WASHINGTON — A major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance Tuesday could alter drastically who gives and gets hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the November congressional elections.
From the Huffington Post: Will Kanye West be allowed at the Clooney-helmed Haiti telethon airing this Friday? “After what he said on the Katrina telethon and the way he behaved at the MTV Video Music Awards, everyone agrees it’s just best that he does not participate,” a source told AOL’s PopEater. “Kayne has to make […]
From Blog.ForeignPolicy.com: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is offering free land to displaced Haitians who want to “return to their origins” in Africa:
From The Urban Daily: Almost seven years ago David Lamb and his wife Jamillah created and produced the off-Broadway play, Platanos & Collard Greens.
For details about the “Celebretard Takes On Washington” episode that erupted on Twitter today, check below.
From the Washington Post: President Obama on Wednesday blamed the Democrats’ stunning loss of their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate on his administration’s failure to give voice to the economic frustrations of the middle class, a disconnect that White House aides vowed to quickly address as they continue to work to advance the president’s agenda.
WASHINGTON — The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the job market recovers at a slow and uneven pace.
From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dr. Alix Lassegue, the physician who runs this city’s largest hospital, including its morgue, has been trying to figure out how many people died after the earth buckled so violently last week.
