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A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys. Complete Story...
A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.
A jury is deliberating the fate of a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers in Missouri
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was hailed as a hero this summer for confronting a metal-bar wielding man, is running for governor.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said that Michigan needs to lay out its budget for two years at a time and ask citizens what programs they support.
Jerry Brown hasn't formally announced for his old job, but the signs show he once again has his eye on the California governor's chair.
Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair — and Oregon's Republicans think he can score.
Carly Fiorina's claim to fame — her five-and-a-half years as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. — could also be her greatest vulnerability in next year's U.S. Senate race in California.
Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.
Tuesday night's election results will be read, discussed and interpreted for weeks to come. But even before the first vote is counted, we can probably draw some conclusions from those races.
Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next year.
The Republican in New Jersey's race for governor wants the incumbent to weigh in more candidly about the challenger's heft.
When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters.
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent millions of dollars to get inside the head of every New York City voter, hundreds of thousands of whom will get pre-recorded "robocalls" narrowly targeted to appeal to their tastes and urging them to get out and vote.
The Democrat aiming to unseat New York City's rich and popular mayor, Michael Bloomberg, struggled to define himself in their final debate before Election Day, while Bloomberg kept him on the defensive.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Democratic challenger has lost ground, a new poll shows, despite increasing his television ads and the force with which he's attacking the popular billionaire mayor.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who succeeded ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich in January, has formally declared his run for a full term.
Republicans don't hold a single statewide elected office in Illinois, but the crowded field of GOP candidates for governor wants to change that by pointing out their differences with Democrats.
The son of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has formally entered the Democratic race for Nevada governor, saying the state needs to diversify its economy and stop postponing difficult decisions.
Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Democratic challenger bickered vigorously about money in city politics during their first debate, trading accusations about who has bought support and who has been bought.
In two rounds of practice and then in qualifying, three names stayed atop the leaderboard all day on the eve of Saturday's Indy 300.
Rush Limbaugh realizes you don’t become America’s most popular radio talk-show host without having the hide of an elephant. And he’s long subscribed to a theory: His 21 million listeners know him and love him, and the other 280 million Americans, well, they don’t pay the bills.
Republican Bob McDonnell holds a lead of 9 percentage points over his Democratic rival in Virginia's governor's race 27 days before the election, according to a Washington Post poll published Thursday.
Jesse Jackson's race-baiting is doing the president no favorIf TheGrio busted him, you know it's bad!
Black Colleges Work To Increase Graduation RatesBALTIMORE -- Only 42 percent of black college students actually receive degrees, according to the latest statistics posted in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, and much of the focus of a national conference in Baltimore was on how to solve the problem.
Prejudice Fuels Opposition to Obama's PlansSubjects were more likely to support a health care reform proposal attributed to former President Bill Clinton than the same proposal from President Obama.
Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.
In today s space race, watch out for ChinaWhen China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.
Race row as black stars are left out of Couples Retreat film posterThe makers of a hit Hollywood film are at the centre of a race controversy after removing two black actors from a poster being used to promote it in Britain. The American advert for Couples Retreat, a comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Kristin Davis, show all eight principal actor …
Movie About 4 Couples Removes Black Couple From Promotional MaterialA racially-tinged advertising decision has gone awry for the movie "Couples Retreat." Marketers of the Vince Vaughn comedy, which stars four couples in a tropical paradise, removed black actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk from the promotional poster used in the United Kingdom afte …
Chinese-Americans See Obama's Trip in Unique LightAs President Barack Obama visits China seeking to balance a seesawing relationship, Chinese-Americans embody the challenges facing the giants of East and West.
Racism in China"Chinese don't like Africans. They don't like black skin. China trying to embrace Africa is a political statement.
In India Fair Skin is Preferred.I tend to refer to my people as "brown people" because, by and large, that's the color of our skin. But, as we all know, there are many shades of one color.
SKIN is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry.
Racism in the Republican PartyConor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image—and the myths the left perpetuates.
This question has been rolling around in my brain for quite some time. Since the Presidential primaries, to be exact. Well, I'm tired of it bothering me, so I'm putting it out there.
Rupert Murdoch's non-apology apology - Does he agree with Glenn Beck or not?Two articles: Rupert Murdoch's non-apology apology First, it was News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch concocting a phantom quote from Obama, claiming he had made a "very racist comment." Now its Murdoch's flak claiming his boss didn't really mean to suggest Obama was racist.
Glenn Beck "was right" about Obama? -- Help us expose Fox NewsLast week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was right."1
Armey of IgnoranceThere's a persistent delusion, on the part of many pundits, to the effect that we're actually having a rational political discussion in this country. But we aren't.
Mixed Race Americans Picture A 'Blended Nation' :The 2000 U.S. census was the first to give Americans the option to check more than one box for race. Nearly 7 million people declared themselves to be multiracial that year, a number that's expected to shoot up in the 2010 count.
A Japaneese American was a co-founder of The Black Panther PartyI found this to be a little interesting part of history I didn't know: Aoki is a documentary film chronicling the life of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party.
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to RightDemocrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
Louisiana Justice Who Refused to Marry Black Groom to White Bride ResignsBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.
3 Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political WindsIn this supposedly quiet off-year election, there are three contests taking place Tuesday that are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are filling a vacant House seat in a race with national implications.
A year on, has Barack Obama met the hopes of the world?A long and fascinating "debate" conducted by several expert authors looking from different perspectives at the Obama administration's record after nine months.
Food racismInstead, the radio host was talking about the latest tempest -- a taco in a teapot.
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