Shirley Sherrod

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July 29, 2010

Obama talks race, pop culture on ‘The View’

NEW YORK (AP) - In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show 'The View,' Obama said the forced resignation of…
July 27, 2010

GOP invites Breitbart to fundraiser for Steele

WASHINGTON (AP) - Breitbart was behind an edited video clip of a former Department of Agriculture official that suggested Shirley…
July 25, 2010

Sherrod still unsure about returning to work

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - For his part, Obama has ordered a more patient, deliberative style of governance from his aides…
July 23, 2010

Black farmers are the real victims of USDA discrimination

OPINION - Even as Vilsack loftily intoned about clamping down on racial discrimination at the USDA, Congress again stonewalled the…
July 23, 2010

Slideshow: Political scapegoats ‘thrown under the bus’

SLIDESHOW - Many of these individuals were caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time, and served as…
July 23, 2010

Do blacks feel betrayed by Obama’s silence on race?

OPINION - President Obama has been as silent as a church mouse on some of the most riveting and racially-traumatic…
July 22, 2010

Obama: Vilsack ‘jumped the gun’ on Sherrod

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama personally apologized to Sherrod by phone today and appealed to her to return to work…
July 22, 2010

Sherrod gets biggest ‘I’m sorry’ from Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod said she hadn't decided whether she would accept the invitation to come back, but she did…
July 22, 2010

Black racism: A real problem, or pure politics?

(AP) - Some say that racism requires power, so blacks can't be racist. Obama's election undercut that argument and made…
July 22, 2010

Why Obama should give another race speech

OPINION - The events of the past few days clearly indicate that race related issues and racism are alive, well,…
July 22, 2010

Obama calls Shirley Sherrod to voice ‘regret’

WASHINGTON (AP) - The veteran government employee reiterated that she was uncertain whether she would accept Vilsack's invitation to be…
July 22, 2010

Obama should speak out about Sherrod, but probably won’t

OPINION - How sad is it that our president, our nation's first black president, cannot speak out to the nation…
July 22, 2010

Sherrod says she’d love to talk race with Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod said of Obama: 'I'd like to help him see some of the things that he could…
July 21, 2010

Will media fall for Breitbart’s attempt to spin his spectacular failure?

After launching what has now been conclusively shown to be an unfair and false attack on Shirley Sherrod, Andrew Breitbart…
July 21, 2010

Vilsack offers Sherrod new job at Agriculture

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod says she's considering the offer, which she said was for a different position than her former…
July 21, 2010

White House apologizes to Shirley Sherrod

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs called the dismissal of Shirley Sherrod an injustice and a mistake...
July 21, 2010

Conservative blogger Breitbart blames NAACP, media for Sherrod scandal

VIDEO - Andrew Breitbart says that his motives to release the video clip were to show that the NAACP was…
July 21, 2010

When race-baiting backfires: The Shirley Sherrod teachable moment

OPINION - The attack on Shirley Sherrod by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is the most recent example of the dangers…
July 21, 2010

Sherrod not sure she would go back to USDA

WASHINGTON (AP) - The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm said she doesn't know if she'd return…
July 20, 2010

Vilsack should do the right thing and reinstate Shirley Sherrod

OPINION - Tom Vilsack can make history by doing what politicians and government officials usually refuse to do. He can…