Holder may abandon civilian trial for 9/11 mastermind
By theGrio
1:14 PM on 02/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is leaving open the possibility of trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a military commission...
Some blacks back Tea Party, despite movement's racist reputation
7:52 AM on 02/11/2010
A small but increasing number of black conservatives and libertarians are getting involved in the protest movement...
Blacks have endured a decade-long jobless recovery, leaders say
By Adam Howard
6:31 PM on 02/10/2010
In a meeting that many in the African-American community considered a long time coming, President Obama met with black leaders today ...
Leaders leave real black issues out in the cold at White House
6:16 PM on 02/10/2010
OPINION - Black leaders still insist the president's travails are born of process and not of substance...
Obama invites black leaders to White House for economic talks
By theGrio
3:05 PM on 02/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American leaders grappled with how to improve economic opportunities for blacks...
Former Va. governor urges DNC chairman's firing
By theGrio
12:29 PM on 02/10/2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Obama to fire DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor...
Obama welcomes crowd to White House to honor civil rights music
By theGrio
9:46 AM on 02/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama welcomed an all-star lineup of performers to the East Room of the White House yesterday to pay tribute to the music of the civil rights era...
NY gov battles rumors of womanizing and drug use
By theGrio
4:54 PM on 02/09/2010
ALBANY, NY (AP) - David Paterson, New York's first black governor, has cited as fabricated a report that he was caught by state police in the governor's mansion cavorting with a woman other than his wife...
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Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
By theGrio
3:07 PM on 02/09/2010
Her candidacy puts the House GOP campaign committee in a bit of a jam...
First lady fights child obesity: 'That's the legacy I want'
By theGrio
12:42 PM on 02/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady's goal is ambitious: to put America on track to solve the childhood obesity problem in a generation...
Obama to GOP: Let's talk about health care - live
By theGrio
9:20 AM on 02/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says it's time for Republicans who have attacked his health care proposals from the sidelines to step before the cameras and present their own ideas...
Move over Ray Nagin, New Orleans has new mayor
By theGrio
9:12 AM on 02/08/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four years ago, Mitch Landrieu narrowly lost to Ray Nagin in a racially divisive election for mayor of Katrina-scarred New Orleans...
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NY Gov. meets with fellow Dems amid scandal rumors
By theGrio
8:45 AM on 02/08/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state...
Obama's decline reflects the perils of democracy
8:17 AM on 02/08/2010
OPINION - Obama has been given the simple, yet impossible task of improving the economy while being given no resources in order to get the job done...
Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
By theGrio
9:41 AM on 02/05/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections...
Justice Thomas: Some questioning of Supreme Court 'irresponsible'
By theGrio
4:25 PM on 02/04/2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Questioning the Supreme Court and other government branches needs to stay within the range of fair criticism or "run the risk in our society of undermining institutions that we need to preserve our liberties," Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday...
CA National Guard gets first black, female leader
By theGrio
3:22 PM on 02/04/2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Brigadier General Mary Kight was sworn in Tuesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at a former Air Force base outside Sacramento...
Obama calls for civility in Washington
By theGrio
10:35 AM on 02/04/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "You can question my policies without questioning my faith. Or my citizenship," Obama said...
Obama's aunt tries second asylum bid
By theGrio
8:19 AM on 02/04/2010
BOSTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's African aunt is going before a Massachusetts immigration judge for a second time to argue she should be allowed to stay in the United States...
Attorney General Holder: I made decision to charge Christmas terror suspect
By theGrio
2:41 PM on 02/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he made the decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect in civilian court rather than the military system...
Sunday, February 14, 2010
African American Politics in America – 2/14/10
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