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November 12th, 2012
Written by Pauline Arrilla... in race relations news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) - Baine's Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass, and blues on their lips.
Talk of church and school, and most certainly music, almost always takes...
November 9th, 2012
Written by Nicholas Riccar... in race relations news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
DENVER (AP) - Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as breathing.
"I feel closer to him," said Vasquez, a 43-year-old Federal Express worker from Denver. "He cares about the Spanish people."
Millions of Hispanic voters seconded that emotion Tuesday with resounding 71 percent support for Obama,...
November 7th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in race relations news, Cover Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at some of President Barack Obama's promises for his second term:—Roll back Bush tax cuts for upper-income people, couples making over $250,000 and individuals making over $200,000, a failed 2008 promise. Ensure people making over $1 million pay at least 30 percent in taxes.
—Put government on a path to cutting deficits by $4 trillion over 10 years. First-term promise to...
November 7th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in race relations news, Race and Politics, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — A triumphant President Barack Obama pledged to ease the bitter partisan divide on display during his grueling battle for re-election and sure to carry over into his second White House term, while the most pressing of many urgent economic problems looms with a "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year.
Obama captured far more than the 270 electoral votes needed for victory over...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Curt Anderson -... in race relations news, Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Persistent reports of robocalls incorrectly telling voters they can cast ballots over the phone and fears of aggressive challenges by monitors at polling places threaten to mar Election Day in many key states, voting rights advocates said Monday.
The fake phone calls, some of which involve live callers, continued to crop up in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, primarily...