Fla. Police Probe Possible Hate Crime
A South Florida woman is recovering from a horrific attack that she says was motivated by the color of her skin.
Civil Rights Icon Lowery Hospitalized in Atlanta
Civil rights icon Joseph Lowery was admitted to an Atlanta hospital Saturday because of respiratory problems. A hospital spokesman says he is in stable condition.
First Person: Sitting-in at the Lunch Counter
One of the so-called 'Greensboro Four' talks about integrating the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 1, 1960, an action that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. credited with helping the stagnant Civil Rights movement.
The 2010 State of the Union Address
President Obama speaks about restoring security for middle class families after a lost decade of declining wages, eroding retirement security and escalating health care and tuition costs.
State of the (Job) Union
Whenever President Barack Obama gets into a political bind, he extricates himself with a speech. If that pattern continues, we can expect some amazing oratory in Obama’s first State of the Union address. Never in his meteoric public life has Obama been in such a mess. His signature proposal for health care reform is on life support. His Democratic Party is reeling fromthe loss of Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat to an upstart Republican in a pickup truck. The Supreme Court has derailed any hope he might have retained for reducing the power of lobbyists by striking down bans on independent corporate campaign spending. And the unemployment rate is close to 11 percent overall, and at more than 15 percent among African Americans.
State of the (Job) Union....
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Blasted for Comments
By: Denise Stewart, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Black political and civil rights leaders in South Carolina say Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s recent comments comparing poor people to stray animals is an example of how the politician presents different messages to different communities.
Chachi Catches Heat for Throwing First Lady Shade
Scott Baio, who somehow has time in his busy schedule to tweet, has been the target of Twitter hate after a tweet concerning First Lady Michelle Obama. From Popeater
Chachi Catches Heat for Throwing First Lady Shade....
Scott Brown’s ‘Negro’ Dialect
When Senator-elect Scott Brown becomes president, odds are some reporter will write a political tell-all called Game Change – Part Deux: The Race of a Lifetime ... Again.
It’ll be a behind-the-scenes look at Brown’s trailblazing campaign to “transcend” Obama and become the first “post-Obama” president—with firsthand insider accounts from people on the ground who made it happen ... quoted on double-secret deep background.
All-white League Founder: "Not a Racist Thing."
A Georgia boxing promoter explains why he is starting an all-white basketball league, coinciding with a TV reality series called "Snow-ball versus bro-ball."
Blacks and Roe v. Wade
Today marks the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal. For the last 37 years, the case has remained in a constant state of controversy, with anti-choice activists using any vehicle available to chip away at the right to choose. The most recent manifestation was seen in the health care reform debate, when Rep. Bart Stupak and Sen. Ben Nelson took the already-contentious issue and add another, obstructive layer to the controversy. The debate raged in the feminist blogosphere and the mainstream press, but one group remained silent: the African-American community.
To the untrained eye, it would appear that African Americans are not concerned with abortion rights, one way or another. But that perception could not be further from reality.
Wyclef Weeps for Haitians, Calls for Exodus
In a tearful news conference, entertainer Wyclef Jean called on the international community to construct a massive tent city and move earthquake victims outside of Port-au-Prince.
First Person: Priority Putting the Dead in Graves
This Haitian rescuer says the priority right now is removing the dead bodies crushed underneath buildings and putting them in mass graves.
