By Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – Across America, there is a movement gaining momentum that would ease the overcrowding in prisons and local jails that are filled overwhelmingly by black men. In 2003, the United States Justice Department issued a report based upon the 2000 Census that noted that 10.4 percent of the black male population […]
Gospel Legend Vanessa Bell Armstrong Signs with Music World Gospel
Houston, TX – Multiple GRAMMY® Award nominee and Stellar Award winner Vanessa Bell Armstrong today signed an exclusive recording and co-management agreement with Music World Gospel. Armstrong will be co-managed by Clive Ennis of CAnthony Entertainment. “It has been a wonderful journey,” said Vanessa Bell Armstrong. “I am so happy to have a new home […]
Politics is Like Crack Cocaine
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – Politics is like crack cocaine. Being elected one time is too much for some politicians and for others getting reelected ten times is not enough! You can know the finest woman, very respectable, very concerned, loyal and monogamous. Give her some crack and her figure becomes hideous, her […]
Obama Gives Props to Romney on Health Care
(CNN) – In a moment that Mitt Romney’s future GOP opponents couldn’t have scripted better themselves, President Obama Monday issued a full-throated embrace of the former Massachusetts governor’s stance on health care. “I know that many of you have asked for flexibility for your states under this law,” Obama said during a speech to a […]
Why the GOP Declared Open Season on Michelle
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Former Arkansas Governor and almost certain 2012 presidential contender Mike Huckabee recently told reporters that attacks from Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and an armada of others in the GOP on Michelle Obama were silly, foolish, and counter-productive. Huckabee’s push-back at the Michelle bashers was as noble as it was futile. […]
Jobs Rebuild America Plan Goes to Indiana
Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal#9) – “The hardest work in the world is being out of work” former National Urban League President, Whitney M. Young Last week, we took the National Urban League’s 12-point jobs plan on the road with a visit to four cities in Indiana – Indianapolis, Gary, Anderson and Fort Wayne. […]
Obama’s Meeting With Black Leaders: A Little Too Laid-Back
Thanks to Cynthia Gordy of TheRoot.com for asking the tough questions after President Obama met with a group of African-American “advisers”. It’s not helping the Black community to see so many of their “leaders” so happy to roll up in the White House they don’t question how the decision’s made by this administration impact Black […]
Tell the DOJ: Stop Houston’s brutal police culture
Newly released video footage reveals that four Houston police officers brutally beat a 15-year old burglary suspect, without cause, while at least eight other officers looked on and did nothing. And the officers are facing only misdemeanors. Unfortunately, this is nothing new for Houston, which has a history of police misconduct and a lack of […]
Hobbs’ Hump-Day Hot Points
Posted on Tallahassee.com By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire I. Decline of the Dictators Two weeks after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak decided to step down from what was appearing to be a self styled “president for life” role (dictator) here we have Muammar Gadhaffi resurfacing from the shadows after years of being relatively quiet on the world […]