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New York — Jimmy McMillan is looking for a VP in his bid for President, and he’s got two candidates in mind – Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The bombastic former gubernatorial wanna-be, whose Rent Is Too Damn High mantra stole the show during November’s state elections last year, says both Republicans would make good […]
// Last January, Michael Allison, a 41-year-old mechanic from Bridgeport, Illinois, went to court to protest what he saw as unfair treatment from local police officers. Allison is an auto enthusiast who likes to tinker with cars, several of which he keeps on his mother’s property in the neighboring town of Robinson. Because both towns […]
Sports movies can be a challenge to make. The main hurdle for filmmakers is trying to deliver a movie solid enough to satisfy die hard fans while simultaneously supplying enough overall entertainment value throughout it to rein in non-sports lovers. Though classic flicks like Rocky and Hoosiers do jump that hurdle, the majority of sports […]
New York — Theirs was a partnership built on vision and pride and rooted in a building at the very heart of black America. In 2002 the National Black Theater, a cultural anchor of Harlem, invited the owners of Nubian Heritage, a growing beauty-care company with an African pedigree, to invest in its sprawling building […]
New York — His family calls him “Olakunle,” a name that means “the wealth that fills the house” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, where Akeem Ajimotokan grew up adored as the youngest of four boys. But Mr. Ajimotokan’s real richness, his family said Monday, is in the trust and generosity he has always showered […]
Chicago — Last week, Chicago’s Police Board voted to allow convicted police lieutenant Jon Burge to keep his $3,000-a-month pension. But one civil rights leader plans to fight that ruling tooth and nail. Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the elder statesmen of the civil rights movement and a major political force in the city and […]
Florida — A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires all Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin their path to the Supreme Court. Judge Roger Vinson of Federal District […]
CHICAGO-During a debate with Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins, Chicago Mayoral candidate Carol Mosley told fellow candidate, Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins that the reason she wasn’t aware of Braun”s recent activity is because “You’ve been strung out on crack for years.” at a debate at a Chicago church. While Wakins has admitted to using drugs, she has denied […]
In case you have not been paying attention, the owners of the National Football League (NFL) teams are maneuvering towards what is called a “lock-out” in March 2011. Their aim is much the same as those of other titans industry and finances these days (and their political allies): to destroy the labor union of the […]
What does one make of a governor who in 2011 flatly tells respected representative group of his state’s black legislators that “I don’t need your people?” This is the same governor who blew off the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s invitation to attend the tenth annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration while he was in the […]
Texas — Michael Williams announced a bid Thursday for Texas’ Senate seat. The Tea Party loves him, but can he overcome a tough primary to become the Senate’s lone black member? Williams talks to Benjamin Sarlin about his plan to win, his friendship with George W. Bush, and his trademark bowtie. On Thursday, Williams declared […]
NORTH CAROLINA — Phylicia Barnes’ friends and family marked the one-month anniversary of her disappearance Friday with a prayer vigil and an offer of $25,000 for information that helps solve the case.