Category: National News

The reported death of Ofield Dukes, Dec. 6, has caused the African American community to pause out of respect for the loss of talent and fervor, and out of wonderment at how that particular void will be filled. He founded Ofield Dukes and Associates and for 42 years set the standard of excellence for public […]

Prosecutors have called off their 30-year battle to execute former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal for murdering a white police officer, putting to an end the racially charged case that became a major battleground in the fight over the death penalty. Flanked by the police Officer Daniel Faulkner’s widow, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced his […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A political aide to former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to use election-day robocalls in an effort to suppress Black voter turnout during the 2010 gubernatorial election. Paul Schurick was found guilty of all four counts he faced, including conspiracy to influence or attempt to influence a voter’s […]

LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long announced Sunday he’s taking time off to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce. Long’s spokesman, Art Franklin, said the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church leader told his congregation during church services that he will continue to serve as senior pastor at the […]

With his wife Gloria by his side, Herman Cain, the Black Republican presidential candidate who was accused of having a 13-year extramarital affair, announced that he will drop out of the race while fiercely denying the allegations against him. “With a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of […]

Former President George W. Bush began a tour of Africa during the week of Nov. 28 and, according to Amnesty International, he needs to see the inside of a jail cell while he’s there. The human rights group is calling for the arrest of Bush for authorizing the use of torture techniques of suspected terrorists […]

UPDATED (December 3, 2011) DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Vanessa Long, who stood by her husband Bishop Eddie Long as the Georgia mega-church pastor battled accusations that he seduced four young men with cars, clothes and trips, said Friday through an attorney that she is proceeding with plans to end their 21-year marriage. Her announcement late […]

Streets across America have become the sounding board for the majority that refuses to remain silent in such turbulent economic times. The cry is for jobs, for economic justice, for a fair shake at making a decent living. AFRO reporters hit the streets of Baltimore and Washington D.C. to engage those who are struggling with […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan are at the center of a debate over whether they should be involved in deciding the fate of health-care reform that would greatly benefit African Americans, because of possible conflicts of interest. “We’re struggling in a fractured health-care system,” said Dr. Oscar E. Streeter Jr., professor […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University said that it’s dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month, while audio of an emergency call released Thursday showed that the drum major had vomit in his mouth in the moments before he died. University President James Ammons referred […]

Amid fresh allegations of an extramarital affair, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says he’s a victim of “character assassination.” He told a group of supporters in Cincinnati Nov. 30 that “They’ve been trying to do character assassination on me.” “They’re attacking my character, my reputation and my name in order to try and bring me […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Embattled presidential candidate Herman Cain told staffers Tuesday that he’s reassessing his campaign a day after an Atlanta businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican. Cain has fiercely denied the affair as well as several other accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior that have surfaced over the past month and he […]