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Barack Obama’s bid for the US Democratic presidential nomination has been marred by the controversy over remarks made by his fomer pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

And now that relationship is being used by the Republicans in a strategy Democrats say is racially tinged.
 
We sent Max Blumenthal, a writer for the progressive magazine, The Nation, to the southern state of Mississippi. 

He asks if attack ads used in a congressional election there could be a sign of things to come.

On Riz Khan we take a look at the latest primaries and what they mean.

Barack Obama has edged closer to being his party’s nominee for the White House, despite losing one of two primaries on Tuesday. While Obama easily beat rival, Hilary Clinton, in North Carolina, he lost to her in Indiana by just a few percentage points. The Democratic presidential hopeful has now increased his lead in both the popular vote and those of the so-called ’super delegates’ - who will be crucial to determining the winner of such a close race.

A look at how the US media has been covering the Democratic nomination race.

A look at how the US media has been covering the Democratic nomination race.