Disney uses black Princess Tiana character to sell watermelon candy
And not only was Princess Tiana used to sell the Valentine treat. Alongside her a white Sleeping Beauty is used to sell vanilla candy.
Expect a bitter fight on the budget
Make no mistake: President Obama's job-creating and tax-the-rich budget proposals are going to be core battleground issues for the Republican right.
Obama's State of the Union: combative and centrist
Judging by polls after the speech that showed higher approval ratings, he hit his mark.
Professor lists Obama accomplishments: Over 244 and growing
President Obama has 244 accomplishments under his belt since he took office despite fanatical Republican opposition aimed at wrecking his presidency.
He is gone from you now … reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Around 1968," Jackson says, "my parents were working at pretty good jobs, in a factory. Now there are no more jobs. What would Dr. King think of that?"
Recess appointments are welcome start to 2012
President Barack Obama sent a clear and welcome message this week when he made the recess appointments.
The Iraq war is over - or is it?
President Obama deserves praise for fulfilling his promise to end a war he opposed before he even started campaigning for the presidency.
President Obama should veto the National Defense Authorization Act
The defense spending bill includes a provision allowing for the indefinite detention without trial of al-Qaida suspects and their allies.
Obama in Osawatomie
The President's speech in Osawatomie was the true "pivot" towards jobs and away from the austerity debates of last summer for which workers, occupy protesters and tens of millions more have been waiting.
Republican senator admits that latest GOP filibuster was sabotage
The GOP vote against President Obama's nominee to the Consumer Financial Protection Board was to sabotage the agency.
