Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years. ...more

December 15, 2008

A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black. ...more

December 13, 2008

Hey Bob Goldsmith, referencing your "kudos" to the other entrants in the ongoing war of words, might I try to make some peace and clarify a couple of things? ...more

December 11, 2008

Kudos to Bob Kurabieski, Bob Munsell and John Booth for putting that person in his place; I am not sure where Mr. Gillis' place is, but I know where I would put him. Mr. Gillis, I have read some of your garbage over the years, always controversial and full of rumors, half truths, innuendos, and downright lies. ...more

December 8, 2008

At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

November 21, 2008

Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before. ...more

November 14, 2008

People waving political signs outside Progress Village Park on Election Day said race fueled their fervor to support Barack Obama. But now, with the election frenzy behind them and the country's first black president poised to assume command in January, they want to focus on unity and change for people of all races. ...more

November 12, 2008

All smiles and compliments, President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, called on President Bush and first lady Laura Bush Monday in a White House visit that was part political ritual, part practical introduction and a striking symbol of the historic transfer of power to come. The president and Obama talked war and financial crisis. Laura Bush and Michelle Obama talked about raising daughters in the nation's most famous house. ...more

November 10, 2008

The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States captured the attention of the world. Following are excerpts from foreign newspapers on the election of the nation's first black president: ...more

November 9, 2008

"You said it about McCain, but I'm going to say it about your guy, insert sleazy, declasse racial image here, if he wins this race," wrote R. Vanhoose, who will never be confused with Coretta Scott King. "We're all doomed!" ...more

November 9, 2008