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Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday compared GOP efforts to limit same-day voter registration and block some convicted felons from voting to Jim Crow laws and poll taxes. “I can’t help thinking since we just celebrated the Fourth of July and we’re supposed to be a country dedicated to liberty that one of the most pervasive […]

NEW YORK – Afrika Owes, the elite private school student arrested for ferrying guns for a New York City drug gang, pleaded guilty on four counts of conspiracy and weapons possession Thursday in a Manhattan court. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin was lenient in his sentencing of Owes, who turned herself in on June […]

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday publicly accused the Obama administration of failing to sufficiently address African American unemployment. During the gathering, members debated the ability of a universal job creation strategy to address persistent and disproportionate African American unemployment. “Can you imagine a situation where any other group of workers, if 34 […]

The U.S. economy took another hit, as the national unemployment rate rose from 9.1 to 9.2 percent, the Department of Labor said Friday. Additionally, the economy added only 18,000 jobs in June, with 14.1 million people out of work, a slight increase from the 13.9 million unemployed Americans reported in May. Black unemployment stayed at […]

President Barack Obama’s father told immigration officials in 1961 that he wanted to put his unborn son up for adoption, according to the Boston Globe. The report also claims that Barack’s mother, Ann Dunham, was going to give him to the Salvation Army, though the White House has firmly denied that report. Obama’s father, Barack […]

ATLANTA — Are Black mayors disingenuously masking their Blackness? Political Correspondent Charles Ellison seems to think so. In an opinion article in The Atlanta Post, Ellison postulates a political thread among Black mayors in which they focus more on solidarity and wholeness to appease their white constituents, as opposed to focusing on economic and education […]

NAACP President Todd Jealous blasted CNN for not having any African-American anchors in their newly announced prime time news line-up. “As CNN announced their new schedule, a glaring omission was present — no African Americans were hosts or anchors in their prime time lineup,” he said. “The NAACP is deeply concerned with the lack of […]

According to an extensive study conducted by Pew Research, women are most scathed by the rising unemployment. Within the pass two years men, who were once considered most effected by unemployment, have gained 768,000 jobs, while women have lost 218, 000. The Huffington Post Reports: In 15 out of 16 economic sectors, men have done […]

An African-American woman who was subjected to a security pat-down at a Seattle Airport because of her “poofy” hairstyle is claiming that she was discriminated against. Laura Adiele was pulled out of the security line after having gone through the Advance Imaging System and was told she needed a pat-down. “When I first heard her […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration announced Thursday that adjustments will be made to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), requiring services to extend the forbearance period for unemployed homeowners from 3 months to 12 months, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Expected to become a standard for the mortgage industry, these adjustments […]