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GEORGIA- First Lady Michelle Obama gave a commencement speech to 550 Spelman College graduates Sunday in College Park, and was given an honorary degree from the first black female college.

It seems like every week Real Time with Bill Maher host Bill Maher has an interesting new name for President Obama that sparks some controversy. What makes this even more interesting is that Maher is a liberal and an Obama supporter, but many still feel some of the names he coins the president are racist […]

A day before the federal government is said to be reaching its debt limit House Speaker John Boehner urged President Obama to sit down with him and strike a deal on raising the debt ceiling which is currently at $14.29 trillion. Many senators like Mitch McConnell believe this is a good time to talk about […]

KROTZ SPRINGS, La. — Deputies warned people Sunday to get out as Mississippi River water gushing from a floodgate for the first time in four decades crept ever closer to communities in Louisiana Cajun country, slowly filling a river basin like a giant bathtub. Most residents heeded the warnings and headed for higher ground, even […]

As former rapper Luke Campbell continues on his campaign to become the mayor of Miami, he is unwittingly coming up against cultural tides that will affect the political future of all African-Americans. A recent mayoral debate for candidates in the Miami race was held at the publicly-funded Florida International University — but it was restricted […]

BATON ROUGE, La. — Sisters Network Incorporated, the only national African American breast cancer survivor organization in the country, will kick off its 12th annual National African American Breast Cancer conference today in Baton Rouge. A pioneer in the African American breast cancer awareness movement, Sisters Network hosts the only national conference specifically addressing the devastating […]

WASHINGTON — A few days ago, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney took the unpopular position with a crowd of Republicans and defended the healthcare plan he instituted as former Governor of Massachusetts. While many in the crowd didn’t agree with the “success” of his plan, one group in Washington sure does. The White House –  […]

DETROIT – According to police sources, an officer from Detroit’s Western District has been suspended for having sex with a transvestite prositute while on duty. Fox Detroit reports: Police sources told FOX 2’s Andrea Isom that person was a prostitute that is also a transvestite. She was also told the officer took the hooker in […]

The White House is shoring up its security walls and the rest of the country’s with a new cyber security plan. The plan will cover four key areas that President Obama deems to be weak: the protection of American citizens; the protection of critical infrastructure, such as the power grid and financial sector; the protection […]

Link to video of Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton speaking about this controversial case Three years ago, Georgia Pastor Onslow Ross was sentenced to 10 years in prison and found guilty of 54 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and various other illegal transactions. Many of his supporters not only felt that the […]