Category: Afro Briefs

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will step down from her post at the end of the month amid controversy surrounding the infamous White House crashers in December, according to a Washington Post report. The Post quoted unnamed White House officials who said Rogers, a friend of President Barack Obama from Chicago, will return to […]

After months of controversy and scathing criticism from his political colleagues, New York Gov. David Paterson announced Feb. 26 that he would not seek election later this year, according to a New York Times report. Paterson took the helm nearly two years ago when then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was purged from office following a prostitution scandal. […]

A delusional fan was given two years jail time after sending strange and explicit text messages to R&B singer Ashanti’s Mother, theGrio.com reported. Devar Hurd, 31, expressed sorrow as he claimed he didn’t mean to annoy or upset the award-winning singer and her family when he sent the messages, some of which contained pictures of […]

Several conservative groups recently united to sign a document they called an act of recommitment to America’s founding principles. The Mount Vernon Statement claimed to uphold national independence, economic opportunity and religious liberty. By signing the statement, each agency said it believed that a conservative interpretation of the Constitution would ensure limited governmental power, and reassert […]

The celebration of Mardi Gras has begun earlier than usual, as the party kicked off in the streets of New Orleans February 7 after the Saints claimed their first NFL championship in franchise history with a 31-17 victory against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Fla. The game was tightly contested for […]