While most Americans are focused on the tough-and-gritty race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, U.S. Rep. Allen West, a black Republican from Florida, says he’s also a victim of mean-spirited campaigning in his contest for re-election. A new campaign ad called “Fighter” shows a cartoon version of West wearing boxing gloves and repeatedly […]
President Barack Obama is quite comfortable campaigning in the heartland of rural America. Obama rolled through Iowa Tuesday on a three-day bus tour where he plans to ask voters to support his vision for the country and reject Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican scheme to offer tax breaks to millionaires and dismantle Medicare. […]
Senior citizens beware. U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan — Mitt Romney's running mate for the White House — wants to dismantle Medicare, which could adversely impact millions of African-American seniors and elderly people of color who rely heavily on the government health care program. Ryan, a policy wonk from Wisconsin, is the architect of a controversial […]
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. […]
President Barack Obama cautiously predicted the outcome of the November election in a dialogue with wealthy campaign donors in New York. "If the election were held today, I think it'd be close, but I think we'd win," Obama told the group of supporters this week. This is the kind of unbridled confidence that helped propel […]
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 […]
To fire up the electorate, the Obama campaign marked 100 days until Election Day by hosting more than 4,700 grassroots events in all 50 states across the country. In barber shops, restaurants, churches and local field offices, the Obama campaign blitz focused this weekend on "Barbecues for Barack," voter registration, recruiting new volunteers, and rallying […]
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 […]