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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
May 2008 - Posts
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Senator Barack Obama is ending his membership at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he has belonged to for about two decades and one that had become a lightning rod in his Democratic presidential bid. Mr. Obama informed his campaign Read More...
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Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer Read More...
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J.C. Watts has apparently Found another way to create news beyond politcal office. The former Oklahoma congressman told the New York Post in a story published earlier this week that he plans to launch a television news network targeted at a black audience Read More...
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Mayor With Wife Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is fine with taking a behind the scenes role in the upcoming presidential race, which most likely feature the first serious African American candidate, Sen. Barack Obama. “It’s more important to do what he’s Read More...
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Decisions on whether and how to award Florida and Michigan delegates to presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama are expected to be made Saturday by a 30-member Democratic Party panel. Below is information about the members of Read More...
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What's particularly outrageous is that the Clinton campaign supported the calendar, and the sanctions against Michigan and Florida, until Clinton won those states and needed to have their delegations seated. Last August, when the DNC Rules Committee voted Read More...
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There are a lot of opinions on why Hillary Clinton is staying in the race at this point. Maybe you buy her campaign’s reasoning. That every vote should be counted. Personally I find that a disingenuous sort of campaign angle. If the math were viable, Read More...
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SOME readers were less than satisfied with my column about race last week. Most of them could swallow the part about our all being recovering racists, striving to improve, but never perfect. But they wanted me to address another statistic - that number Read More...
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A new poll of California voters appears to undercut Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's argument that she is the stronger presidential candidate in big states, showing that her long-standing support in the nation's most populous state has eroded among Democrats Read More...
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Ennis Cosby Not everyone can be Dr. Cliff Huxtable, the quick-with-a-quip dad that Bill Cosby played on TV for eight years. But for the right price, you could dress just like him this Father's Day. Cosby's daughter, Evin, said her mother and father were Read More...
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Murdoch has yet to endorse a U.S. presidential candidate but considers Barack Obama very promising, the media magnate said in an interview by two Wall Street Journal reporters at an annual conference for high-tech industry insiders. News Corp recently Read More...
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In this June 1, 2007 file photo, Rev. Michael Pfleger, left, of Saint Sabina Catholic... The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Chicago activist, also apologized for last Sunday's sermon at Obama's church, in which he said Clinton's eyes welled with tears before Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq . After a hard-fought primary season against rival Democrat Hillary Clinton Read More...
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Swing voters _ those without strong party affiliations _ may have backed Hillary Clinton in the primaries, but polls indicate they're more likely to back Barack Obama in the general election. Obama has done poorly in the Democratic primaries with women, Read More...
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Dean Cage Illinois Department of Corrections DNA testing has exonerated a man of a rape conviction that had kept him in an Illinois prison for more than 12 years. The New York-based Innocence Project says Dean Cage is the 29th person in Illinois exonerated Read More...
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Michael Scott A veteran African American television anchor who has worked in Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Kansas City and Charlotte, N.C., was ousted Tuesday from his latest job in Huntsville, Ala., after reportedly calling an African American producer Read More...
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Under attack from Republicans who have challenged his credential to become the Commander-in-Chief, Democratic Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama provided fresh fodder to his critics after he made a gaffe about his great uncle helping to liberate the Read More...
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William Clement, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlanta Life Financial Group; Ronald Brown, President and CEO of Atlanta Life Financial Group and Chairman, Jackson Securities; and Reuben McDaniel, President of Jackson Securities Black Enterprise Read More...
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The Democratic Party is likely to meet rule-breaking Florida and Michigan halfway when it comes to seating their delegates at the national convention, two members of the rules committee said Wednesday. Such a move may help Sen. Hillary Clinton close the Read More...
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According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education , in 2007 Howard University had a graduation rate of 60 percent, up two points from the rate the journal reported in 2006. That rate, for those graduating within six years, is 16 percent above the Read More...
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--Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has vetoed a resolution calling for his own ouster, hinting to the City Council that he intends a bruising battle over members' double-barreled effort to force him from office. In a 10-page letter sent Tuesday vetoing a resolution Read More...
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Fox News Channel contributor Liz Trotta, a former Washington Times editor and three-time Emmy winner, has issued an apology for making a cruel joke that suggested she wished death to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. On Sunday, Fox host Read More...
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Roland Martin says Sen. Hillary Clinton will fight hard to keep her rival from reaching 2,026 delegates. Remember all those wrestling "death matches," during which they talked about guys tearing their opponents' heads off in the ring? We all knew wrestling Read More...
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Never mind Barack Obama , the American press is now falling over itself to heap praise on another African-American force on the campaign trail who, according to the New York Times , is “taller, fitter and cooler” than the presumptive Democratic nominee. Read More...
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A police officer patrols a mostly ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch section in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Friday May 23, 2008. Seventeen years after race riots left the streets of Crown Heights bloodied, tensions are rising again in Read More...
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Left, Kevin Wolf/Associated Press; Right, top and bottom, George Burns/Harpo Productions Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished. The average audience for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has fallen nearly Read More...
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The Clintons Machiavellian intrigue rendered the DNC impotent Nervous over the growing fracture in the Democratic Party, the DNC is vigorously reminding Democratic voters of the importance of backing the Democratic nominee in order to win the November Read More...
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Bill Clinton Sees Conspiracy Former President Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife in South Dakota, said Sunday that she was the victim of a conspiracy. He said some were trying to "cover up" Hillary Clinton's chances of winning in key states that Democrats Read More...
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I can still see the faces of some of the men and women in the United States armed forces serving in Iraq. Some were smiling, some grimacing, most stared with piercing eyes from behind black shades. Many were hues of brown, most were white. They all deserve Read More...
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Carter said Sunday the clock was ticking on Clinton's presidential bid. Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that in a little more than a week, when the last Democratic primary voters weigh in, it will be time for Hillary Clinton to “give it up.” Read More...
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Today, United States Congressman Jim Costa (CA-20) and United States Congressman Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) endorsed Barack Obama for president. Congressman Cardoza previously supported Senator Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama: Photo by Barack Obama campaign Read More...
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Hillary Clinton is now complaining that her candidacy has been harmed by sexism. Interviewed earlier this week by the Washington Post, Sen. Clinton said the polls show that "more people would be reluctant to vote for a woman [than] to vote for an African Read More...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talks with a woman as she pauses before signing an autograph, during a campaign stop at Casa Cuba, a Cuban social club, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Clinton campaigned Read More...
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Ray Stubblebine/Reuters Senator Barack Obama addressed graduates at Wesleyan University on Sunday. Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s son Edward Jr. and wife, Victoria, were in the front row, at center. Snipers crouched on roofs and Secret Service agents patrolled Read More...
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The U.S. National Slavery Museum has asked Fredericksburg officials for a one-year extension of the deadline for beginning construction on the facility. The museum currently has until Aug. 1 to start building under a special-use permit approved by the Read More...
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Kerry Washington will star as Eddie Murphy's wife in the upcoming DreamWorks picture "A Thousand Words," reports Variety. Murphy plays a savvy, money-hungry head of a literary agency who discovers he only has a thousand words left to say before he dies. Read More...
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Wesley Snipes was granted bail on Thursday that will allow him to remain a free man while his tax evasion case is on appeal, reports TMZ.com. The actor was due to begin his prison sentence on June 3 after he was convicted in February of failure to file Read More...
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IN HARLEM: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with well-wishers in 2006. The racial overtones of her presidential campaign have eroded some of her support among black New Yorkers. “She has a problem,” says the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist Read More...
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In Brandon, S.D., Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed regret Friday for an earlier explanation of why her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination would continue into June. She had said in part: "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated Read More...
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Andrew Charles was attacked on April 14, and no arrests have been made. The mother of a black man believed to have been attacked by members of a Hasidic anti-crime patrol accused cops Friday of using a double-standard in handling two recent Crown Heights Read More...
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Barack Obama has added five more superdelegates today, wresting one from Hillary Clinton and inheriting two from John Edwards, who endorsed him last week. UPDATE: Obama just added superdelegate Jenny Greenleaf of Oregon, whose primary he won this week. Read More...
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Clinton enjoys strong support among white voters, in marked contrast to Democratic front runner Obama. Even as he closes in on the Democratic nomination for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama is facing lingering problems winning the support of white voters--including Read More...
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Dr. Phil is about to do for Bishop T.D. Jakes what Oprah Winfrey did for him in 2002. According to the Hollywood Reporter, a talk show is being developed by CBS Television Distribution and Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw's Stage 29 shingle to be hosted by Bishop Read More...
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There's no short list. At this very early stage, only a very long list of potential running mates for Sen. Barack Obama, the likely Democratic nominee. The closely held project for picking a vice president for Obama will be a separate "silo," an organization Read More...
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Wesley Snipes must begin serving his federal prison sentence on June 3rd unless he can convince a judge to grant him bail while he appeals his three federal tax convictions, reports the Associated Press. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges last Read More...
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Barack Obama was grilled at a Boca Raton synagogue tonight as he tried to win over Jewish voters. Although he was well received by the crowd, he was asked some of the toughest questions to date. Amidst chatter that his relationship with the Jewish community Read More...
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US Senator Edward M. Kennedy will not give the commencement speech Sunday at Wesleyan University, but he has found a replacement who will also make headlines -- Barack Obama. "Considering what he's done for me and for our country, there's nothing I wouldn't Read More...
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In this Monday, March 17, 2008 photo, New York Gov. David Paterson, laughs during his speach to a joint legislature after being sworn into office at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Paterson's office said in a statement Tuesday, May 20, 2008, that he Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a group of supporters at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky. According to exit polls, Hillary Clinton won 67 percent of the white vote in West Virginia, America's third whitest state. Yet Read More...
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Democratic presidential hopeful New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) speaks beside her... The New York senator's resounding victory in the Kentucky primary Tuesday let "the naysayers and skeptics" know that she was still very much a candidate, Read More...
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As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on Wednesday in Boca Raton, Fla., a supporter held up a sign favoring her position. A day after Senator Barack Obama gathered a majority of pledged delegates in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, Senator Read More...
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The U.S. Border Patrol is launching a major recruitment effort in Tennessee design to add more African-Americans to its growing ranks. U.S. Border Patrol officials will be in Nashville from Wednesday, May 21, 2008 through Saturday, May 24, 2008. Recruiters Read More...
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At Calverton Elementary/Middle School, seventh grader Jerrard Alford looks around the library during a news conference announcing Call to Action for black men, to be held Father's Day, June 15, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The event aims to enlist Read More...
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to not show photographer information --> to not show image description --> Spike Lee said black soldiers were conspicuous by their absence in Clint Eastwood war films Spike Lee launched a bitter attack on Clint Eastwood yesterday, condemning his failure Read More...
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Protesters carrying signs representing 50 bullets on the first day of the trial of New... Seven New York police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding night are facing internal disciplinary action, a police spokesman Read More...
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What a difference a nomination makes. Now that he's wrapped up the Republican nomination for president, Sen. John McCain has decided to attend the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Cincinnati in July. Read More...
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Barack Obama may have lost Kentucky, but he's laid claim to the majority of 'pledged' delegates. Hillary Clinton's big win may not get her any closer to winning the presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton sailed to a landslide victory Tuesday night in Read More...
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Historically black colleges and universities are recruiting white, Hispanic and Asian students. On May 18, 2008, Joshua Packwood will be the first white valedictorian in the 141-year history of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. Two things set Joshua Packwood Read More...
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Queensbridge, New York rapper Nas has confirmed that he has changed the title of his forthcoming controversial album from N***er . Contrary to reports that the album will be titled Nas, the rapper told AllHipHop.com that the album will simply be untitled. Read More...
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Warren Buffett backs Barack Obama The world's richest man has backed leading Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama for the top job. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he previously offered to support both Obama and former first lady turned Rea | |
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