It didn’t take long for restless football players at Pennsylvania State University to start jumping ship – and every gridiron athlete who wants to leave the tarnished Nittany Lions program should get out now. The most recent stars to bolt from the scandal-plagued university are Quarterback Rob Bolden, Wide Receiver Justin Brown and running back […]
While President Barack Obama crisscrosses the country preparing for the final 90-day stretch before Election Day, he’s made one thing clear to his constituents: “I’m not the president of black America.” In an interview with Black Enterprise, Obama was asked to respond to criticism that his administration hasn’t done enough to support black businesses. “My […]
Rev. William Owens is a long-standing, die-hard Republican who has been supporting the GOP and its racially-divisive policies for years. Now it’s out here. Now we know. Owens, leader of the conservative Coalition of African American pastors, created a firestorm last week when he called President Barack Obama a “Judas” for supporting gay marriage and […]
It’s hard to figure out exactly what motivated Rev. William Owens to compare President Barack Obama to “Judas” on national television. Owens, the leader of the Coalition of African American Pastors, is angry at Obama for supporting same-sex marriage, but the timing of Williams’ noisy diatribe raises questions about his end game and his politics. […]
Three months before Election Day, the White House has released a new report by the National Economic Council that highlights how President Barack Obama will keep taxes from rising for 98 percent of America’s families, which also includes millions of African-Americans. The report says Obama plans to create jobs by growing the economy not from […]
President Barack Obama preached to the choir this week, telling members of The National Urban League in an election-year speech that he will create a new White House office to ensure that African-American students are better prepared for high school, college and to compete in the global marketplace. “I’m establishing the first-ever White House Initiative […]
I cringed while watching a video of 300 black teenagers wilding their way through a Walmart in Jacksonville, Florida. Police called the trashing of Walmart a “flashmob” that stole snacks and sodas, turned over shopping carts, scared customers, and fired gunshots into the air outside the store. Watch video below. It was inexcusable and disgraceful […]
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. should take time to heal – and his critics should be patient. With the cacophony of negative noise and the political vultures circling, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has emerged as a voice of reason. She said, simply, that Jackson ought to have “the care and time he needs to get […]
Would you gladly welcome a Mormon into your family? Apparently some Americans still hold strong views about Mormons and with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney proudly boasting his longtime association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Mormon religion is being scrutinized today perhaps more than ever. According to a new […]
President Barack Obama rolled through Ohio Thursday during a two-day bus tour where he promised voters that he'll create jobs for millions of unemployed Americans if he's re-elected to the White House. The president's bus tour to Ohio and Pennsylvania comes at a critical time in the campaign: several polls show Obama leading GOP rival […]
One week after U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel proudly claimed victory and said he’d been re-elected to a 22nd term in Congress, his once-commanding lead has now plunged to just three percentage points – 802 votes — and some New York Democrats are hoping for a recount. As the drama continues to unfold in one of […]
First Lady Michelle Obama made history Thursday when she took her fiery, campaign-style message of civil rights activism directly to the black church nearly four months before the November presidential election. “Much like they did 50 years ago, or 150 years ago, our laws still shape so many aspects of our lives: Whether folks are […]
