Susan Rice Drops Out of Running for Secretary of State
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has pulled her name out of the running for t...
Commentary: A Sad Ending to Susan Rice’s State Department Dream
Susan Rice’s decision to bow out ends a sad spectacle of unreasonable Republican attacks on a brill...
Condoleezza Rice Will Be a Featured Speaker at Republican Convention
Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, will be a featured speaker at the Republican Natio...
Colin Powell’s Not Ready to Endorse Obama Again
Colin Powell wants to hear what the GOP is offering before he makes an endorsement....
Egyptian Military’s Treatment of Women Draws Ire of Clinton
Just months after Egyptians of all genders captivated the world when they gathered together in Tahr...
Clinton Brings Aid to New Libyan Government
Just two months after Moammar Gadafhi was driven from Tripoli, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clin...
Commentary: The Five Black People You Meet in GOP Heaven
If the GOP wants to attract African-Americans, they need to stop attacking other Black politicians....
Commentary: Congratulations, William "Mo" Cowan
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick made history when he announced the appointment of William "Mo" Cow...
Commentary: The Affordable Care Act Is Upheld, But the Battle Is Not Over
Today, we witnessed one of the most important U.S. Supreme Court rulings in decades: In a 5-4 vote,...
U.S. Offering $5 Million for Kony Leads
The US is offering $5 million for information leading to the arrest, transfer or conviction of Jose...
First Black Texas Secretary of State Myra McDaniel Dies
Texas' first Black Secretary of State dies. Get more on her l ife and careeer....
Condoleezza Rice: Terrorist Acts Test Presidential Leadership
Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice says President Obama must find a way to reassure the nat...
This Day in Black History: Jan. 2, 1970
Clifton R. Wharton Jr. became the first African-American president of a predominately white univers...
Will Hillary Clinton Be the Next Secretary of State?
Will Hillary Clinton be the next Secretary of State? Posted Nov. 14, 2008 – Sen. Hillary Rodham Cli...
Carl Lewis Has Been Removed From New Jersey’s State Senate Ballot
New Jersey Secretary of State Kimberly Guadagno will not allow Carl Lewis to appear on the state's ...
Florida Challenges Voting Rights Act Provision
Secretary of State Kurt Browning says that requiring preclearance from the Justice Department for n...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Appointed Cultural Ambassador by Hillary Clinton
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been named as an American cultural ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary...
Holbrooke Remembered as 'Giant' of U.S. Diplomacy
WASHINGTON – Few U.S. diplomats had the breadth, depth or length of service of Richard Holbro...
Judge Blocks Contentious Wisconsin Union Law
A restraining order has been issued against Wisconsin's new collective bargaining law....
Powell Still Bullish on Obama, not Joining Govt
Former secretary of state will not say who he will vote for in 2012....
