Do you wish to make your voice heard in this years election as soon as possible? We’re making it easy for you to get registered and submit your votes all throughout election season. Check out the links especially provided for each of you wishing the vote early starting Tuesday, October 4th at the Hamilton County […]
After a very controversial execution, Troy Davis has been laid to rest on Saturday (October 1st) in Savannah, GA at Jonesville Baptist Church. Over 1,000 attended his funeral, and there his death is still felt to be unjustified by many. Among the attendees were NAACP National President Ben Jealous, comedian and activist Dick Gregory and […]
Fresh from the exciting and power-packed weekend, the Midwest welcomed guests from all over the place to gather for one of fall’s biggest extravaganzas and entertainment weekends at the Circle City Classic. Check out photos, highlights and exclusives from the fun that took place in Indianapolis, IN if you weren’t there. Feel free to log […]
FORT KNOX, Ky.— For Marcia Anderson, the promotion from brigadier general to major general validates the work of everyone who came before her. Anderson on Thursday became the first African-American woman given a second star as a general in the U.S. Army during a ceremony at Fort Knox. It’s a day, Anderson said, that black […]
Republican commentator Pat Buchanan came to the defense of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain who recently said that Black voters have been “brainwashed” against the GOP. On Martin Bashir’s MSNBC show, Buchanan said “Blacks bought a lot of propaganda on the liberal plantation.” Racist? Pat Buchanan Calls Obama “Your Boy” On Sharpton’s Show Pat Buchanan: […]
NEW YORK — More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a […]
While the NBA lockout is going on, and players not being paid to play, you would think that they would be financially secure with their previous salaries. Unfortunately that is not the case for Delonte West of the Boston Celtics. Since the lockout, West has applied for several jobs at stores such as The Home […]
Lawrence Bishop, 69, founding senior pastor of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio, died this weekend on Friday, September 30th in his home. According to the church’s website, Bishop was discovered unresponsive by his wife, Darlene, also a noted evangelist, late Friday evening just before midnight. Photo: Dayton Daily News Bishop was transported to Atrium […]
A fast-food restaurant in Beijing called Obama Fried Chicken was derided in America yesterday as a racist rip-off. Its sign shows a grinning caricature of President Obama’s head on a skinny version of Colonel Sanders’ body. Below it, written in Chinese, is the slogan: “We’re so cool, aren’t we?” “It’s insulting, offensive and plays to […]
President Barack Obama got a standing ovation at the 15th Annual Human Rights Campaign Dinner, where he made some jokes and took some jabs at his rising presidential rivals. One of the most-talked-about moments was when the president assailed the GOP presidential candidates for staying silent after a gay soldier was booed at a debate. […]
