Category: National News

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to face an ethics trial rather than accept charges levied by the House ethics subcommittee. According to the L.A. Times, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is confronting Waters over allegations that she helped OneUnited Bank, a Massachusetts-based, minority-owned bank in which her husband owned stock and […]

The trap – a grainy, 2½-minute clip – was rudimentary by today’s technology standards. It even bore a sign, “Trap Here↓” – posted as it was on the blog site of a man who has publicly declared his intent to destroy the institutional left. And yet, the Obama administration, blindly joined by the NAACP, fell […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel’s constituents greeted the embattled politician with a warm handshake July 24, saying his decades of public service outshine the ethics cloud hanging over him as he seeks re-election. “Charlie has done as much for this community as any politician has for theirs – or maybe […]

The Obama Administration is doing its part to improve the workplace for all working middle class families. On July 20, Vice President Joe Biden held a meeting of the Middle Class Task Force that focused on finding solutions and making recommendations on equal pay for men and women. The meeting also addressed the desire to […]

The Department of Agriculture staffer fired following the posting of out-of-context statements on a conservative blog spoke with President Obama June 22 and met with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, but said she’s still not sure whether she’ll take a new job with the department.  Shirley Sherrod, the former director of rural development in Georgia for […]

After nearly two years of investigation, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will face a public hearing before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the start of a House process to determine if he violated ethics rules and, if so, to impose sanctions on the 20-term congressman. The committee, more often referred to as […]

Black farmers continue to wait for funds promised to them as settlement of a discrimination case against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to CNN, nearly 30,000 Black farmers should have been granted $1.25 billion after it was found that they were denied loans by the Agriculture Department because of the color of their skin. […]

Inmates in federal prisons will have a tougher time using cell phones and wireless devices in prison after both chambers of Congress recently voted in favor of a bill restricting their use behind bars. According to the Associated Press, Congress voted July 20 to close a loophole in federal law by restricting the use or […]

In an effort to reform the way big banks and other major investment houses conduct business, President Obama on July 21 signed into law a bill aimed at protecting consumers and ensuring economic stability all the way from Main Street to Wall Street. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection financial overhaul bill promises […]

WASHINGTON — At 100 years old, the National Urban League Movement is as vital as it’s ever been, President/CEO Marc Morial said. “The National Urban League may be 100 years old but we don’t have any gray hair,” he stated. “We are more energetic, more focused and more determined than ever before to create a […]

The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems recently announced the hiring of Dr. Bruce Siegel as the organization’s new chief executive officer. Siegel, the first African American to head a major hospital association, will lead NAPH as they continue to address many of the current issues in health care as well as those in the future. “He […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Researchers are reporting a breakthrough against AIDS. A vaginal gel containing an AIDS drug cut in half a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner. The results need to be confirmed, and scientists disagree about whether this amount of protection is enough to justify using the gel now. But it […]