Diminishing Respect for the Black Vote
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The sound of head-scratching coming from Democratic circles will likely be as much a part of autumn as the rustle of leaves. Walloped on Election Day, top Democrats are dazed, dispirited
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Most Americans, white and black, see racism as a lingering problem in the United States, and many say they know people who are racist, according to a new poll.
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When the final votes came in, President Bush&#39;s black vote looked like a drop in the bucket amid his national flood, but it looked like a big hole in the bucket for his Democratic opponent.
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This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues.
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The United Negro College Fundâs slogan remains a powerful ad message 35 years after its debut. The groupâs name, however, has become a source of alienation.
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Polls show Obama holding a slight lead in an electorate polarized along racial lines.
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Presidential candidatesâ withdrawal from a debate has frustrated members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Use of databases to purge voter rolls led to complaints of people being wrongly excluded.
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For all the talk about Barack Obama's quest to be the first black president, his visit to his grandfather's hometown Tuesday was a reminder that it is only half the story.
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African Americans in Congress are weighing whether to shift support from Clinton to Obama.
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A growing number of foreign-born blacks has inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."
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International observers have been criticized for doing too little â and too much â in the wake of Kenya's flawed Dec. 27 vote, which touched off a wave of ethnic killings.
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Some St. Louis voters weighing uniqueness of a black president versus an affinity for the Clintons.
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As the country prepares for local elections on Sunday, many are finding that the murder and intimidation that once defined politics here are diminishing.
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One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent black supporters said Sunday he was insulted by the characterization by rival Barack Obama's presidential campaign of her remarks about the civil rights movement.
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PITTSBURGH _ To the daunting challenges facing Republicans in the 2006 midterm elections, add another: angry "values voters" who feel used and abandoned. "We put these people in power in 2004," said Sue Means, a home-school activist from suburban Pittsburgh. "I really expected more.
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The old methods of U.S. discrimination at the polls have been replaced by "subtler and more creative tactics," according to a report released on Wednesday.