Book Reveals More on Obama's Teen Years

Eleven things you might not know about the young Obama: The Washington Post reports on some more highlights from David Maraniss' Barack Obama: The Story. Suggested Reading If Poor Black, White People Unite, They’d Be An Unstoppable Force, But Here’s Why The Powers That Be Won’t Let Them Spades? What Diddy Will Be Doing In…

Eleven things you might not know about the young Obama: The Washington Post reports on some more highlights from David Maraniss' Barack Obama: The Story.

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Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?
Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?

"Black and white" twins celebrate 7th birthday: The headline-making little girls, whom some of us would call instead "the darker- and lighter-skinned fraternal twins, who are both the same race," are still a source of perplexingly intense curiosity โ€” this week it's because they're turning a year older.

Chris Rock on Romney: The comedian took jabs at "Romney's Crew "on Jimmy Fallon, including this one: "Mormons believed black people were the devil." Watch the video here.

First statue honoring Dred Scott unveiled: A life-size statue of Dred and Harriet Scott was unveiled on Friday, June 8, in front of the historic Old Courthouse in St. Louis.

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