IS THIS THE END?

Several reports have surfaced that report that this race is over. Clinton’s camp is quiet, NBC’s influential host of Meet the Press, Tim Russert, is calling it. Even Matt Drudge is saying it. Read more

Obama wins North Carolina, still too close in Indy

***UPDATE***
Hillary Clinton apparently has squeaked by in Indiana (NBC reports). Read more here.

Barack Obama won decisively in North Carolina tonight. All but erasing any dent Hillary Clinton put in his lead by her Pennsylvania performance. The drama of the night, however, came from Indiana, where even at midnight it was too close to call. Read more

Darryl Fears: Critics of old guard take black activism online

The new black revolution, as singer Gil Scott-Heron famously predicted, is not being televised.

It is raging online.

A growing cadre of young black activists is using the Internet in an attempt to eclipse traditional civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and hit the refresh button on the civil rights movement. Bloggers with names such as the Cruel Secretary, and blogs called What About Our Daughters? and the African American Political Pundit, have railed against groups in the “black-o-sphere,” saying they do not understand young black Americans, are behind the times and react too slowly to incidents involving the younger generation.

Read this Washington Post article by Darryl Fears here…

Page: Wright’s Past, Obama’s Future

After cutting ties with his controversial former pastor, Sen. Barack Obama received a word of sympathy from an unusual source: Read more

Herbert: Jeremiah Wright Issue is Nonsense

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is no doubt (and regrettably) a big issue in the presidential campaign. But what we’ve seen over the past week is major media overkill Read more

The “Newness” of Barack Obama

A review of columns by national black journalists reveals a common theme. There is widespread agreement that Barack Obama’s candidacy is significant whether he ends up winning or not. Read more