Dems Holding Obama Birthday Events Across Nation to Boost Fundraising, Support
President Barack Obama‘s 49th birthday should bring in quite the party — several of them, in fact, across the country. Obama’s campaign Web site, Organizing for America, has a page dedicated to events...
View ArticleGov.Patrick Approves Six Boston Colleges Becoming Universities
Six Boston colleges are now universities after Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a measure rebranding the institutions. The changes impact Bridgewater State, Salem State, Worcester State,...
View ArticleBlacks & Whites Divided on President Obama’s Approval Rating, First Lady...
The gap between the way blacks and whites view President Barack Obama continues to widen, according to the results of a Gallup poll released Tuesday. The president’s approval rating from black...
View ArticleReports: Senate Expected to Confirm Elena Kagan Thursday
The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan as Supreme Court Jutice by Thursday after debate on the Senate floor began this week. Kagan, 50, finished her weeklong confirmation...
View ArticleCall Her ‘Madam Justice’: Kagan Confirmed As 112th Supreme Court Justice
Elena Kagan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Thursday, making her the 112th Supreme Court Justice and the fourth woman appointed to the nation’s highest court. Senators voted 63 to 37 confirm Kagan,...
View ArticleWyclef Jean Relinquishes Yele Haiti Duties to Run for President
It’s official — hip hop recording star and Haitian relief activist Wyclef Jean will run for president of his native, impoverished country. According to the Miami Herald: In the hourlong radio interview...
View ArticleNAACP Praises Reduced Disparity in Cocaine Sentences
The NAACP is thanking Congress and the president for a new law President Barack Obama signed Tuesday that will reduce the gap between federal mandatory sentences for convictions for crack cocaine and...
View ArticleMinneapolis Urban League, DOT Partner to Increase Number of Minorities in...
Minneapolis Urban League (MUL) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation are working together to increase the number of minorities employed in the local construction industry, the agencies...
View ArticleSenate Stalls Funds for Black Farmers Again
Approval of $1.25 billion to compensate black farmers in a discrimination suit against the Department of Agriculture has been delayed again in the Senate — the second time this week. Now legislators...
View ArticleEconomic Adviser Romer Resigns, Senate Confirms Clapper As Head of Intel
The Obama administration saw two more transitions in key posts Thursday. The U.S. Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper as the next director of intelligence while Christina Romer,...
View ArticleNAACP Says Minorities Have Been Doing the Tough Work
The White House released a statement this week citing a report that says “the vast majority of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from...
View ArticleJudge Bars NYC From Hiring 300 New Firefighters
A federal judge blocked New York City’s plan to hire 300 firefighters after he said the city used a written exam that discriminates against minority applicants. Judge Nicholas Garaufis had been...
View ArticleWaters Requests Speedy Trial, Details of Violations Ahead of House Committee...
The U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official conduct formally released three ethics violations against Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California Monday, days after Waters requested details about...
View ArticleCandidates Request Michelle Obama’s Star Presence
Critics may be questioning the timing of First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent trip to Spain with youngest daughter Sasha, but it’s not her current schedule that others are concerned about. For some...
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