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As President Obama preps for this State of the Union Address, I thought I’d share some topics that  I’d love to see him attack head-on.  Of course, I’d be delusional to think that he can or should hit all of these issues during one speech, but I figured we could lay out an African American […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a Washington “influence peddler,” only to be accused in turn of spreading falsehoods over many years in politics. SEE ALSO: Paterno’s Death […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An ex-CIA officer who helped track down and capture a top al-Qaida figure was charged Monday with disclosing classified secrets, including the role of one of his associates on that covert mission, in the latest of a series of prosecutions by the Obama administration against suspected leakers. SEE ALSO: Romney Faces […]

By Ashley Michelle Williams Jalen Rose can now add “educator” to his long list of social contributions. SEE ALSO: Why Obama’s Critics Are Right Who Will Be Gifford’s Successor? The former NBA star and current ESPN analyst has established the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy (JRLA) in his hometown of Detroit in order to help improve […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security at the Nashville airport Monday when a scanner set off an alarm and Paul declined to allow a security officer to subsequently pat him down. The […]

Does Malcolm X deserve a federal holiday? Toure, a New York Times best-selling author, thinks so. He penned a Time Magazine column arguing that the civil rights legend is equally deserving of a federal holiday as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. SEE ALSO: Why Obama’s Critics Are Right What would we celebrate on “Malcolm X […]

Rosalind Brewer has been named CEO of Sams Club, Elev8 reports. SEE ALSO: Dr. Joyce, Roland Martin Talk Tyler Perry, Black Women Romney Dominates Florida Airwaves She will be the first female and the first black woman to assume a CEO role in one of the company’s business units. Brewer, 49, is replacing Brian Cornell, […]

Hunts Point, an isolated and poor neighborhood in New York City’s borough of The Bronx, hosts the largest marketplace for fresh produce, meat, and fish in the northeastern United States. Huge trucks come and go at all hours of the day and night, carrying food to supermarket chains and the region’s finest restaurants. RELATED: America’s […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest now shifts to Florida, a day after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney’s sprint to the GOP nomination by scoring a convincing victory in South Carolina. SEE ALSO: Homeless Man Accused Of Skinning, Eating Cat The air of inevitability that surrounded Romney’s candidacy just days ago […]

Stop the Presses: Newt Gingrich has upset Mitt Romney in the GOP South Carolina primary. After being neck-and-neck Saturday, the Beltway veteran won the expected evangelical Christian and Tea Party vote, but also pulled a rabbit out of his hat by winning the majority of female votes that were expected to go to Romney. SEE […]