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President Barack Obama has become the first U.S. president to openly support full rights for gay couples, including same-sex marriage. The president’s remarks during an interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts took many pundits by surprise, not because he supported same-sex marriage, but because his endorsement was direct rather than tacit. Some political observers had predicted […]

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Florida police have charged ten members of a white supremacist group with actively plotting and preparing for what they deemed an “inevitable” race war by targeting various city buildings and marked dwellings known to be occupied or frequented by minorities for planned attack and ultimately total annihilation. FBI agents and a team of terrorism task […]

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The NAACP is leading a coalition that has launched a 50-state, nonpartisan registration and education campaign in response to what it calls “an unprecedented and coordinated attack on ballot access” that could keep up to 5 million voters away from the polls in 2012. “When our community was celebrating in 2008 the breaking of the […]

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So now black folks are mad at Phil Mushnick? Mushnick is a columnist for the New York Post. On May 4, he wrote a column covering a number of topics, but it was his comments about rapper Jay-Z and the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets that have black folks mad at him. Jay-Z is minority […]

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President Barack Obama’s campaign is trying an early “all of the above” strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, criticizing his character, wealth and policy positions in broadsides that may become more focused as the fall election nears. Romney’s record offers both opportunities and dilemmas for Democratic strategists. His widely known shifts in key positions over the […]

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Former Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargove describes in a sworn statement how he was told by ex-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and current New Orleans assistant head coach Joe Vitt to deny the existence of a bounty program to NFL investigators. In a document obtained Monday by The Associated Press, Hargrove acknowledges that he acted on […]

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summer because it would infringe upon “sacred constitutional traditions,” according to a letter released Wednesday. Concerned about the politically charged atmosphere on the streets outside the convention hall, Mayor […]

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President Barack Obama’s re-election team plans to spend $25 million on advertising this month, a dramatic escalation of its media presence in a handful of states that could determine the outcome on Nov. 6. Campaign adviser David Axelrod announced the new figure Monday. He said the campaign intends to provide a positive message about Obama’s […]

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A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he told a girl “I’m sexy and I know it,” a line from a popular song. D’Avonte Meadows, a first-grader at Sable Elementary School in Aurora, is accused of sexual harassment and disrupting other students, according to a […]

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Brazil’s top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across this nation, which has more blacks than any country outside Africa yet where a severe gap in education equality between races persists. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 late Thursday to uphold a federal program that has provided scholarships to […]

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The first female boss at the Army’s prestigious drill sergeant school is being reinstated after she was suspended in November for reasons the Army has never explained, her attorney and the Army said Friday. Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, who is black, filed a military legal complaint over the suspension, arguing it was a result […]

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Funeral services for Walter L. Gordon, Jr., a legendary Los Angeles trial attorney, drew scores of prominent elected and appointed officials and noted civic and community leaders. For nearly seven decades, Gordon, who died April 16 and would have been 104 on June 22, represented mostly African-American clients with an irrepressible combination of dignity, wit […]