it's supposed…
August 11, 2011

Obama sees 'worst kind of partisanship' in DC

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for…
August 11, 2011

Rep. Walsh: Obama 'Like a teenage boy who had a big party'

Congress' television ambitious Joe Walsh (R-IL) appeared on the air waves again Tuesday morning, slamming President Obama and the Democrats...
August 10, 2011

Obama surges to lead against generic Republican

Beset by debt ceiling woes, President Obama has been trailing behind a hypothetical "generic Republican" in recent polls...
August 10, 2011

Why Wisconsin can be a blueprint for black voters

OPINION - As an African-American woman, I can tell you that these recalls, the protests, the organizing, all take me…