Biden says tea party not a racist movement

Biden says tea party not a racist movement

The tea party is not a racist group, says Vice President Joe Biden, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views.
“Very conservative, very different views on government and a whole lot of things,” Biden said during an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “But it is not [...]

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Congress moves on gap in cocaine sentences

Congress is significantly reducing sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine convictions that over the past several decades have subjected a disproportionate number of blacks to long prison terms.
House passage of what is called the “fair sentencing act” would send it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Currently, a person convicted of crack cocaine possession [...]

Virginia NAACP head slams Webb for affirmative action column

Washington Post
- The head of the Virginia Conference of the NAACP lashed out at Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) Monday, three days after Webb stirred controversy with an op-ed piece suggesting most government diversity programs should be abolished because they “marginalized” white Americans.
In a Wall Street Journal column published Friday, titled “Diversity and the Myth of [...]

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