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The NAACP and the National Urban League are among those blasting President Barack Obama’s education-reform plan. Seven education and civil rights groups released a six-point plan for equitable and sustainable national education reform in this country in response to the plan proposed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan. They are calling for an end to Duncan’s…

First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Spain next week for a “private mother-daughter vacation.” While there, she will meet with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. The White House did not disclose whether she would be taking both of her daughters on the trip or where in Spain she would vacation. Contrary to published…

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Feel that black folk have been whited out by the media? Here are the numbers to prove it. The latest study of news coverage by the Pew Research Center shows that just 2 percent of the stories were about African Americans. The single biggest story was on the arrest of The Root’s editor-in-chief, Dr. Henry Louis…

President Obama — through White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs — suggested that the past week of conversation about race, notably the case of Shirley Sherrod, was a “teachable moment.” Granted, there is a lot for many folks to learn through that fiasco. However, those who could most gain from these lessons are the Tea…

You might not know it from his reaction after the U.S. House of Representatives announced plans to pursue formal charges against him for ethical violations, but Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is in a heap of trouble. “This may sound corny,” he told reporters, “but at long last, sunshine has pierced through this cloud that’s been…

You know black leaders are brainwashed when … 1) … they fear that talking about racism may hamper their success. 2) … they roll over at the slightest hint of retaliation. 3) … they allow avowed enemies to define their agenda. 4) … they quickly retreat from already weak positions. 5) … they swiftly throw…

Statement by President Barack Obama on Signing the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 Today I signed the unemployment insurance extension to restore desperately needed assistance to two and a half million Americans who lost their jobs in the recession. After a partisan minority used procedural tactics to block the authorization of this assistance three…

Conservative bloggers have taken to the Web to condemn President Obama for eating at an ice cream shop whose logo resembles the black power symbol in their tiny little minds. The shop owner is as dumbfounded as we are. Critiquing the man’s choice of ice cream shop — really. Some people obviously have too much…