On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced an agreement with the city of Dubuque, Iowa (pictured), that effectively settles allegations that the city discriminated against African Americans applying for the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Last year, reports emerged from the city that officials admitted to barring Blacks from the program […]
Homeowners Shelly Owens (pictured), her fiance, Kevin Durham (pictured), and their children had their Council Bluffs, Iowa, home vandalized and then set ablaze in what police are referring to as a “hate crime,” according to KETV 7. SEE ALSO: Ga. Girl Charged With Stabbing 2-Year-Old Sister To Death Rejects Plea Deal [VIDEO] On Tuesday, Owens […]
Jerome Power is on trial in Iowa for killing his 68-year-old neighbor, Doris Bevins, back in 2010. But, after Power’s defense attorney, Steve Addington, and the prosecutor made their closing arguments, a strange turn of events unfolded in the Cedar Rapids courtroom, KCRG 2 reports. Scroll down for video Just as the jurors who are tasked […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa– A judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices throughout Iowa’s state government they say have disadvantaged them for decades. Experts say the case is the largest class-action lawsuit of its kind against an entire state government’s civil service system. The […]
Roland Martin joins Kyra Phillips in the CNN Newsroom to discuss Mitt Romney increasing his attacks against President Obama and too much attention being paid to the Iowa Caucuses.
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com To the Republican voters in the other 49 states, I sympathize with you. It must be painful to turn on every cable and broadcast network, read the websites and follow the blogs and realize that you mean absolutely nothing when it comes to choosing a GOP nominee for president […]
CENTERVILLE, IO — Ben Clifford Dawson, an 83-year-old man who as running for city council in Iowa, has been charged with prostitution. The charges stem from an incident in which Dawson offered to give sexual favors to pay off a loan. Also read: Bistro Chez Lucienne: French in the Heart of Harlem Also read: Ex-Cop […]
Iowa — This has to hurt. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse at her home when they responded to a 911 call that Lucinda Kinder bit her boyfriend’s penis. Kinder and the victim have been in a relationship for over a year and live together, according to police reports. RELATED: Teen […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Most Americans haven’t heard of Herman Cain, the former head of a chain of pizza restaurants who is considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination. Also read: President’s Day: Black Presidents In The Movies
Des Moines police are investigating a string of attacks centered around the Iowa State Fair, and say they may be racially motivated.
Assistant Polk County attorney, Romonda Belcher-Ford was chosen this week to become Iowa’s first female, African-American judge, officials announced Friday.
