Category: National News

Several rounds of applause interrupted First Lady Michelle Obama as she spoke at the NAACP National Convention in Kansas City, Mo. on July 12. After thanking the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for over 100 years of fighting for the Black community, she solicited their support to end an issue that […]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act met its goals two quarters earlier than expected, according to a quarterly report issued by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, which claimed that more than 3.6 million jobs have been created or saved as a result of the economic stimulus legislation. Speaking at the groundbreaking of the […]

Los Angeles, Calif. — Anger. Rage. Disappointment. Pain. Heartbreak. These were some of the emotions expressed by the family of Oscar Grant after the verdict was read at the criminal trial of Johannes Mehserle, the White Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer charged with shooting and killing the Black man in the wee hours […]

The Obama administration took a monumental leap forward Tuesday by announcing the country’s first-ever National HIV/AIDS strategy (NHAS), activists say. However, they wonder if $30 million is enough to adequately address the epidemic. The plan, which aims to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 25 percent within five years, was announced by […]

In a fiery speech Tuesday night, Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, put the nation on notice that “it was time to revive and resurrect the movement for change” in America. “I am asking you to help us revive America against those who seek to divide us,” he said. At the core of […]

Hundreds flooded the streets of downtown Oakland on the evening of July 8 after a verdict in the trial of Oscar Grant’s shooting death. Johannes Mehserle, a former White transit officer, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter which could land him in jail for up to four years. However, many in Oakland believe justice had […]

The NAACP is charging that BP is primarily hiring minorities for the dangerous jobs in the oil spill clean up and putting them at risk for various health problems. A letter written by NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous urged BP CEO Tony Hayward to take further steps to address the spill and its impact on […]

Former Detroit Public School (DPS) Board President Otis Mathis III was arraigned on an obscenity charge Tuesday. He was released on a $50,000 bond, but was ordered to surrender his passport and cannot travel outside of Michigan. DPS Superintendent Teresa Gueyser claims the 55-year-old Mathis fondled himself in front of her during a June 16 […]

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote next week on whether to extend unemployment benefits through November for those who have been out of work longer than 26 weeks. This would be the fourth vote on the bill. A Republican voting block objecting to the $33 billion cost to taxpayers stalled the other three. State-funded […]

Michael Steele has maintained a Teflon-like resistance to criticism since he became the Republican National Committee chairman in 2008. And it appears he again will brush off calls for his resignation in the wake of his biggest gaffe to date, his criticism of the Afghanistan war, which he called “a war of Obama’s choosing.” But […]

The Department of Justice this week filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona, claiming that its immigration law, S.B. 1070, unconstitutionally interferes with the federal government’s authority to set and enforce immigration policy. S.B. 1070, which made failure to carry immigration documents a crime and allows police the discretionary power to detain anyone suspected […]