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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 28, 2011
Voters "don't want to be governed by an African American."
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by Lenny McAllister onJune 19, 2010
With both left and right expressing disappointment with the president, this may be his best chance for post-partisan greatness.
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by Knolly Moses onMay 22, 2010
'Calypso and Chutney' politics could put a woman prime minister in power in this energy-rich Caribbean nation.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onApril 14, 2010
A son of the famed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. decides to challenge the man who unseated his father from Congress. You can't make this up.
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March 24, 2010
While 41 black members of the House voted for President Obama's health-care reform bill, Artur Davis, who wants to be governor of Alabama, said "No!"
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by Joel Dreyfuss onFebruary 7, 2010
The city that has suffered through bleak times elects a new mayor and grabs a Super Bowl trophy in a single weekend.
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by Lawrence Bobo onJanuary 19, 2010
The president must address middle-class fears and stand up to Wall Street.
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January 19, 2010
A routine election turns into a nailbiter, more women earn more than their spouses, and journalistists hacked in China.
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December 22, 2009
Rama Yade Soars in France, new civil rights chief talks tough, Daley widens the Net, and Guinea's junta accused.
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August 3, 2009
Senior Iranian political figures appear to have snubbed the formal endorsement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
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