Nation

The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, posters, and other merch pairing the civil rights leader with Barack Obama, the AP reports.

From Kevin Drum at MotherJones: A STRIPED PANTS-SUIT FOR HILLARY?….Al Kamen reports today on “increasing chatter” that maybe Barack Obama will offer the position of Secretary of State to Hillary Clinton. In fairness, chatter is what Kamen’s column is all about, but still, you have to wonder: what the hell is that supposed to mean? […]

As many rational political observers noted, the Age of Obama would not mean the abolition of racism in this country. The acts of blatant racism that have otherwise gone unnoticed, have become glaring examples of how far we, as a nation, have yet to travel. Take the following, for example: A young man goes into […]

Three big city mayors asked the federal government Friday to use a portion of the $700 billion financial bailout to assist struggling cities.

President-elect Barack Obama will meet Monday with John McCain in talks that Obama’s transition office said would focus on ways they can cooperate on an array of troublesome issues facing the country.

William Ayers, a controversial figure in the election due to his background as a 60’s radical and his connection to Barack Obama, has spoken to Good Morning America about his views relationship to Barack Obama Watch The Video After The Jump

A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that while a huge Chicago crowd celebrated the election of the first black U.S. president, some white city police officers committed hate crimes against a black family cheering Barack Obama’s victory from home.

From HuffingtonPost.com: A Democratic official confirms to the Huffington Post that Sen. Hillary Clinton met with President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday to discuss her role in the new administration.

40 Cars were vandalized with racist threats and slurs towards African Americans and President Elect, Barack Obama in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. The secret service as well as he police are investigating the incidents as hate crimes. Watch the Video After The Jump

Some of the nation’s largest banks sharing in the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry tried to assure lawmakers Thursday they are using the money to make more loans and help financially strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure.

Prop 8 passed. The initial hinting that it might pass on Election Night, was a blow to the elation that many felt from the early announcement of Obama’s victory. Last week, thousands gathered in San Francisco, students gathered on college campuses, and thousands more took to the streets even earlier in other cities like Los […]

In all of the euphoria over Barack Obama’s election as the first African-American President, black voters have been cast as a vital part of the electorate that made his victory possible. There has been another story developing in the state of California, as black voters in the state, according to exit polls,  voted 2-1 in […]