Washington — A minority media group is taking its opposition to the Comcast-NBC Universal merger directly to President Obama, citing his promises to foster diversity and fight corruption. The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) bought a full page ad in the Washington Post on Monday panning the deal, which is under review […]
WASHINGTON — Iyauta Moore may be many things — a single mother raised by a single mother in the South Bronx, a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in public administration from American University, a top-level government employee who makes a little over $100,000 a year — but she bristles at the notion that she […]
Washington — A list drawn up by U.S. officials of companies and installations around the world regarded as “critical” to the security of the United States has been published online by controversial website WikiLeaks.
South Carolina — Despite having lower amounts of coronary artery calcification, African Americans are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular events compared with Caucasians. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, S.C. suggests that increased levels of non-calcified plaque, which consists of buildups of soft deposits deep in […]
Wisconsin — Using 13 billboards in Milwaukee, Pro-Life Wisconsin says it wants to raise awareness of what it calls the disproportionate abortion rate among African-American women in Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, President Obama nominated Judge Bernice Bouie Donald for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Donald currently serves as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.
VIA: CNN.COM Barring a steep drop in crude prices, U.S. motorists can expect to see gas prices exceeding $3 per gallon, if they are not seeing such prices already, according to a new survey of filling stations. The latest Lundberg Survey of cities in the continental United States was conducted Friday. It showed the national […]
VIA:WTVD.COM President Barack Obama will visit the Tar Heel state Monday to speak to community college students about the economy. The president will join Gov. Bev Perdue for a tour of classrooms at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem before speaking to a select group of students, faculty and business leaders, the White House said. […]
A group of anonymous donors are winning friends and spreading cheer on the streets of Charlotte with $100 holiday handshakes. The Charlotte Observer reported that a crew of “Secret Santas” handed out the C-notes Friday to anyone who looked like they could use it. Felicia Adams was handed $100 while she was working at a […]
New York — The 33-year-old police officer, Aaron Hess, was a former Marine who for seven years had served on the tiny police force in Pleasantville, N.Y., the village where he had grown up. He had never fired his gun at anyone in the line of duty. Brandon Cox, 20, was a college running back […]
Hollywood — Bill Maher expressed disappointment and frustration with President Obama on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on Sunday. The president, he said, has been too timid in pursuing the Democratic agenda.
Update: New York — Sean Combs insists the alleged discrepancy doesn’t concern him – because he simply agreed to lend his name to the event. He says, “I didn’t know what the (club) owner promised – that had nothing to do with me.” New York — Call him P. Deadbeat. That’s how two breast-cancer charities […]