election 2012

Ben Jealous

Rerinhold Matay/AP

The NAACP and President Ben Jealous have launched what it says will be its biggest ever push to register voters ahead of the 2012 election.

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Congressional Black Caucus rallies preachers to tackle voter-ID laws

By William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers

The Congressional Black Caucus is asking African-American ministers to help educate voters about complying with new state voting laws, which they see as designed to suppress the black vote in November's elections. » read more

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Obama golfs in Massachusetts in 2009

Vincent DeWitt/Abaca Press/MCT

President Barack Obama waves to spectators in 2009 as he and a longtime friend, Dr. Eric Whitaker, golf at Farm Neck Golf Course in Oak Bluffs, Mass.

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‘Golfer-in-chief’ Obama nears 100th round of his presidency

By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers

Most modern U.S. presidents have played golf, but it’s touchy, since many people view it as an expensive, elite sport. President Barack Obama plays golf a lot, but he won’t let the news media see him do it. » read more

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