NEW YORK — NAACP President Ben Jealous has vowed to fight for a living wage in New York City where the cost of living is higher than most of the rest of the country. Jealous is in support of a city council bill that would raise the minimum wage in New York to $10 an […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A Halloween-themed graphic featuring a zombie President Barack Obama with a bullet hole in his forehead provoked widespread outrage and the attention of the Secret Service Monday after a local Republican committee in Virginia used it to scare up interest in Halloween parade political activities. The montage, a banner on a mass […]
WASHINGTON — The White House has rejected several petitions calling for the legalization of marijuana including one that would stop the federal government from interfering with individual states’ marijuana laws. The government has recently began shutting down marijuana dispensaries in California and has pledged to continue to do so. California Votes Down Marijuana Legalization Measure […]
Controversial Republican commentator Ann Coulter jumped in to defend Herman Cain yesterday on the Sean Hannity Show from what many conservatives are calling a “witch-hunt” after Politico reported that he was accused of sexual harassment by two former employees in the early 1990s. See Also: Black Travel: Visit Atlanta, Georgia See Also: DSK Rape Case […]
Mali Music has a sound of his own, and he’s undoubtedly a Gospel music star who continues to shine. He was recently featured on BET’s secular music video show “106 & Park” with Akon, they were both warmly received. Take a look at his striking video to “The Job Experience” right here, and see his […]
The Occupy Wall St. movement moved from Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan to Harlem on Friday, as more than 100 people, mostly Black and Latino, gathered for the first meeting of what is now being dubbed “Occupy Harlem.” See also: Occupy Wall Street Contends With Winter Weather In East, Arrests Out West The face of the […]
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain admitted Monday to being accused of sexual harassment while at the helm of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, but denied ever engaging in such activity. Cain decried a report that said the association had reached settlements with two women who lodged sexual harassment claims against him […]
A second NYPD cop who fired his gun at Sean Bell and his friends testified today that he saw another officer raise his gun and thought the Queens man was trying to run them over. Michael Carey, testifying at a departmental hearing in downtown Manhattan, said he saw his colleague Det. Gescard Isnora with his […]
Controversial Republican commentator Rush Limbaugh slammed news website Politco for their story on Herman Cain today which claimed he was accused of sexual harassment in the early 90s. See Also: Top 10 Rush Limbaugh Racist Quotes See Also: Yale Study Finds Beverage Industry Targets Minority Children Limbaugh called the Politico article a “hit job” and […]
LOS ANGELES — A respected doctor admitted on Monday that Conrad Murray deviated from the standard of care providing Michael Jackson with propofol in a home setting, saying it could be dangerous and even deadly. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren grilled the defense’s propofol expert, Dr. Paul White, during day 21 of the involuntary manslaughter […]