Category: National News

On Sunday night, President Barack Obama made good on that promise, announcing that a team of elite Navy SEALs had taken out Osama bin Laden for good with two bullets, one to the chest and one to the head. The surprise attack on Public Enemy No. 1 took place shortly before 2 a.m. in Pakistan, […]

Newspapers from around the world shared the same story on May 3 and that was the death of Osama Bin Laden at the hands of the United States. In the United Kingdom, the Sun had a headline of “Obama ‘Watched him Die’” with a slightly altered photo of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, […]

Baltimore Ravens Pro-Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis and former NFL cornerback Reggie Howard are leading the humanitarian and emotional assistance to a 10-year-old New York boy who was the lone survivor after his mother drove a van carrying him, his brothers and his sister, into the Hudson River on April 12. On April 30, Lewis and […]

A war of words between the Rev. Al Sharpton, Black civil rights advocate, and Black scholar Cornel West has revved up recently after West made comments criticizing President Obama. In an MSNBC special news program, West, a Princeton University professor, claimed that Obama is no longer working in the best interests of African-Americans, but is […]

Half of all U.S. states currently mandate smoke-free worksites, restaurants and bars and, if more states adopt bans, smoking could be prohibited in indoor areas across the nation by 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. In the past 10 years, 25 states and the District of Columbia have passed smoking bans, the […]

A federal judge in California ruled April 27 that an alliance of Muslim organizations cannot review certain records of FBI investigations into their activities, but also admonished the government for lying about the existence of the files. U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled that several Muslim organizations, who believed they were being unfairly targeted, […]

The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill April 27 which would create criminal penalties for undocumented residents who work in Oklahoma and for those who smuggle them into the state. According to reports, the bill passed on a 37-8 vote and would authorize certain law enforcement officials to question people about their immigration status. A similar […]

President Obama recognized a handful of participants who were involved in a landmark event in American civil rights and labor rights history during a recent White House event. The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, an iconic campaign in which public workers united for dignity, respect and better lives, was spotlighted by Obama on April 29 as […]

In efforts to quell rumors about the location of President Barack Obama’s birth, the White House on April 27 released the commander in chief’s long form birth certificate. Obama said he was troubled by the excessive media attention given to the “birthers” movement during a Wednesday morning press conference. “The President believed the distraction over […]

President Obama said during the week of April 18 that he hopes to make immigration reform a priority once again, and expects to see new legislation on the issue before the end of his presidency. In an April 19 meeting with his cabinet and several national immigration stakeholders—but no members of Congress, Obama expressed his […]

The Obama administration will reach out to African-Americans in coming months in a campaign to tell Blacks about what Obama is doing for them. A week after announcing his 2012 campaign, Obama sent Black senior White House advisors into African-American communities across the U.S. to share stories about how the administration is working to enhance […]

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) vetoed a bill April 18 that would have required all presidential candidates to submit proof of U.S. citizenship before their name could be placed on a state election ballot. “The types of certificates that would have to be agreed upon that would be proof of citizenship was a little bit […]