The family of a young Black man shot in May by a white police officer is suing the city of Austin in federal court for the death of their loved one. The family says that Austin police officers Nathan Wagner and Jeffery Rodriguez followed Byron Carter Jr. and a friend to their car after they […]
Cutting Medicaid as a cost-saving measure would overlook a large majority of Black and Latino people with serious health needs, says a new report.
In an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama addressed the growing “Occupy Wall Street” movement and similar protests. Obama said that he understands the frustration coming from the Occupy Wall Street movement and compared the protests to the Tea Party. ROLAND S. MARTIN: Occupy Wall Street And The Tea Party Are Exercising Their Rights […]
Speakers at the MLK dedication in Washington failed to mention the significance of the historic date, which fell on the 16th anniversary of the Million Man March, says television personality and journalist, Jeff Johnson. Johnson says that many believe that Farrakhan and the Million Man March were not mentioned because, “it would have been a […]
NEW YORK — One of the first Black female Emergency Medical Technicians in New York City has sued the New York Fire Department accusing them of racial harassment. Valerie Brancat, 49, has been an NYC EMT since 1986. Black NY Firefighter Says N-Word Used Frequently By White Colleagues Black Man Finds Noose In Locker After […]
Retired Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., a member of World War II’s legendary Tuskegee Airmen died in Tucson at age 90. He will be buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Weathers was credited with downing two German fighter planes that attacked Army Air Forces bombers he was escorting. “People should know this […]
After pressure by black leaders within the Democratic National Committee for the organization to get serious about minority contracting and hiring and an “exhaustive search,” the DNC has announced the hiring of US Cellular executive Greg Hinton as its first-ever Chief Diversity Officer. Hinton, a Chicago native, will oversee diversity staffing and procurement efforts at […]
CHICAGO — As the economy stays stagnant, many African Americans are leaving northern cities and returning to their more rural, southern roots. This migration is a reversal of the Great Migration of the 1940s when African Americans moved from the South to northern cities to escape racism and get jobs. Black Migration To The Suburbs […]
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain said on Meet the Press Sunday that he believes that liberals in the United States would like to see the country fail and would do anything to see its destruction. When David Gregory asked Cain to clarify his statements about liberals, the presidential candidate said that “They do not believe […]
Americans and their ever changing stance on capital punishment is prophetically described with an executed man’s words:”The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me, and all the ones who will come after me!”