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Rev. Jesse Jackson recently wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post speaking about Hurricane Irene and how he believes conservatives only hate government until they need it. Check out a few excerpts below. Irene has hit, leaving destruction in its wake. We could track Irene and prepare for it; we could not stop it. […]
A knife attack on a 20-year-old man was captured on camera by a photographer at the Notting Hill Carnival in London Tuesday. A young Black male who was dressed in a blue sweatshirt and holding a 6-inch hunting blade was photographed running from the scene, as his victim stood dazed and bloody. New York Daily […]
Right wing talk show host, Rush Limbaugh reiterated what he said during the 2008 Election when he said that Powell supported the candidate Barack Obama “because he’s Black” on his radio show. After Colin Powell told CBS News “Face The Nation” that he wasn’t sure who he was going to vote for in the 2012 […]
SAN FRANCISCO — More demonstrators were arrested in the third week of San Francisco protests against Bay Area Rapid Transit police. About 75 individuals gathered to protest the July 3rd shooting of a BART passenger as well as a decision to cut off cell service when protesters gathered on July 11. According to police, those […]
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he is undecided on who he’s going to vote for in 2012, during an appearance on CBS’ “Face The Nation” Sunday. Powell, a Republican, endorsed President Obama in the 2008 election, but did not indicate if he would do the same this time around. CBS reports: I […]
Accusations of greed and racism are being hurled at the Cherokee nation one week after the tribe decided to revoke the citizenship of nearly 3,000 descendants of freedmen — former slaves who Cherokees once owned. According to Marilyn Vann, the leader of the Freedman, race, politics and millions of dollars coming in from tribal casinos are leaving Blacks […]
NEW YORK- An African-American man who works as a dog trainer for a 44-year-old model turned housewife and socialite, claims that she demanded sex from him and fired him when he refused. Westley Artope, who worked as a dog trainer for Paige Bluhdorn, resisted her advances. Both Artope and Bludorn are married, Bluhdorn to movie […]
Michele Bachmann was only joking around when she said the recent earthquake and hurricane were a message from God to scare Congress into action, her spokeswoman said. The backtracking Republican had her mouthpiece explain her humor to the Talking Points Memo website on Monday after the St. Petersburg Times reported her comments at a weekend campaign rally […]
Michele Bachmann was only joking around when she said the recent earthquake and hurricane were a message from God to scare Congress into action, her spokeswoman said. The backtracking Republican had her mouthpiece explain her humor to the Talking Points Memo website on Monday after the St. Petersburg Times reported her comments at a weekend campaign rally […]
Negotiations failed again for Ms. Mary Ward, the Brooklyn great-grandmother whose home was sold following a predatory lending scheme. After an eviction blockade the prior Friday, August 19, organized by non-profit housing advocates and local residents, supporters were able to postpone the eviction of Ms. Ward by city marshals. The successful blockade ended with Assembly member Annette […]