Category: National News

The Obama Administration recently announced plans to install new solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House. The new installations will serve as the Department of Energy’s demonstration project to show Americans that solar technologies are reliable, available and ready for use in their homes. “President Obama has […]

Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Albertina Walker Michelle and I are saddened by the passing of gospel great Albertina Walker. Ms. Walker was known for her Grammy Award winning voice and recognized by many as the ‘Queen of Gospel.’ Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, she started singing in her […]

Sometimes the contributions of women get lost. In the retelling of history, things men have done are allowed to overshadow the things women did, especially African-American women. But on Oct. 23, when the ninth and final stop of the Freedom Sisters traveling exhibit opens at the Reginald Lewis Museum, there will be an opportunity for […]

Election Day victories for two Black Republicans raise a rare question in the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress: How will two African American members of the Grand Old Party interact with the Congressional Black Caucus? Fourteen Black Republicans ran for Congress in the Nov. 2 midterm elections but, after all the votes were […]

Conflicting images are emerging of Bishop Eddie Long in the wake of the firestorm that has erupted from allegations of sexual impropriety and abuse of authority by four young men formerly of Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Saint or sinner? Interviews with two young men, who describe themselves as “spiritual sons” of the Atlanta-area […]

Click here to view a slideshow of the impressive turnout and speakers at the One Nation Working Together rally. An estimated 175,000 people descended upon the National Mall on Oct. 2 for the One Nation Working Together rally. It was the first major stand-alone rally for progressive groups who’ve seen Tea Party groups loudly take […]

Though many students across the nation may not like an extra month in the classroom, the extra classroom time would benefit them, President Obama said Sept. 27. “That month makes a difference,” Obama said during a recent appearance on the “Today Show”. “It means that kids are losing a lot of what they learn during […]

The U.S. Department of Education plans to enact new rules targeting the financial aid eligibility of programs at for-profit career institutions; regulations, which they said, are part of an “effort to protect students from aggressive or misleading recruiting practices.” However, some Black business and political leaders, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow PUSH […]

Three House Republicans say they want payments of more than $1 billion to black farmers stopped and are calling for the Justice Department to examine charges of fraud and abuse in the settlement of a racial discrimination suit. According to Reps. Michele Bachman (Minn.), Bob Goodlatte (Va.) and Steve King (Iowa), the $1.25 billion payout […]

Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation Sept. 26 that he will “fight very vigorously” to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct. In two remarks delivered during two services before his congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., Long, who is being sued for inappropriate sexual conduct by several young men, declined […]

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) is in hot water in both his political and personal life after his reported involvement in two different scandals. Reports have surfaced that Jackson was involved in the scandal to buy President Obama’s former Senate seat, while also having an affair with a Washington, D.C. restaurant hostess. According to […]

Death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal will receive a new hearing on Nov. 9 to review his death sentence for the 1982 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Sept. 21 agreed to hear arguments in the case, under a directive from the U.S. Supreme Court to review […]