Democrat Barack Obama told young voters Saturday his multicultural background lets him "see through the eyes of other people" abroad in ways another president could not. Closer to home - and student pocketbooks - Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of aggressive steps to make college affordable. ...more

February 3, 2008

This year, we have a black man, a white woman, a Mormon, a thrice-married Catholic and an ordained Baptist minister all running for president. What a country. Yes, we have really come a long way, baby. ...more

January 31, 2008

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gathered emotional endorsements Friday from two prominent black women who implored blacks to set aside their excitement about her rival Sen. Barack Obama's campaign to be the first black president. ...more

January 26, 2008

John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, gave Barack Obama a timely endorsement Thursday, snubbing Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate. ...more

January 11, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama swept to victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, pushing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to third place and taking a major stride in a historic bid to become the nation's first black president. ...more

January 4, 2008

The world must not grow complacent about AIDS because the number of new HIV infections still outpaces the number of those being treated for the disease, former South African President Nelson Mandela said at a benefit concert Saturday. ...more

December 2, 2007