Democrats battle for black votes in debate
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the other Democratic presidential contenders battled for black support on Thursday with attacks on the ravages of racism, promises to lift up the poor and pledges to do more for Africa.
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Democrats hope the power of the pulpit will buttress support among blacks, a key voting bloc that must turn out heavily for presidential candidate John Kerry to win the White House.
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Barack Obama has to win over both black and white Democrat voters to see off Hillary Clinton
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The Christian Science Monitor - A nail-biter of a fight for the Democratic presidential nomination enters its biggest day Tuesday, with voters in 22 states and American Samoa casting ballots in a historymaking race.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for the first debate to use voters' video questions sent via YouTube.
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Republican presidential hopefuls battle in a debate in Florida, while Democrats push for votes in South Carolina.
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Race and civil rights issues fuel the latest row between US Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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The Democratic presidential hopefuls  scrambled for advantage in the widening debate over Iraq on  Wednesday, with Barack Obama calling for combat troops to come  home by the end of 2008 and Hillary Clinton asking the White  House to speed any withdrawal.
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Democratic contenders get set to spar in the first televised debate to accept video questions from YouTube users.
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Democratic presidential rivals and their supporters vied for advantage in the courts, on a debate stage and at the ballot box on Tuesday in an unsettled race for the party's nomination to the White House.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have become embroiled in racially tinged disputes as large numbers of black voters prepare to get their first say in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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The simple fact that either Hillary Clinton, a white woman, or Barack Obama, a black man, will likely be the Democratic nominee for president is fueling a nationwide debate about how sexism and racism may shape this campaign.
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seek to set aside a row over civil rights in their fight for the US Democratic ticket.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - South Carolina Democrats cast votes on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading rival Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Hillary Clinton,  Barack Obama and six other Democratic presidential contenders  wrestled with questions of race, war and gender on Monday in a  debate starring a parade of questions posed in YouTube videos.
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Bloomberg - June 4 (Bloomberg) -- The three leading Democratic presidential candidates -- John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- skirmished over the Iraq war and health-care coverage in a debate last night.
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Five Democrats in Harlem weigh in on the choice between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.