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President Obama Meets with DREAMers at the White House
As the markup session of the immigration reform bill continues in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Obama took the opportunity today to meet with DREAMers and their family members in the Oval Office. This meeting gave P...
Garcetti Poised to Become Second Latino Mayor of Los Angeles in Modern Times
Today residents of Los Angeles head to the polls to elect their mayor, yet despite having the opportunity to elect the first woman mayor or the first Jewish mayor (who also happens to be Latino and could become the second Latin...
Have Healthcare Your Way: How Much Does It Cost?
What if all hospital admission rooms had signs like the drive thru at Burger King detailing the costs for their most common procedures? That would bring new meaning to the phrase, “Have Healthcare Your Way.” Well, that isn...
Julian Bond: Racists Don’t Like Being Called Racists
By Julian Bond have always suspected that racists didn’t like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts on May 14 that the Tea Party was “the Taliban wing of American politics...
Obama Gives Morehouse Commencement Missed by Too Many Students: And He’s Responsible
President Barack Obama is probably the hardest working president in the history of presidents of the United States. He won the presidency when America was in the midst of the worst financial and foreign policy crisis in about 5...
Senate Immigration Reform Panel Considers DREAMers, Boston and High Tech Visas
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued the markup process of the immigration reform bill Monday, considering among other things domestic violence victims, financial aid for DREAMers, whether the Boston bombing held any weight...
Puerto Rico Takes Important Steps Towards LGBTI Rights
Earlier last week, the Puerto Rico Senate approved, following an intense (and at times, hopeful on one hand, and depressing on the other) debate on S.B. 238, a bill that would outlaw employment discrimination based on sexual or...
TRUST Act Advances in California Legislature Again
Back in the fall, the California legislature sent a bill, the TRUST Act, to Governor Jerry Brown that would have put some limits on the extent that local law enforcement in the Golden State cooperates with federal immigration ...
Helping English Language Learning Students in Texas, Without the High Stakes
The issue with current mandated testing in Texas are the high-stakes attached to them. These high stakes have an even greater effect on English Language Learners (ELLs). ELLs are more likely to have to repeat a grade, graduate ...
Obama’s Approval Ratings: Do People Really Care About Benghazi, the IRS or AP?
CNN poll conducted over May 17-18 showed that President Obama’s approval rating is 53%. It rose from the week before. That’s pretty good considering that President Obama had what may have been his worst week in th...
Obama Administration, FCC Can Move Country Forward With Right Spectrum Policies
Expanding high-speed broadband adoption is now a universally accepted national policy goal. It’s hard to believe, therefore, that certain parties seek to impose regulations on the FCC’s upcoming spectrum auction that would ...
Year-Round School Could Be the Answer to the Minority Drop-Out Problem
Every day an average of 7,000 American students drop out of school. That is one student dropping out every 2.6 seconds. It is clear that our current school system is failing the students that need it the most. Minority students...
FBI: Obama, Holder Not Involved Assata Shakur “Most Wanted Terrorists” Decision
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing to do with putting the first black woman on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” list for a crime she al...
Kelly Rowland’s ‘Dirty Laundry’ Sheds Shame, Tackles Envy
Original Destiny’s Child member and solo artist Kelly Rowland gave listeners a candid view of some trying experiences—namely an abusive romantic relationship and envy of band-mate Beyonce in her new song “Dirty Laundry....
3 Videos: In Powerful Morehouse Address, President Obama Talks Race, Excuses and Legacy
President Obama delivered the commencement speech at Morehouse College today. The College’s President, John S. Wilson, was the former head of the White House’s HBCU’s initiative. It rained steadily through...
Congressional Task Force Tackles Bloated Criminal Code
By Zenitha Prince for The Afro The House Judiciary Committee has approved a new, bipartisan task force aimed at streamlining the federal criminal code. The Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013, made up of five Democrats and ...
Georgetown’s Black House Celebrates 40 Years
By Angel Mills n air of excitement fills campus, as 10 students stand outside of Georgetown University President, Timothy Healy’s office demanding that more minority students be accepted into the school and a support system b...
Shocker: E.W. Jackson Wins GOP Lt. Governor Nod in VA
For anyone who thought that Ken Cuccinelli would be the attention getting Tea Party firebrand on VA’s ticket for the statehouse this year, get ready. Bishop E.W. Jackson won the nomination late Saturday night for Lieutenant G...
First Lady Michelle Obama at Bowie State: Baller and Rapper Dreams Bad for Black Youth
Yesterday, first lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address at Bowie State University in Maryland. She had some fierce admonish ions regarding the youth of today. The first lady had a lot to say on the issue of what...
Nuclear Energy is Clean Energy
There are a lot of misconceptions about nuclear power – many of which have led Americans to be wary of a future that could see the construction of 20 to 25 new units built by 2040 according to Department of Energy forecasts....
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