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Chip Saltsman Leads GOP To Soul-Searching Period

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


The Republican National Committee is set to host a historic series of discussions and debates in early January that will likely affect not just the fu...

SLIDESHOW: From The Slavehouse To The White House

News One | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Four hundred years ago the first African Americans were brought to this country as slaves. In 1819 slaves helped build the White House. There were thr...

AP: Many Insisting That Obama Is Not Black

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black. Debat...

Kennedy, King and Now Obama

Peter J Burns | Posted 12.07.2008 | Home


Peter J Burns

At Grant Park Obama reminded us of both Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy. I saw Dr. King's Dream come true on that stage. And Kennedy's vision was apparent in Obama's challenge to us. Kennedy and King never promised us a hand out. They promised us a fair shake.

WaPo Reporter Apologizes For Calling Obama "Much More White Than Black"

Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


In an online chat last week, Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman said of Obama: He really did not become immersed in black American culture u...

If Wright Were White

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Home


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.

Obama: Grandmother Was A "Typical White Person"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama appeared on local sports radio in Philadelphia this morning to discuss the race. A blog for the Philadelphia Inquirer noticed this ...

Obama Addresses Issue Of Race

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Obama threaded a careful needle at his press conference today, seeming to step back from David Axelrod's assertion that Geraldine Ferraro's words were...

"Does Clinton's Press Team Think Of Obama As Black?"

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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