Topeka, Kan. — Negro League players were more than athletes. They were activists, who, through their work on the field, challenged the popular belief at the time proving that African Americans were equal to whites on and off the field. Still, few Negro League legends received the fanfare that white players received for their accolades. […]
The 9th circuit Federal Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a man who posted internet messages threatening President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. Walter Bagdasarian was convicted in 2009 of two felony counts of threatening a major presidential candidate. Bagdasarian posted several messages to a Yahoo Finance message board, including one that […]
Author Lee Hayes and a select few are presenting stories that venture, slightly or not, from the stories we have become most familiar. They are making their mark on the literary world by presenting diverse stories that speak to the diverse needs and interests of the LGBT community. The Grio Reports: They are the stories […]
Members of the South Central Los Angeles Tea Party and hundreds of others will rally against the NAACP on July 24th. BOND Action is a non-profit organization focused on community-based activism. “Their a political pawn of the liberal-elite, white, racist Democratic Party and not really for the people,” Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND […]
DETROIT–Magic Johnson said via Twitter that he plans to create jobs in his hometown Detroit. He teased that he will also be making a “big announcement” in the near future. A second tweet read, “Look forward to help putting people back to work in my home state.” Read More At WchbnewsDetroit.com RELATED: Magic Johnson Brings […]
President Barack Obama earned a job approval rating average of 46.8 percent in his 10th quarter in office, according to a Gallup poll. This is Mr. Obama’s sixth straight quarter below the 50 percent mark, however it is virtually unchanged from his 9th quarter rating of 46.7. Obama joins a cluster of former presidents who […]
Everyone is up in arms this week as more and more details on the current state of the economy unfold daily. Most recently on The Gayle King Show, Gayle’s special guest Margaret Hoover explained what it all means plus just how the debt ceiling can have a drastic impact on your life in the near future. […]
Scientists have constructed what they call “the world’s most accurate genetic map”of African-Americans DNA, designed to help them identify disease-causing genetic variations. Researchers at the Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford University used data from 30,000 African Americans to create the map, and have already identified differences in certain areas of the genome […]
5. Col Allan. Editor Of The New York Post Col Allan is the Australian born editor for Rupert Murdoch’s flagship U.S. paper, The New York Post. Like Fox News, The Post combines tabloid journalism with racism and right-wing propaganda. Allan was at the center of the controversy of the Obama-Chimp cartoon drawn by Post cartoonist, […]
