Youth Say Race Matters in Presidential Election

Nov 06, 2012

In 2008, Barack Obama inspired a generation of young people to campaign, get politically active and vote -- all of which undoubtedly played a role in his becoming the first black president in U.S. history.Four years later, just hours before...

Election 2012 and the Deep Racial Divide

Nov 02, 2012

(The Root) -- Last week, four-star retired general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Powell, a lifelong Republican, broke with his party ranks for the second time, having chosen Obama over fellow veteran...

Hate Groups: Preparing for an Obama Win?

Oct 31, 2012

  (The Root) -- When retired Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson denounced the Republican Party as "full of racists" in a recent interview, he ignited a firestorm. Though the comments were not the first time the Republican Party had been accused...

New Billboard Declares, 'MLK Was a Republican, Vote Republican'

Oct 30, 2012

 New billboards on display in Texas, sponsored by a Republican group called Raging Elephants, and a similar campaign in Memphis, are doing their best to align Martin Luther King, Jr. with today's Republican party.The billboards, which have gone up in...

Anti-Black Sentiment Up in US, Poll Shows

Oct 29, 2012

 A new poll conducted by the Associated Press shows that Americans have an increased prejudice against African Americans. Researchers from Stanford University, the University of Michigan and NORC at the University of Chicago gathered the data, and experts aren't surprised...

The Black Catholic Dilemma: How Would Jesus Vote?

Oct 28, 2012

Black Catholics confront a moral dilemma in the upcoming presidential election: vote with their church or vote with the party that they have long preferred to keep the first African-American president in office four more years.Three million black Catholics lived...

Vote Early, Vote For … It’s Not Always Easy to Register

Oct 26, 2012

Photo: Gen. Colin Powell (Northeastern University)President Barack Obama, campaigning in Ohio, told supporters Thursday to “vote early, like me.” And, Obama in a YouTube video, titled “Vote Early,” reminds his supporters that election day isn’t the only day you can...

Colin Powell Endorses Obama

Oct 25, 2012

Endorsing President Obama for a second term on a CBS This Morning panel Thursday, Colin Powell -- who was secretary of state for George W. Bush -- said he was "not comfortable" with GOP candidate Mitt Romney's economic plan and...

Voter Suppression Laws Cast Chill on Af-Am Community

Oct 24, 2012

As voter suppression laws continue to be debated in states across the country, members of the African-American press and voting rights advocates say the repercussions of that debate are already being felt. The most immediate metric, they note, will be...