Dear Mr. President, I listened to your speech last week at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s 20th anniversary dinner, talking among friends and close supporters. This was an annual African American dinner, a very important one. While I know that any Democrat would have fulfilled their promise to come back if they had won […]
At Facebook Town Hall, Obama Goes on Offensive
By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Carol E. Lee – In an online town hall meeting at the headquarters of Facebook Inc., President Barack Obama sharpened his attack on Republicans while making an appeal to the tech-savvy generation that helped get him elected. The president used questions from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook employees and online […]
Tyler Perry: “Spike Lee Can Go to Hell”
When it comes to one particular critic of his work, Tyler Perry gets downright Madea-val: “Spike Lee needs to shut the hell up!” Perry, the uber-successful writer/producer/director (his homegrown films have grossed over $400 million), admits that he’s at the end of his patience with fellow filmmaker Lee, who’s made a habit of sharply criticizing […]
Footprints of Black Louisiana
By Norman Smith – The Blacks may have had a hard history on this land of the free. But they have never stepped back or just stayed on the sides while the world continued turning. In their own simple, ordinary ways, they have made extraordinary contributions and works that benefitted or are felt by everyone […]
Obama’s big bet on blacks is key to 2012 victory
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson (The Grio.com) – The one thing that sets off the loudest bells and whistles at the White House is any hint of a diminution in the bedrock support of black voters for President Obama’s re-election bid in 2012. The dreaded faint tingling happened when Gallup recently released a poll that showed […]
Ed Forchion’s Lawyer Files Historic Legal Defense Brief Challenging Drug Laws on 4/20 – Cannabis Day
Mount Holly, NJ – As medical marijuana smokers around the globe celebrate “4/20”– an internationally recognized date for the celebration of cannabis–Ed Forchion, aka NJWeedman and his lawyer, John Vincent Saykanic, Esq., will be filing a historic legal brief in New Jersey’s Burlington County Superior Court, battling for not only Forchion’s freedom but for the […]
UNCF Celebrates Earth Day Releasing Green Report Highlighting Minority College and University Progress Going Green
FAIRFAX, VA – UNCF (United Negro College Fund) recently announced the release of the Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) Green Report, a 2010 Campus Sustainability Survey developed by the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building and the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI) finding that colleges and university whose student bodies include large percentages of Black, Hispanic and Native American […]
Why I like Black Republicans!
By Maze Jackson – Last month, I took a real “job” for the first time in over ten years, and was shocked when I received my first paycheck. I could not believe the amount of taxes the government took OFF THE TOP. As a business owner, I am accustomed to receiving gross checks, paying all […]
Washington Prep High School Presents FAME, The Musical Despite Financial Crisis
Los Angeles – In the midst of possible charter takeover, fiscal crisis and pending teacher layoffs, the students and staff at Washington Preparatory High School continue to prove resilient. With a determined resolved that ‘the show must go on’ the educational inner city haven has announced the production of the legendary play, “FAME, The Musical.” […]