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WASHINGTON (AP) — Purchases of new U.S. homes surged in the Northeast and West in May, as steady job growth over the past year has lifted the real estate sector. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that new-home sales rose 2.2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000, the strongest pace in […]
A trail date to indict the six Baltimore police officers, that were involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, has finally been set…
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart said Monday it is removing any items from its store shelves and website that feature the Confederate flag. The announcement by the world’s biggest retailer comes as the shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reignited the debate over the flag’s symbolism. […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s governor declared Monday that the Confederate flag should be removed from the statehouse grounds as she acknowledged that its use as a symbol of hatred by the man accused of killing nine black church members has made it too divisive for the state to display in such a public […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates, GOP lawmakers and the lone black Republican in the House are returning donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof or giving the money to charity. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, an African-American Republican woman who was elected to the […]
A White House spokesman said on Monday afternoon that President Barack Obama will travel to Charleston this Friday to eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel AME church along with nine others. On Friday, June 26th, the President and Vice President will travel to Charleston, South Carolina to attend […]
NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is dropping artificial colors and flavors from its cereals, the latest company to respond to a growing desire for food made with ingredients people see as natural. The company said Monday that Trix and Reese’s Puffs will be among the first cereals to undergo the changes. As a result, […]
More news is emerging about Emanuel AME killer Dylann Roof and none of it is good. Roof’s cousin, Scott Roof, told The Intercept that he believes that Roof was motivated to hate because he was interested in a woman who ended up dating a Black man. The Intercept reports: “Dylann was normal until he started […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said the United States has not overcome its history of racism and is using the N-word to make his case. In an interview, Obama weighed in on the debate over race and guns that has erupted after the arrest of a white man for the racially motivated shooting deaths […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released Monday morning from a Baltimore halfway house, where he’d been living since his release from an Alabama federal prison in March. Jackson was released from the Volunteers of America halfway house shortly before 9 a.m. EDT and left in one of two black SUVs […]
06/22/15 – Roland Martin and Bishop Harry Jackson discuss what needs to happen for the South Carolina Confederate flag to be removed from atop the capitol dome. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
Even though they’re on different sides of the aisle, President Barack Obama and former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney both agree that it’s time to…
