Category: National News

To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The man’s body was face down, his white dress shirt shining like wax in the sun, as he was unearthed in the ruins of a central Port-au-Prince restaurant a year after the earthquake. That bodies are still being found in rubble is a sign of how far Haiti has to go […]

His imprint on the world is indelible. In life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a poet-warrior-priest who led and inspired a movement. Armed with the cotton-covered mallet of non-violence, he led a multi-ethnic army of soldiers in a battle against the evils of injustice and inequality. For that cause he gave up family and […]

Days before the 168-member Republican National Committee voted for its new chairman, Michael Steele seemed confident that he would be re-elected for a second term. “I feel good. What’s not to feel good about?” Steele told the AFRO in an exclusive interview Jan. 10. “We took a moribund, demoralized party that was touted around the […]

At 9 a.m. on Jan. 7, the Scott sisters drove away from the state detention center in Mississippi for the first time in 16 years, a day that many of their family members and supporters never thought would come. “We’re just totally blessed, totally blessed,” Gladys Scott said at a press conference. “It’s been a […]

PART I of a periodic series: The Terrorism of Racism WASHINGTON (TEWire) — Reginald Bailey seemed to have done everything right. The 1995 business administration graduate of HBCU North Carolina A&T has never been in trouble with the law; he is a member of the prestigious Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; he is a married father […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturers produced more goods and booked more orders last month, leading to the fastest growth in factory activity since May. The Institute for Supply Management said Jan. 3 that its index of manufacturing activity rose to 57 in December from 56.6 in the previous month. Any reading over 50 indicates growth. […]

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama got what he wanted from his Hawaiian vacation: nearly two weeks away from the spotlight before returning to Washington to face an emboldened Republican party and a major shakeup of his staff. The first weeks of the new year will be an early test of whether the president can […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Blacks made up nearly two-thirds of the Democrats removed from Louisiana’s voter rolls because they hadn’t voted in at least two years. State election officials tell The Advocate it’s a result of Hurricane Katrina’s displacement of people from heavily Democratic and Black New Orleans. After the hurricane in 2005, the […]

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Dec. 29 suspended the life sentences of two sisters jailed for an armed robbery that netted just $11—but the release of one sister will require her to donate a kidney to the other. “To date, the sisters have served 16 years of their sentences and are eligible for parole in […]

Facing a mountain of lawyer bills and the possibility of a fresh round of ethics charges, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is asking supporters to contribute to his new legal trust fund. The Harlem Democrat was censured by the House Dec. 3 for ethics violations including failure to pay taxes on a Dominican Republic home and […]