Category: National News

Washington, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) plans to introduce a bill renaming the U.S. Post Office located at 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., near the U.S. Capitol in honor of late civil rights icon Dorothy Height. Norton plans to submit her bill when lawmakers reconvene next week from their summer break. “Dr. Height’s immensely impactful […]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continued its attempts to address the ongoing rise in foreclosures nationally during the week of Sept. 5 with another round of major contributions to state and local governments. The department’s $1 billion contribution will be the third round of funding through HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), which […]

Eighteen historically Black colleges and universities recently received grants from the Department of Agriculture to strengthen their research and teaching capabilities and better recruit and train students in agriculture, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Sept. 9. This year, grants totaling $50 million were awarded through the department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which supports […]

Click Here to View Funeral Arrangments for Dr. Ronald W. Walters. For more than four decades, Ronald Walters, PhD. served the African-American community, the United States and the world as a consultant, teacher, writer, mentor and friend. His service came to a close Sept. 10, when he lost a battle with cancer at Suburban Hospital […]

Funeral services for Dr. Ronald W. Walters, the legendary civil rights activist, political strategist and distinguished scholar, who passed away on Sept. 10 at the age of 72, will take place in Washington, D.C. On Sunday, Sept. 19, a memorial service will be held at Howard University, On Monday, Sept. 20, the funeral service will […]

On Sept. 4, 1957, then-high school sophomore Jefferson Thomas walked a gauntlet of hate – a boiling-angry White mob spewing spit and jeers, taunts and threats of lynching and an impenetrable barricade of armed soldiers blocking his way into Little Rock, Ark.’s Central High School. Inside the school’s walls – breached with the help of […]

The rough year facing African-American Democrats nationally continued locally as Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Dist 25, was indicted. Curry faces 18 charges in connection to what investigators say was a six-year conspiracy between him and local grocery store chain, Shoppers Food Warehouse (SFW). The indictment claims Currie used his position to advance the company’s interests. […]

Hurricane Earl was advertised as a storm that would lash the East Coast with heavy winds and rain, but the storm went out with a whimper and didn’t cause nearly the kind of damage that was expected. Projections warning about the storm’s power had been sent by everyone from weather forecasters to government officials. “Conditions […]

While the delicious food and goodies at barbeques and cookouts this Labor Day holiday may initially be pleasing to the taste buds, those “post-holiday pounds” may start to pile on later. But experts claim there is a happy medium: a way to enjoy the food in moderation without expanding your waistline. Many experts have hailed […]

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Oct. 2 for the One Nation Working Together organization’s rally for jobs, justice and education. A conglomerate of “progressives” is “heeding a call to put America back to work and pull America back together,” the march’s organizing […]

Click on the photo to view a high-resolution version. (AFRO Photo/J.D. Howard) WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative activists rallied Aug. 28 in the nation’s capital on the anniversary and at the same site of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Civil rights leaders countered the event and held a […]

The Florida Supreme Court dealt a blow Aug. 31 to state legislators seeking to challenge President Obama’s health care reform. The court voted 5-2 to uphold a decision rendered by a lower court to remove a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution from Florida’s Nov. 2 ballot. Had the measure passed, Florida would have joined […]