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Do blacks truly want to transcend race?Five little words - "I forgot he was black" - have caused a furor in the United States and exposed a contradiction in the idea that it has become a post-racial nation since electing its first black president last year. More » |
Oil heat program launch warms Harlem Co-opNEW YORK - Chyresse Lopez pushed through the sidewalk crowd to get a better look at the blue-jacketed delivery man hauling a hose up to the fill-pipe of her Harlem apartment building. More » |
Obama, Republicans swap barbs, ideas in meetingBALTIMORE - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt. More » |
Protesters reflect on success of 1960s sit-insGREENSBORO, N.C. - The four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the "whites only" lunch counter - and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America. More » |
