Now that the 2012 presidential and gubernatorial elections are history, supporters for Gov. Beverly Perdue to grant individual pardons of innocence for the Wilmington Ten are focused to building more overwhelming public support for the cause before she leaves office on Dec. 31st. ...

Obama won the election by assembling a progressive Democratic coalition pioneered by Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988. ...

We won’t be able to go forward until Congress sits down and makes the hard decisions to create a just budget that invests in children. ...

After we savor the feeling of sweet success that comes from President Barack Obama’s election, there is work to do. ...

As First Vice Chair, Butterfield will hold the number two position in the Caucus for the duration of the 113th Congress, which begins in January ...

The Coleman Legal Team has worked aggressively since Election Day to ascertain why as many as 50,000 voters were given provisional ballots on Election Day. ...

There are real issues that must be faced not only in the next few weeks, but also in the next few years. ...

Three elderly Kenyans won a major victory in Britain’s High Court, giving them the green light to demand compensation for torture ...

In an unprecedented upsurge in deadly violence, some 30 civilians were shot dead by uniformed troops in northern Nigeria ...

A Nigerian High Court has awarded a local journalist over half a million dollars for a brutal beating he received while covering a protest at a local bank. ...