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Texas (HuffPo)– Texas State Representative Leo Berman (R) furthered his campaign against President Obama Tuesday, a man that he has before characterized as “God’s punishment on us,” by introducing a bill that would require future presidential and vice-presidential candidates to produce “the original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen” […]

Roland Martin appears in The Situation Room with Leslie Sanchez and host Wolf Blitzer.

CNN) — Restaurant chain KFC has launched a scholarship campaign that aims to keep it short and “tweet.”

The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday evening threw its support behind its own Ed Towns for ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee.

Below is a video shot by the Huffington Post in Rep. Charles Rangel’s Harlem District. Many of the Harlem residents in this video believe that Rangel should be let off the hook for his ethics violations. Do you agree with Rangel’s constituents or do you think he deserves everything that is coming his way? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/video_3543.html?1290055633 […]

Florida family suing makers of Four Loco saying the drink led to their son’s death. Some are comparing the cheap and easily accessible drink to crack cocaine.

Florida (WBLR)– A 20-year-old Miami, Florida man, Michael Beatty, was gunned down over the weekend in front of several people, including one witness that saw it all: a convenience store video camera.

Washington (Politico)– When the looming battle over Bush tax cuts comes up during their meeting at the White House Thursday morning, congressional Democrats are likely to pose a simple question to President Barack Obama: What is your strategy?

By James Rucker–We started ColorOfChange.org after Hurricane Katrina because we believed that Black America couldn’t rely on existing organizations, leaders, or a political party to deliver the change needed to protect and uplift our communities.

Washington (NYTimes)– The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, was re-elected on Wednesday to lead the Democrats in the next Congress, despite her party’s loss of more than 60 seats and its majority control of the House in the midterm elections.