What if it had failed? What if the daring decision of President Obama one year ago this week to deploy the now mythic Seal Team Six to finally take out […]
Category: National News
Disabled Soldiers Vie to Win in 2012 Warrior Games
On April 30, over 200 wounded, injured and ill U.S. Military personnel commenced their fight to see who will reign supreme at this year’s Warrior Games. The six-day event, which […]
Morgan State Students Speak Out as National School Loan Debt Exceeds $1 Trillion
“I’m currently about $15,000 in debt, and I know the interest rates are going to catch up with me,” said Marcellus Hunter, a senior at Morgan State University. “I’m not […]
Courageous Black Secret Service Woman Revealed Scandal
A Black Secret Service agent is being hailed as the heroine in what is reportedly the worst scandal in the agency’s history. Paula Reid is the 46-year-old special agent responsible […]
Zimmerman Released From Jail
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., left for an undisclosed destination after being released from jail on bond shortly after […]
The Release Reactions
After walking free for two months before he was charged, George Zimmerman was released on bond for murder charges. That release has many people questioning the judicial system. Zimmerman was […]
Morehouse Appoints Local Preachers
Hundreds gathered last week on the campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta to commemorate the 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity. Sponsored by the Martin […]
GOP Budget Would Deplete Food Stamp Cupboard
In a not entirely unexpected move, House Republicans are planning to raid the food stamp cupboard over the next decade to avoid depleting the Pentagon budget, which was scheduled for […]
$150,000 Bail Set for Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Murder Case
Bail of $150,000 was set April 20 for George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch volunteer who is facing charges of second murder for killing an unarmed Black teenager in Sanford, Fla. […]
Radio One and Affiliate Stations Raise More than $1 Million for Kids Fighting Cancer, Sickle Cell and More
Radio One syndicated shows and inspiration stations raised more than $1 million through the fifth annual Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids national event to help St. Jude Children’s Research […]
Invisible Men
Black Republicans for the most part have been conspicuously absent so far during the 2012 Presidential Primary Sweepstakes. But, in fairness Black members of the GOP in general have perhaps […]
Persistent Parents Impact Teen Drinking
WASHINGTON – Carolyn “Carrie” Hoover of Derwood has a message for parents of teenagers: Don’t give up talking to them about underage drinking. Hoover’s son John, 20, died along with […]