Just two years ago, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was making his historical move to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. On the campaign trail, the mantra of
If you are an avid reader, you may be well aware of two of the finest works of science fiction written over the past 100
They say the revolution may not be televised. But the planning stages of it may have been, as TV One provided live coverage of Rev.
President Barack Obama showered praise upon Rev. Al Sharpton and the organization he founded, the National Action Network, during the organization’s “Goal-Setting Forum,” which was
An avowed white supremacist showed up early for a Neo-Nazi rally in downtown Los Angeles and began taunting counter-demonstrators at close range, prompting his own
Spelman College has been given money to increase the number of black engineers matriculating from the school, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The move addresses
The response was swift and brutal to New York gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino’s absurdly racist, sexist, pornographic and anti-Obama e-mails. Paladino’s e-mails — one, in
Despite the opposition received from the Republicans, President Obama has signed a $18 Billion Benefits Bill, to give the long-term unemployed a 6-week benefits extension,
Maybe it pays to be a dim-witted political firebrand after all. According to reports, Sarah Palin has earned $12 million since stepping down as Alaska’s
The drug epidemic continues to affect the youth. On April 13, an 8-year-old third grader took nearly 80 bags of heroin to his elementary school
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the unfortunate news concerning the passing of civil rights icon Benjamin Hooks (1925–2010). As a champion of equality for
“He’s certainly unable to give any comment,” Anderson said. “He’s got competent tax counsel in Chicago that handles all of his tax affairs,” says Ricky
Federal Judge Tom S. Lee of U.S. District Court of Southern Mississippi., had to order a rural county in southwestern Mississippi to stop segregating its
Freaknik started out innocently enough two decades ago as an Atlanta-based spring break celebration sponsored by black college students. By the time it was shut
A man who says he was molested by a cross-dressing staff member of a Cincinnati hospital is suing. He claims the University of Cincinnati Hospital’s
Is this justice? Two African American boys in Florida have been sentenced to live the rest of their lives in prison even though no one was
O.J. Simpson and his co-defendant just might get a second chance to prove their innocence. The Nevada Supreme Court has now agreed to hear their
For 13 years, Lucy Hall-Gainier has helped troubled women in Atlanta. She established the Mary Hall Freedom House (MHFH) in honor of her mother. “My
Deval Patrick The recent announcement that Justice John Paul Stevens will eventually retire from the Supreme Court, along with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s declining
