Blacks seek new clout in once-white suburbs
WASHINGTON - With more blacks moving from city to suburb, the National Urban League says it is worried states may improperly seek to stem the political clout of African Americans as they spread into historically white districts. The leader of the 101-year-old organization also says he is troubled by complaints from big-city mayors such as those in New York and Detroit who contend large pockets of their residents were missed in the 2010 census. More »
Haitians leaving quake settlement camps
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Large numbers of Haitians are leaving the dirty, overcrowded camps that sprang up after last year's earthquake, some lured away by financial incentives from officials and others forced out by landowners. More »
US planes attack as US cuts back Libya mission
WASHINGTON - U.S. Air Force and Marine attack planes struck targets in Libya on a stretch of Mediterranean coastline near the cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday, the final day of planned U.S. combat missions in the North African nation, U.S. officials said. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt planes attacked near Brega, which is among several contested cities along the Libyan coast ... More »
Malcolm X scholar Manning Marable dies at 60
NEW YORK - Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died Friday, just days before the book described as his life's work was to be released. He was 60. His wife, Leith Mullings, said Marable died from complications of pneumonia at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. More »
