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Rep. Jessie Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has emerged as the politician who stands to lose the most after the fallout from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s indictment.
As Blagojevich pleaded not guilty today to charges of racketeering and fraud, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Blagojevich’s camp was told last year “that Jackson would raise up to $5 […]
From the Washington Post For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased , according to a report released today.
The D.C.-based Sentencing Project reported […]
April 14, 2009 | Posted in Art & Life, Co-feature, Nation | Read more »
Black patients with lung cancer are less likely than white patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery, a new study finds. Disparities in lung cancer treatments were as large in 2002 as they were back in the early 1990s, even though there have been efforts to decrease those inequalities in treatment, the study said.
“This study shows […]
April 14, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature, Health Tips, Nation | Read more »
President Barack Obama directed his administration Monday to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba, and to take other steps to ease U.S. restrictions on the island, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
The formal announcement was being made at the White House Monday afternoon, during presidential spokesman […]
April 13, 2009 | Posted in Carribean, Co-feature, Nation | Read more »
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and his family are heading to church this Easter. The Obamas plan to visit a church on Sunday. White House aides are mum on where the first family is going, citing security and privacy.
Obama hasn’t attended public church services in Washington since taking office. He left his Chicago church last year […]
April 12, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature, Nation | Read more »
Protesters have returned to the Obama Fried Chicken eatery, demanding that the Brooklyn restaurant change its name. City Councilman Charles Barron was among the protesters …
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Two days after the worst day of her life, when she found her 11-year-old son had committed suicide by hanging himself, Sirdeaner L. Walker said on Wednesday she wants the bullying to stop.
She found Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover hanging by an extension cord on the second floor of their 124 Northampton Ave. home Monday night after […]
April 11, 2009 | Posted in Art & Life, Co-feature, Nation | Read more »
An independent panel that reviews possible ethical lapses by members of the House of Representatives has launched a preliminary review of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s efforts to be appointed to the U.S. Senate by ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a published report.
The Office of Congressional Ethics voted in late March for the […]
April 9, 2009 | Posted in Co-feature, Nation, Politics | Read more »
A “very healthy, very energetic” Fidel Castro asked visiting Congressional Black Caucus members what Cuba could do to help President Barack Obama improve bilateral relations during his first meeting with U.S. officials since falling ill in 2006.
Caucus leader Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, said the ailing former Cuban president talked for nearly two […]
April 9, 2009 | Posted in Carribean, Co-feature, Nation | Read more » 
Dannielle Brown says that if her son was into basketball, football, soccer — or even golf — she’d know what to do.
But Jamal Brown doesn’t like any of those sports. His dream is to be a show jumper and ride for the U.S. Equestrian Team. What’s Dannielle supposed to do with that? It’s not something […]
