http://www.mail.com/people/111188-john-lewis.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/111188-john-lewis.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955116-nj-governor-asked-to-apologize-race-remark.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, not by name, during a church-hosted meeting. Christie, who's white, told an audience Tuesday that an "African-American female speaker of the Assembly" is blocking a vote on a school vouche... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:38:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955116-nj-governor-asked-to-apologize-race-remark.html 2013-03-14T21:38:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls. More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:52:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html 2013-03-04T02:52:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1929106-ap-photos-anniversary-bloody-sunday-march.html More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, Ala., on Sunday. The event commemorates the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers — including a young Lewis — by state troopers as they began a march to Montgomery in March 19... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:08:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1929106-ap-photos-anniversary-bloody-sunday-march.html 2013-03-04T01:08:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921112-man-charged-slaying-miss-mayoral-candidate.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week. The Coahoma County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that Lawrence Reed of Shelby was charged in the death of Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clark... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:09:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921112-man-charged-slaying-miss-mayoral-candidate.html 2013-03-01T02:09:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885584-lady-hosts-102-year-old-determined-voter.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A determined Florida centenarian who had to make two trips and wait several hours to vote for President Barack Obama last fall joined first lady Michelle Obama for Tuesday's State of the Union. Her resolve to cast a ballot became a symbol of early voting obstacles in the presidential election. Desiline Victor, 102, of Miami, endured a we... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885584-lady-hosts-102-year-old-determined-voter.html 2013-02-13T03:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833004-obamas-inauguration-day-day-mlk-jr-too.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar pushed Obama's public swearing-in onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader, and inaugural planners have taken pains to acknowledge that fact. Going into his second te... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833004-obamas-inauguration-day-day-mlk-jr-too.html 2013-01-20T18:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement. It's only the second time Inauguration Day has coincided wi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html 2013-01-18T19:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781724-judge-dismisses-suit-challenging-senate-filibuster.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate rules that establish a 60-vote threshold for defeating filibusters. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington ruled that the plaintiffs lack the legal right to sue, and that if the court took up the case, it would offend the separation of powers a... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781724-judge-dismisses-suit-challenging-senate-filibuster.html 2012-12-21T15:29:00Z