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Obama Separates The Men From The Boys

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Christine Wicker

In his Father's Day sermon, Obama made big progress with three tough voter groups, and all without making the slightest reference to any of them.

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Barack Obama's Most Groundbreaking Domestic Policy Speech

Keli Goff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Keli Goff

Obama's comments on black fathers immediately drew comparisons to Bill Cosby's remarks from 2004 in which he too challenged the destructive behaviors that are impacting the black community.

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Clinton's New York Support: Trouble Brewing With Ties To Black Community

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

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Even as she continues her longshot presidential bid, Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a political rift in New York, where black leaders say her standing h...

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Superdelegates, Obama, Robber Drag Queens, New Orleans and the "Old White Guy," John McCain

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Georgianne Nienaber

You would think that all of Bush's follies in New Orleans would guarantee that the Crescent City would vote Democratic this November. Don't be too sure.

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If Wright Were White

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

In this election cycle, there was always going to be a Jeremiah Wright. In America, there are different standards. Black people are more quickly judged intemperate and arrogant and angry.

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Billification and Other Bad Ideas

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Dylan Loewe

Bill Clinton is to politics what Isiah Thomas is to basketball. He can hit the political jumper, but he cannot call the plays.

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An African-American Grand Old Party

Lonnee Hamilton | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

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Lonnee Hamilton

If Hillary steals the nomination, there will be race division within the Democratic party. If McCain chooses Rice or Powell as VP, he would be masterfully positioning the Republican party as moving beyond its racist past.

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Obama Team Trying To Instill "Buyer's Remorse" In Clinton Backers

The Hill | Kevin Bogardus and Walter Alarkon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who support Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president are pressuring their colleagues backing Sen. Hill...

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Dems To Debate On MLK Day

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The top three Democratic presidential candidates face off in a Monday night debate in South Carolina, with the hearts and minds of African-American vo...

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CNN Poll: Black Support Shifts Toward Obama

New York Times | Marjorie Connelly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A new national poll released Friday by CNN suggests Senator Barack Obama's victory in Iowa and other events in recent months have encouraged more blac...

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Southern Blacks Are Split Over Obama And Clinton

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The People's Voice African-American Weekly News in tiny Roanoke, Ala., has not endorsed a candidate in the state's Democratic presidential primary on ...

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Obama Splits Black Caucus

Politico | Josephine Hearn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Even though Barack Obama may become the first African-American ever to represent a major party as the nominee for president, many black lawmakers on C...

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Clinton Camp's Attacks On Obama "Painful" For Many Black Voters

The State | WAYNE WASHINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sharp criticism of Barack Obama and other comments about Martin Luther King Jr. -- all from people associated with Hillary Clinton's presidential camp...

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Black Women Voters Torn Between Obama and Clinton

New York Times | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In the beauty parlors that are the social hubs for black women in the Carolinas, loyalties are being tested as voters here contemplate the first Democ...

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GOP Leaders To Black Voters: We Don't Give A Damn

The Los Angeles Times | Peter Wallsten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A PBS video previewing the network's Republican presidential candidates forum, set to air tonight from a historically black university, asks, "Can the...

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