|
|
Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
June 2008 - Posts
-
Over the weekend his campaign confirmed plans to visit Israel, Jordan, France, Germany and Britain Barack Obama will arrive in Britain this summer on a long-expected seven-nation world tour including Europe, designed to answer doubts among global leaders Read More...
|
-
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Father Michael Pfleger talk about Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on gun ownership. Nearly 13 hours after her 16-year-old son was shot in a drive-by, Denise Dixon stood beside the Rev. Jesse Jackson, pleading for gun regulations Read More...
|
-
The NAACP can review Maryland State Police documents that contain allegations of racial profiling, a judge has ruled, granting a victory to the civil rights organization in a drawn-out legal fight. Baltimore County Circuit Judge Timothy J. Martin decided Read More...
|
-
When prime-time cable news ratings for the second quarter of 2008 are officially released next week, they will show that Fox News reclaimed the top spot among viewers in their mid-20s through mid-50s, those of greatest interest to news advertisers, according Read More...
|
-
If you want clues to how this year's presidential election will be fought, look no further than this past week's Meet the Press on NBC, where the GOP telegraphed its aggressive messaging offensive and Democrats, as usual, sought to play at the smug intersection Read More...
|
-
Obama promised to be a partner and champion for America’s Hispanics if he wins the White House. In a roughly 45-minute speech and question-and-answer session at a conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Saturday, Read More...
|
-
In a letter addressed to critics, hip-hop music mogul Russell Simmons defends a child support ruling and set the record straight regarding the amount of child support he pays and why he's glad to pay it. In a letter addressed to critics, hip-hop music Read More...
|
-
Flint's new police chief wants to crack down on sagging pants that expose too much skin. "This immoral `self expression' goes beyond freedom of expression; it rises to the crime of indecent exposure/disorderly persons," interim Chief David Dicks said Read More...
|
-
Papa's got a brand new car This summer, we've been bringing you stories about discovering America the old-fashioned way: the road trip. Weekend America co-host Desiree Cooper recalls the many trips she took with her father behind the wheel, and the lessons Read More...
|
-
Diagnoses of H.I.V. and AIDS in men who have sex with men rose significantly between 2001 and 2006 while declining in other demographic groups, the federal Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday. The increase in diagnoses was especially high among Read More...
|
-
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., laughs with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at a campaign event in Unity, N.H. Friday, June 27, 2008, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended. Read More...
|
-
Thomas' conservatism destroyed the 'unity myth' that all black Americans were the same politically and ideologically. Partisan politics aside, that was a good thing, and we should give credit where it is due. Lately, I've had the most spirited debates Read More...
|
-
The rate of occurrence of peripheral artery disease is greater in blacks than whites in the United States, and various risk factors for heart disease do not completely account for the difference, researchers report. Peripheral artery disease affects the Read More...
|
-
Lawyers for Wesley Snipes are asking a Florida judge to let the 45-year-old actor leave the country while they appeal his three federal tax convictions. Snipes wants to work on two films, " Gallowwalker " and " Chasing the Dragon ," in London and in Bangkok, Read More...
|
-
A court has ordered Kanye West to pay off the $600,000 mortgage on his late mother's condo in Illinois. When Dr. Donda West died in November from complications following plastic surgery, she left behind a mortgage that has since ballooned due to unpaid Read More...
|
-
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went before about 200 of the New York Senator's top fundraisers at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, an event that was described as emotional by participants and served as the prelude to their public appearance together Read More...
|
-
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton says federal prosecutors dropped charges against two people so they could focus on him. In an interview with reporters Thursday, Herenton said the FBI has questioned him about city contracts. Earlier this week, federal prosecutors Read More...
|
-
Russell Simmons' divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons is gonna cost him a pretty penny in child support -- $480,000 per year to be exact. In court documents, obtained by TMZ and filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (June 24), it looks like the hip-hop Read More...
|
-
Stevie Wonder, currently on tour throughout the U.S., says he will follow up his 2005 CD, "A Time 2 Love," with two new albums currently in the works. The first is "The Gospel Inspired by Lula," which he began recording after the death of hiss mother, Read More...
|
-
Rev. Al Sharpton sent an open letter to consumer activist and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader today following comments he made about Sen. Barack Obama, in which Nader claimed Obama "talks white" and ignores issues of poverty. In the letter, Read More...
|
-
Barack Obama faces a tough crowd as he attempts to soothe the bruised feelings of several dozen of Hillary Rodham Clinton's top campaign donors in Washington tonight. Obama, who will join his former rival for a $1 million fundraiser at the Mayflower Hotel, Read More...
|
-
The U.S Commission of Fine Arts is moving toward approval of a revised concept for the Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial and an official construction date is within sight, according to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation. Read More...
|
-
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick The Detroit City Council announced Tuesday it is delaying hearings to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office until August and will interrupt its five-week summer recess to hold them. The council was scheduled to begin the removal Read More...
|
-
BET News presents the second installment of its town hall series, Hip Hop Vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?," a discussion focusing on music videos, misogyny within the hip-hop culture, race vs. gender, the strained relationships between black men Read More...
|
-
Obama is up big in a new poll. With just over four months to go until voters weigh in at the polls, a new survey suggests Sen. Barack Obama is holding a double-digit lead over Sen. John McCain among registered voters. According to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Read More...
|
-
Hillary Clinton and her former Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama are seen here before a debate in Los Angeles in January 2008. Obama aides have announced Clinton will join Obama on the campaign trail June 27. Democratic presidential candidate Read More...
|
-
Seldom has a presidential candidate faced such long odds. John McCain has repeatedly allied himself with the most unpopular president since the history of modern polling. He has embraced the most unpopular war since Vietnam. The U.S. economy continues Read More...
|
-
In this April 9, 2007 file photo, radio personality Don Imus appears on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York. Months after returning to the radio with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his comments about a women's basketball team, Don Imus Read More...
|
-
Hill Harper, actor and author of "Letters to a Young Sister," will be in the Detroit area today and Tuesday. Actor Hill Harper, who plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the hit CBS crime investigation show "CSI: NY," is expanding his starring role to the book Read More...
|
-
The first African American Louisiana justice died Sunday in Baton Rouge, at the age of 84. Revius Ortique Jr. was a civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court. According to The Associated Press, current Justice Read More...
|
-
There have probably never been more than a few battles as epic as those waged by African-American newspapers for the hearts and minds of people of good will. Black owned radio — WDAS, WHAT and WURD — have played their part in this city in the effort to Read More...
|
-
At age 93, John Hope Franklin remains a formidable force in the world of African-American history and scholarship. He wrote what is considered a core text in the field of African-American studies. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans Read More...
|
-
Baroness Amos IF YOU asked the average person to name successful black British women, high-profile names from the world of politics and sports, such as athlete Denise Lewis, or MP Diane Abbott, would probably come to mind. But it's unlikely that you'll Read More...
|
-
What makes the idea of bringing in so many new voters more than just political fantasy is the Obama campaign’s deep pockets and the sophisticated apparatus it has begun building to achieve its goals. As they ponder a political map that has spelled defeat Read More...
|
-
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama addresses a crowd of supporters As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in Read More...
|
-
Stevie Wonder last performed in metro Detroit in September at Meadow Brook. Stevie Wonder is in the mood to reminisce. It's hard not to, he says, whenever Detroit is on the agenda -- as it is with a concert scheduled Tuesday at DTE Energy Music Theatre. Read More...
|
-
Pam Oliver helps Godfrey Dillard, legal counsel for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, file papers against the council effort Wednesday at the Wayne County Clerk's Office in Detroit. A judge scheduled a hearing Wednesday for June 27 to take up a lawsuit Read More...
|
-
Barack Obama. A Thursday afternoon meeting between Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus grew tense and emotional for a moment -- perhaps illustrating that weeks after Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., suspended her Read More...
|
-
Federal prosecutors sent Wesley Snipes a "cost of prosecution bill" that demands repayment for the money they spent convicting him on tax charges. The government wants Snipes to pay $217,363 – which includes $21,052.19 for the time and travel expenses Read More...
|
-
The six-year marriage of prophetess Juanita Bynum and Bishop Thomas Weeks is now officially over. The proceedings were stopped at one point when Bynum revealed the two had sex after their separation. What's not known is if the couple had sex after the Read More...
|
-
HIV is spreading among African Americans like a wildfire. It has become the leading cause of death among African American women ages 25 to 34 living in the United States. In 2004, HIV was the fourth leading cause of death for black men and third for black Read More...
|
-
Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain are very different women, each with her own appeal and both with their eyes on one prize — the role of America's First Lady. By Caitriona Palmer They are like chalk and cheese. One is a Princeton and Harvard-educated lawyer Read More...
|
-
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks to the podium to talk with the media in front of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, June 20, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama raised $22 million in May for his presidential Read More...
|
-
Miller for News The Rev. Al Sharpton Facing an escalating federal probe into his charity's finances, the Rev. Al Sharpton now has his own muscle: former Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Zachary Carter. Sharpton said Thursday he hired Carter - a respected ex-prosecutor Read More...
|
-
Dr. Ben S. Carson President Bush on Thursday presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to leaders in medicine, government, the judiciary and the military. Bush talked about Dr. Benjamin S. Carson's mother. Carson Read More...
|
-
Producer Don Cornelius arrives at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Heart Foundation for a tribute honoring... Don Cornelius has sold his " Soul Train " franchise to MadVision Entertainment, a multimedia company specializing in branded urban content and Read More...
|
-
The former director of the Institute on Urban Police and Commerce at Florida A&M University has pleaded guilty to stealing money from federal grants to help people learn to read. Patricia Walker McGill of Tallahassee faces a maximum term of 75 years Read More...
|
-
Shimaa Abdelfadeel, shown here, and Hebba Aref were denied prime seats at a rally in Detroit. Hebba Aref Sen. Barack Obama personally called to apologize Thursday to the two Muslim women from Michigan barred from sitting near him during a campaign rally Read More...
|
-
Pamela and Jim Harris have gotten used to the stares. It's not that people have never seen traditional Jewish garb before. They've just rarely seen it on a black couple. "For a black male to put on a kipah and go wandering around in a predominantly black Read More...
|
-
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States. Obama, wife of Read More...
|
-
In this June 13, 2008 file photo, Tiger Woods grimaces after hitting from the rough on the first fairway during the second round of the US Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a Read More...
|
-
For the first time, White House hopeful Barack Obama leads his Republican rival John McCain in three of the biggest battlegrounds of November's election, according to a new poll Wednesday. The surveys by Quinnipiac University also found independent voters Read More...
|
-
Donna Brazile Roland Martin Harold Ford With the election year raising issues of race, cable news networks are giving more noticeable roles to African-American political pundits, including these voices from both sides of the spectrum. • Donna Brazile: Read More...
|
-
Rev. Al Sharpton has released a statement condemning the New York Post for publishing articles that accuse him of shaking down corporate CEOs through threats of boycotts. The most recent article, published Sunday by writers Isabel Vincent and Susan Edelman, Read More...
|
-
From Fox News to vicious Internet rumors the media is turning Michelle Obama into the new female campaign target. But Sandra Kobrin says news watchers and the Obama campaign are hustling to her defense. If you thought the way Hillary Clinton was treated Read More...
|
-
Mike Huckabee Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee warned members of his party that any attempt to undermine presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama by ``demonizing'' him would backfire. ``The Republicans will make a fundamental, Read More...
|
-
From stadiums to local and national mediums such as the Dr. Phil Show, Good Morning Texas, Source Magazine, BET.com, National Pubic Radio (NPR) and BBC Media abroad, Dooney “Da Priest” has been the champion for the “Pull Your Pants Up!” initiatives across Read More...
|
-
The New York Post is reporting that Al Sharpton and his National Action Network group squeeze money out of corporations by threatening to march on their businesses and boycott their services if they don't pay up. A rep for General Motors said it had been Read More...
|
-
Last year, a young African American told her parents something that can't go unspoken for long in a close-knit family: "I'm a ***." Her father immediately responded, "We love you," and her mother felt a relief rush because she'd feared bad news. The family Read More...
| |
|