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  1. Conyers 'worried' about Clinton's impact on Dems' presidential chancesRead the original story

    20 min ago | Detroit News Online

    Rep. John Conyers said Saturday he is "very worried" that Hillary Clinton's continued campaign will make it more difficult to unify the Democratic Party this fall, but told fellow supporters of Barack Obama ...

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    Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

  2. Conyers 'worried' about Clinton's impact on Dems' presidential chancesRead the original story

    45 min ago | Detroit News Online

    Rep. John Conyers said Saturday he is "very worried" that Hillary Clinton's continued campaign will make it more difficult to unify the Democratic Party this fall, but told fellow supporters of Barack Obama ...

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    Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

  3. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Encourages Young Adults to Engage in PoliticsRead the original story

    51 min ago | PR Newswire

    ... honorary doctorate of law degrees to Franklin, and to Elizabeth Wilson, who 25 years ago became the first African-American elected to the Decatur, Ga. city commission. And 10 years later she became the city's first African American mayor. By simply ...

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    Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Decatur, GA

  4. No division, no worries for real feminismRead the original story

    52 min ago | The Common Ills

    ... the woman who, in her best book (Fire With Fire), drew a line for "pretty" -- a White woman could be and an African-American couldn't. Maybe she's atoning for that today? Post-Fire With Fire, I haven't seen or heard Naomi do a damn thing for ...

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    Related Topix: South Carolina, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Gay/Lesbian

  5. Will McCain Back Warming Bill?Read the original story

    59 min ago | The Washington Post

    The myth that refuses to die: Rosie O'Donnell joins the Rev. Wright in accusing the U.S. government of deliberately infecting African-Americans with syphilis.

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    Related Topix: George Bush, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, John McCain, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

  6. Evangelicals say faith is too politicizedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Press-Telegram

    ... "One of the things that disappointed Dr. Dobson was that when the manifesto was initially circulated, no African-American pastors or theologians were on the invite list," Schneeberger said. "His thinking was, `How can this purport to represent the ...

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    Related Topix: US News

  7. Sarkozy denounces slavery on 160th anniversary of abolitionRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Tocqueville Connection

    President Nicolas Sarkozy denounced Saturday what he called the crime against humanity that is slavery, as blacks protested against ongoing prejudice 160 years after slavery's abolition by France.

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  8. Exit Clinton: With a snarl or a smile?Read the original story

    1 hr ago | St. Petersburg Times

    ... to presumably are those young, college-educated and affluent voters who are wild about Barack Obama. As for African-American voters who for too long have been taken for granted by the Democratic Party, I guess they don't count for much anymore, ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Minnesota, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

  9. Horsey: Office of race propaganda gets dumpedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Two cheers to the Seattle School District for eliminating its Office of Equity, Race and Learning Support .

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    Related Topix: Education Etc.

  10. Stereotyping from the LeftRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | MooreThoughts

    I read a short article today on CNN's website sharing the big lead that Hillary Clinton is enjoying in West Virginia.

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    Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

  11. Planned Parenthood warns of prank phone callsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | WKYC-TV Cleveland

    A spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood says prank phone calls by anti-abortion activists pledging to underwrite abortions for blacks are an attempt to portray the health care provider as racist.

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    Related Topix: Abortion

  12. Obama's Muslim Past- do You Really Want to Take a Chance?Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Beaufort Gazette

    Submitted by cyberella on Sat, 2008-05-10 16:10. Obama IS a Muslim. Muslim law states if you are born into it by means of the father, you ARE a Muslim.

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    Related Topix: Jakarta, Indonesia, Indonesia, World News, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

  13. Rangel slams HRC's white support talkRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Politico.com

    NEW YORK , Rep. Charles Rangel , among Hillary Clinton's top African-American supporters, was none too pleased with Clinton's comments this week to USA Today that she has broader appeal with white voters.

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    Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Charles Rangel, Democrat

  14. An overview of The Daughters of the American RevolutionRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Helium

    Congressional charter incorporated the National Society of DAR, the Daughters of the American Revolution, in 1896, though some state chapters date back to 1890.

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    Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

  15. Obama rises from political obscurity to verge of historyRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Tri-cityherald.com

    In this June 4, 2007 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, laughs after saying goodbye to Rev.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, South Carolina

  16. Planned Parenthood Warns of Prank CallsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | WHIO-AM Dayton

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - A spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood says prank phone calls by anti-abortion activists pledging to underwrite abortions for blacks are an attempt to portray the health care provider as racist.

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    Related Topix: Columbus, OH, Columbus Metro, Abortion

  17. 1 Comment ]Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Air America Radio

    Listen to American Afternoon at 3pm. Listen to The Lionel Show at 9am. Listen to The Thom Hartmann Program at 12pm.

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  18. Planned Parenthood warns of prank phone calls in several statesRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | NewsOK.com

    Anti-abortion activists' prank phone calls pledging to underwrite abortions for blacks are an attempt to portray Planned Parenthood as racist, a spokeswoman for the health care provider said.

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    Related Topix: Abortion, Ohio, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democrat

  19. The New Clinton StrategeryRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Balloon Juice

    ... if this bizarre scheme works, she is just going to be able to magically sew the party back together and the African-American vote will be hers in the fall by a solid margin. It will not . By the way, I should probably credit whoever I saw use the ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

  20. Officials urged to probe any Google-Yahoo dealRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Shanghai Daily

    AN online advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc is facing opposition from consumer and civic groups which did not wait for an official deal announcement to voice their discontent.

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    Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Media, Yahoo!, Computers