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The Lamar County Democratic Party announced it did not accept its chairman’s resignation after he called Sen. Tim Scott an “oreo.”“After much discussion—especially among our local Black Democrats—we chose not to accept Mr. O'Connor's resignation,” the group wrote on its Facebook page in a statement Tuesday, which appears to have since been deleted.“Mr. O'Connor has written a public letter of apology to Sen. Tim Scott, and Lamar County Democrats join him in this apology.”

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is debuting some of her closing arguments in her campaign ads, including a spot that is narrated by Morgan Freeman. Titled “Example,” the spot contrasts Clinton’s career with that of Donald Trump, positioning it as a choice of “who will we entrust our country and their future to.” For example, the ad presents...

...Democratic front-runner met with African-American faith leaders in Philadelphia on Wednesday... "...I wasn't expecting to endorse Hillary Clinton," Rev. Mark Tyler of Pennsylvania, on the 28 ministers to announce support for Clinton, said in a statement. Tyler said Clinton's plans for investing in historically black colleges and breaking down barriers for women helped sway his decision... "I'm supporting Hillary Clinton...because she is qualified and equipped to do the job", said another faith leader, Rev. Zina Pierre of Maryland.

Much as liberals attacked conservative talk radio host Larry Elder for his comments about this issue Wednesday, Twitter exploded with vulgar racial epithets towards Cosby and Barkley Thursday (extreme vulgarity warning):

When my home phone rang Saturday morning, the Caller ID told me that former Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris was on the line. So I picked up, expecting to hear his distinct voice. "Elihu?" I said. Instead of the deep-throated Harris on the other end, it was his wife, Sheila Wells, using her hubby's cell phone to make campaign calls for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. She urged me to get out and vote for him in Tuesday's California primary. When I asked her how her husband, a former state assemblyman, was voting, she said he hasn't told her. But...

The European Union development commissioner, Louis Michel, is in Mali for talks to set up the EU's first job centre for African migrants. The idea is to match potential migrants with job offers in sectors like agriculture, building or cleaning. France and Spain have already pledged to advertise seasonal vacancies there. It's part of the EU strategy to deal with the increasing flow of migrants from Africa, with other centres planned for Senegal and Mauritania. Deadly journey Mr Michel is holding talks on the centres with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure Mali the capital, Bamako. Last year, 31,000 Africans made...

US Senator Barack Obama on Thursday called President George W. Bush's suggestion that African-Americans could reap greater rewards from overhauling Social Security a 'stunning' arguement that ignored the true health issues facing blacks in the country.As the president launched his two day tour through the South to build support for his controversial plan to revamp Social Security, Democrats challenged a White House assertion that blacks could gain from Bush's proposed private retirement accounts because they have fewer years to collect benefits considering that they die younger. 'It is puzzling to me that we are even having this debate about whether...

An aggressive Republican campaign to court black voters with the help of church leaders "should be cause for alarm" among Democrats, who risk losing a larger share of their most loyal political constituency, says Democratic strategist Donna Brazile. Miss Brazile, one of her party's most respected voter outreach specialists, warned Democrats at the start of the 2004 election cycle: "Don't take African-American voters for granted." At the end of that cycle, President Bush had increased his share of the black vote to 11 percent nationally and by 13 percent to 16 percent in battleground states such as Ohio, Florida and...