Dems split over handing Obama '12 nomination
Democratic voters are closely divided over whether President Barack Obama should be challenged within the party for a second term in 2012, an Associated Press-Knowledge Networks Poll finds.
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Posted Saturday, October 30th 2010 at 10:05AM
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Black republicans want apology from Pres. Obama for "offensive" remark
Black Republican leaders are demanding that President Barack Obama apologize for what they consider a racially insensitive remark that he made on the campaign trail this weeken ...
Posted Friday, October 29th 2010 at 8:02PM
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In Florida democratic candidate for senator Kendrick Meeks has shot down reports that Bill Clinton asked him to drop out to clear the way for Charlie Crist.
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Posted Thursday, October 28th 2010 at 10:50PM
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Al Sharpton tells black voters to stop the ignorance
A fiery and a near angry Al Sharpton gave a speech to a group of black voters in Cleveland reminding them of how others died and were beaten to give their right to vote and how they had better e ...
Posted Wednesday, October 27th 2010 at 8:11PM
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Appearing on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s national radio show, "Keeping It Real," Obama outlined a record on health care and other measures that he said helped minority and low-income communities, The Wall Street Journal reported. Listen to the interview ...
Posted Wednesday, October 27th 2010 at 5:30AM
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GOP not supporting it's own black candidates
After touting 2010 as the year of the "black republican" it turns out the GOP is not doing much to help many of their black candidates especially in this years congressional races. Hey I guess they just ...
Posted Monday, October 25th 2010 at 8:23PM
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Slovenia elected its first black mayor on Sunday, an immigrant from Africa known as the "Obama of Piran," the town where he lives.
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Posted Sunday, October 24th 2010 at 7:55PM
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2008 Obama is back!
Check out this very interesting article by Ed Henry of CNN. In it he writes about Obama while on the campaign trail for senate and congressional candidates returning to the 2008 campaign form that drew thousands to his campaign ...
Posted Sunday, October 24th 2010 at 10:40AM
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Did you know that President Obama delivered a tax cut?
Probably not. Instead of making a show and spending millions cutting checks to tax payers. The President simply cut the payroll tax and didn't take the money in the first place. Read more: ht ...
Posted Saturday, October 23rd 2010 at 9:27AM
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History book mentions thousands of black confederate soldiers????
Virginia's Education Department approved a textbook that wrongly claims thousands of black troops fought for the Confederacy, prompting state officials to warn superintendents and his ...
Posted Friday, October 22nd 2010 at 5:48PM
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The report on racism the Tea Party does not want you to see
A new report Tea Party Nationalism by Devin Burghart, Leonard Zeskind and the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights exposes the connection between numerous tea party leaders ...
Posted Wednesday, October 20th 2010 at 4:11PM
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A few days ago, Brandeis University professor Anita Hill received a message on her voice mail at work. It was from the wife of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas asking her to apologize for accusations made almost 20 years ago.
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Posted Wednesday, October 20th 2010 at 7:31AM
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Check out this short 1 minute satirical film by AAreports about how the GOP recruits black candidates.
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Posted Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 9:18PM
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According to a new report from NBC News, West has been a fan and defender of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, a national group targeted by the FBI for involvement in racketeering, "violent crimes" and "attempted murder."
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Posted Sunday, October 17th 2010 at 6:03PM
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The fight to defeat a pair of amendments that would change the ways legislative districts are drawn in Florida has sparked one of the unlikeliest alliances .
African-American leaders, including civil rights icon John Lewis and the flamboyant Al Shar ...
Posted Sunday, October 17th 2010 at 3:40PM
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Annie Chambers Caddell, whose ancestors fought in the Civil War, insists the Confederate flag flying over her home is an important reminder of her heritage. But for her neigbors in this tree-shrouded, historically black neighborhood, it's an unpleasa ...
Posted Saturday, October 16th 2010 at 2:13PM
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1 in 22 blacks will get HIV, CDC report says
Just because it's not getting as much media attention let's not forget about what this devastating disease is doing to our communities.
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Posted Friday, October 15th 2010 at 4:51PM
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Black voters may sway 20 races in November
Here's another reason you have to go vote November 2
Polls indicate many minority voters are discouraged and won't turn out Nov. 2 as they did for Obama two years ago, yet a solid showing among blacks ...
Posted Thursday, October 14th 2010 at 10:42PM
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Morehouse president responds to Vibes " Mean Girls of Morehouse" article
Vibe Magazine has published an article about a gay group at Morehouse college that can best be described as a hit piece against the historic institution. The article titled T ...
Posted Wednesday, October 13th 2010 at 9:38PM
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Dr. Garth Graham from the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Minority Health has posted a new video on WhiteHouse.gov/HealthReform that discusses some of the many benefits of the Affordable Care Act for African Americans.
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Posted Wednesday, October 13th 2010 at 3:58PM
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In another sign that republicans don't want the black vote and that they really don't care about African Americans republican congressman Mark Kirk ( Illinois ) says that he will send voter integrity’ squads to four predominately African American n ...
Posted Tuesday, October 12th 2010 at 4:08PM
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If you are unsure of whether or not you will vote in the upcoming mid-term election please read this story about how the republicans "A Pledge to America " would do much more harm than good for African Americans. Please vote....George Cook AAreports. ...
Posted Monday, October 11th 2010 at 8:47PM
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Woman acquitted in Winfrey SAfrica school scandal
A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa was acquitted of the charges Monday, and Winfrey said she was "profoundly disappointed" by the trial's outco ...
Posted Monday, October 11th 2010 at 4:11PM
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Tanya Walton Pratt Indiana's first black federal judge sworn in
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt a graduate of both Howard and Spelman, the first African-American Federal District Court judge in the state of Indiana, was sworn in as District Judge of the ...
Posted Sunday, October 10th 2010 at 9:34AM
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Hi everyone it's time for my timely and thoughtful satiric insights into what has gone on in the past week that you and the world have been waiting for. Today I will be touching on stories about President Obama & BET, Cornell West, Tavis Smiley, C-sp ...
Posted Saturday, October 9th 2010 at 9:49AM
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