In what is arguably the most anticipated event of the summer, more than 50,000 Democrats will converge on Denver’s Pepsi Center Aug. 25-28 for the Democratic National Convention. While this gathering will be glutted with the who’s who of polit
The judge overseeing the criminal cases for the remaining Jena 6 defendants has been removed against his will for making questionable remarks about the teenagers. The Associated Press said Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. had acknowledged calling the teens “
WASHINGTON Hillary Rodham Clinton's name will be placed in nomination along with nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama at the Democratic convention in Denver, an emblematic move intended to unite the party after a divisive primary fight.
WILMINGTON, N.C.–Two weeks before his momentous Democratic National Convention appearance in Denver, presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama knows he is in the fight of his life with GOP rival, Sen. John McCain, in their intense battle fo
ATLANTA–Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-toschool sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies — and depriving states of much-needed revenue.
DETROIT -- A judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case by making a city business trip to Canada and not informing the court.
An official apology for slavery and Jim Crow from the U.S. House of Representatives provoked mixed emotions in Philadelphia recently. For J. Whyatt Mondesire, president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP, the apology was a publicity stunt. “It
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--John McCain's campaign accused Barack Obama on Thursday of playing racial politics a day after the Democratic candidate predicted Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on
DALLAS–Don't believe the hype about the Black and Hispanic community at odds with each other, said representatives from at least two civil rights groups. A joint meeting, held at the Non Profit Community Center by the Dallas branches of the Southern
WASHINGTON - President Bush could have commuted the death sentence of Ronald A. Gray, a former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders. But Bush decided that Gray's crimes were so repugnant that execution was the only just punishment.
