National

Washington — The new mayor of the District of Columbia’s first week on the job remained relatively quiet considering the important events that occurred in the city and the country. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) spent his first full day – Mon., Jan. 3 — in private meetings on city business, but he was in […]

Washington — As Ashley Halsey III, in the Washington Post, reports: It is the kind risk teenagers take: darting across six lanes of traffic, paying no mind to the flashing sign warning pedestrians to await the green light. Wayne Cuffy and his buddies bolted across Landover Road on their way to the mall Tuesday night, […]

Detroit — There is no other city in the world that has helped shape the world of African American and minority car dealerships like Detroit. It’s a rich history that has helped fuel the success of auto dealers like Pamela Rodgers, owner of Rodgers Chevrolet, located in Woodhaven. Rodgers, a native Detroiter, has won a […]

Former GOP Senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum defended his controversial comments about President Barack Obama and his views on abortion in which Santorum said “I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say ‘now we are going to decide who are people and who are not people.” To defend his comments, Santorum compared […]

South Carolina –The 2011 federal observance day of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, brought the 11th Annual NAACP ‘Day At The Dome’, a march and rally in protest of the Confederate Flag and social injustices in Columbia, South Carolina. Mildred Gaddis  of AM 1200 WCHB and over 125 Detroiters left no stone unturned  in their […]

Mississippi — The idea of a so-called post-racial America was widely discussed, debated and even seen as an achievement by some with Barack Obama’s inauguration as president of the United States. For Blacks in Greenwood, Mississippi, the notion that America has gotten beyond race isn’t popular today. Many are angry over the recent mysterious hanging […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama will close the office of political affairs at the White House, aides said, restructuring his organization to prepare for his re-election campaign, which is to start building a fund-raising and grass-roots operation based in Chicago by late March. Mr. Obama has signed off on the plan to set up his campaign […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Tony Hillerman Middle School assistant boys’ basketball coach Tomas Vargas was arrested for allegedly asking a 14-year-old girl to perform oral sex on players if she wanted to be team manager. KOAT reports: Police said she claims Vargas was there with three players. She said Vargas told her she needed to perform oral sex […]

Waterbury, Connecticut– A controversial play that uses the “N-word” will go on in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Maryland — After a 12-year-old Muslim girl was disqualified for the first half of a youth basketball game because she wore a religious head scarf, parents in Maryland are calling for officials to make some common-sense rules. The discussion began when a referee made Maheem Haq sit out the game because she wouldn’t take off […]