Whew! Debt Ceiling Raised, Financial Collapse Avoided — For Now
Both sides compromised.
August 1, 2011
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Both sides compromised.
For two years, a man who has built a literary career on touting white supremacy and insulting minorities has been running a Catholic elementary school
BOSTON – A flash of heat still races through Deloris Lawhorn’s bloodstream when she thinks about how whites threw rocks at her family car when
In June of last month, a poll conducted by the largest social network for African Americans, BlackPlanet.com, and NewsOne.com of 1,100 African Americans, revealed that
BOSTON – Much like its civil rights comrade the NAACP, the National Urban League is being asked if it is still a relevant institution as
Rev. Jesse Jackson says that President Barack Obama should have been “tougher” with Republicans and less compromising in debt ceiling negotiations. “He has a propensity
Malcolm X’s youngest daughter, Malikah Shabazz, was sentenced to five years probation for stealing the identity of an elderly woman and using it to run up $55,000
President Obama tried to take the fight of the nation’s debt ceiling into cyberspace — and lost. More than 40,000 of Obama’s Twitter followers “un-followed” him
Autumn Braden, 20, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was arrested after police received several calls from around the country about a listing placed on eBay offering
Police suspect that social media networks Facebook and Twitter are being used to execute flash robs. It is known that social media networks are used
Sen. John McCain, Barack Obama’s former presidential rival, certainly scored a few points with the White House yesterday, blasting the tea party and current Republican
Joe Walsh goes all in on President Barack Obama on a viral video that opens like this: “President Obama, quit lying,” Walsh says firmly. “Have
Ever since the Democrats established the legality of mandatory minimums and three-strike laws under the leadership of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, African Americans
The United States of America makes up 5 percent of the world’s population, but houses 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. No country in the
They say crime does not pay. For Connie Murray Dumas of South Carolina, it only paid her $94. But it cost her 18 years. Connie
The so-called war on drugs has been a failure of colossal proportions — from both racial and preventive standpoints — and the NAACP passed a
A string of burglaries in CHICKASAW, Ala., have been attributed to an adult running a juvenile theft ring. Chickasaw police said Jarmichael Hill admitted to
Police officers across America continue to unjustly shoot black people without following proper procedures. On July 26, police officers in Chicago shot 13-year-old Jimmy Cannon
Photoshop can be a very good thing if you’re a celebrity with bad skin, but it’s a very bad thing if you’re a kid in
The news that “The Mo’Nique Show” on BET was canceled has prompted odd, but telling responses across black America. Known for her brash, in yo’
