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In the final minutes of one of the most watched and fiercely contested races of Tuesday’s midterm elections, the campaigns of both Sen. Harry Reid and the Republican challenger to his Nevada Senate seat, Sharron Angle, were working social media.
Kevin E. Taylor found a passion for church almost as early as he discovered an attraction to boys. Baptized at 10-years-old at a small Baptist Church in the Southwest section of Washington D.C., he fondly remembers the congregation’s blind, piano-playing pastor, who preached about God’s love with the fervor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Aimee Michael was sentenced to 36 years in prison for causing a crash on Easter Sunday that killed five people.
According to a statement from Aretha Franklin’s camp, the Legendary Queen Of Soul was released from Sinai Grace Hospital over the weekend following a brief stay. The Grammy Award-wining singer was admitted upon the recommendation of her doctors. Franklin is currently at home resting comfortably and released this statement to her fans. “I would like […]
President Obama said Wednesday that Congress should reauthorize extended unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.
Shortly after the final Midterm Election results started trickling in, “African Americans” became a surprising trending topic on Twitter. The topic came about after the revelation that there would be no African-Americans in the U.S. Senate next year. Tweeters of all races and ethnicities began making fun of this revelation, as well as the ‘supposed […]
It was a story of “girl bites dog” for a teenager who thought she was in a battle for her life with a police K-9. The dog attacked Natalie Bradley-Wilson outside the Kingdom Hall in the 8200 block of Five Points Road Sunday.
When Republican Trent Lott sat down for lunch with Democrat Tom Daschle on Monday afternoon, mere hours before voters shellacked President Obama and his party in the midterm elections, it was more than just two former Senate gladiators getting together to reminisce about old times. Despite their many differences over the years, Lott and Daschle […]
Roland Martin appears on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss midterm election results. Roland said, “If there was one word the could describe last night for Democrats – absolute massacre all across this country.” Roland explained that Democratic losses went beyond congressional races and the US Senate. Ten to fifteen state houses flipped for […]
Voters in Arizona have approved Proposition 209 which in effect, bans affirmative action. Inside Higher Ed. reports: Arizona voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 107 to ban the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender by units of state government, including public colleges and universities. With 2,075 of 2,239 precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, unofficial […]