Finally! Obama issues first pardons of his presidency
By theGrio
4:15 PM on 12/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - No well-known people were on the list and most of the crimes seemed low-grade. Five involved drug or liquor offenses...
Benched? Justice Thomas' wife takes less public role
By theGrio
1:35 PM on 12/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - She attracted additional attention in October when she left a voicemail message for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for a 19-year-old sexual harassment accusation...
Unemployment unexpectedly rises, black joblessness up to 16 percent
By theGrio
11:03 AM on 12/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month, a sharp decline from the 172,000 created in October, the Labor Department reported Friday...
Why celebrate secession? Civil War revisionists sidestep slavery
8:23 AM on 12/03/2010
OPINION - What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of slavery, if not its total elimination from the equation...
Black Illinois state senator fights for gay civil unions
By theGrio
6:16 PM on 12/02/2010
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) - "I hear adulterers and womanizers and folks cheating on their wives and down-low brothers saying they're going to vote against this bill. It turns my stomach," he said...
Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama
By theGrio
5:48 PM on 12/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady said in a statement after the vote that she was "thrilled" about House passage...
Rangel censured by Congress in landslide vote
By theGrio
5:33 PM on 12/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "I brought it onto myself," Rangel told the House. But he also said politics was at work...
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Black Political News from TheGrio – 12/4/10
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