Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black." For this group — some descended from U.S. slaves, some immigrants with a separate history — "African-American" is not the sign of progress ...

Did Obama run the most negative ads in U.S. history?

“No candidate in American history has ever run more negative ads than Barack Obama.” — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), speaking on CNN , Jan. 31, 2012. Read full article >>

Black or African-American? Snapshot, that includes Staten Islanders, reveals it's a personal decision

AP file photoThe Rev. Jesse Jackson is widely credited with taking African-American mainstream in 1988, before his second presidential run. The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to...

Clint Eastwood To Visit Museum Of American History

The Smithsonian Institution is honoring Clint Eastwood for his six decades of work in American film, and he is cutting the ribbon to open a new theater

AP Enterprise: Brown bank regulator an insider

Gov. Jerry Brown's appointee to head the department that oversees banking, financial and consumer regulations in California led a trade association that fought against tighter lending restrictions before the subprime mortgage crisis exploded and was an executive with Washington Mutual when the now-failed bank was among the most aggressive marketers of loans to high-risk borrowers.