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Obama braces for race-based ads

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 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a campaign rally at Kettering High School June 16, 2008 in Flint, Michigan. Obama, who is on a two-day campaign swing through Michigan, gave a speech about competitiveness. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)Though the election is more than four months away, the campaigns of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are shaping their strategies for dealing with racially tinged messages.

3 in 10 Americans admit to racial bias

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the United States Conference of Mayors  in Miami Saturday, June 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Newsweek: Why did black women back R. Kelly?

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After R. Kelly was acquitted last week, African-American women in Chicago and on blogs exclaimed their joy about the verdict. Here's a look inside the racial and gender politics of the Kelly acquittal.

Newsweek: New magazine to cover race relations

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RiseUp, a new weekly magazine that will be inserted in Sunday newspapers beginning June 22, will address racial and ethnic issues in America. The editor and publisher talks about her goals for the magazine

Newsweek: New magazine to cover race relations

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RiseUp, a new weekly magazine that will be inserted in Sunday newspapers beginning June 22, will address racial and ethnic issues in America. The editor and publisher talks about her goals for the magazine

Tuskegee Airmen to be subject of Lucas film

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** FILE ** This Jan. 23, 1942 black-and-white file photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. shows Major James A. Ellison, left, inspecting the cadets in training at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps, File)The black airmen whose lives will be the basis of a George Lucas movie know the picture will highlight their record of successfully escorting thousands of U.S. bombers in World War II.

Man accused in hired killing of son's wife

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A former math professor at a historically black university goes on trial Monday in Atlanta, charged with arranging the contract killing of his black daughter-in-law because she wasn't Indian.

Race possible challenge for Obama

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 Now that Hillary Clinton is out of the race, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama turns his attention to the general election. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports. (Today Show)Joyce Susick is the type of voter who might carry the senator from Illinois to the White House — or keep him out. But she has one concern. Will her state vote for a black man for president?


Fears of ID checks trap immigrants

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The Washington state ferry Elwa approaches the dock at Orcas Village on Orcas Island, in a May 22, 2008 photo. Many illegal immigrants have either risked arrest traveling off-island by ferry or feel trapped there because of spot checks by the U.S. Border Patrol of domestic ferry runs. Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care —  not for anything.

Dragging death changes Texas town

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Holly Blake, 2, plays in the James Byrd Jr. Memorial Park Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Jasper, Texas. Byrd was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged to death down a country road 10 years ago in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998. Ten years after James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death down a three-mile stretch of country road simply because he was black, some things have changed in Jasper.


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