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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took a shot at President Obama calling America’s economic woes, the “Obama Depression,” on Fox and Friends Sunday morning. Gingrich’s comments come as the president is negotiating a new federal budget with Republicans, and just days after the latest job reports show few signs of economic recovery. “Housing prices have […]

A Houston topless bar is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly forcing Black waitresses to skip work when one of the club’s racist executives visited. One of the club’s managers says he’s shocked by the suit as they market themselves as a multi-racial club. The suit alleges that beginning in 2007, […]

Two of the top Republican presidential contenders have backtracked from signing a pledge against gay marriage that also suggested Black families were stronger under slavery. First Leader, an Iowa Christian conservative group, released a pledge called “The Marriage Vow” which equates homosexuality with polygamy and adultery, and calls for the banning of all porn. The […]

In what is probably the most ingenuous political metaphor ever said on national television, “Real Time” host Bill Maher equated Republican thinking to the Casey Anthony verdict. “Yes, Republican base, you are just like that jury. It is pathetically clear who is killing the middle class, but you keep letting them get away with murder,” […]

At least four suspects are in custody after a Milwaukee, Wisconsin mom turned over both her 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter when she spotted them while watching the news. The two teenagers were among a group of adolescents involved in an attack and a gas station raid. “These are not the kind of kids that […]

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police Commander Eddie Selby resigned after being involved in allegations of inappropriate and racist comments. The Grio Reports: While giving instructions to his Special Operations Division this past Friday, Selby supposedly made some offensive comments about those attending the Essence festival, which is a predominately African-American event.While the investigation was […]

WASHINGTON — After Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that millionaires paying more taxes to save the economy was “rather pathetic,” another Republican senator spoke against the proposal, suggesting that the poor take the burden instead of the rich. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voted against the measure Thursday, demanding that poor middle-class Americans need to do […]

Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday compared GOP efforts to limit same-day voter registration and block some convicted felons from voting to Jim Crow laws and poll taxes. “I can’t help thinking since we just celebrated the Fourth of July and we’re supposed to be a country dedicated to liberty that one of the most pervasive […]

NEW YORK – Afrika Owes, the elite private school student arrested for ferrying guns for a New York City drug gang, pleaded guilty on four counts of conspiracy and weapons possession Thursday in a Manhattan court. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin was lenient in his sentencing of Owes, who turned herself in on June […]

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday publicly accused the Obama administration of failing to sufficiently address African American unemployment. During the gathering, members debated the ability of a universal job creation strategy to address persistent and disproportionate African American unemployment. “Can you imagine a situation where any other group of workers, if 34 […]

The U.S. economy took another hit, as the national unemployment rate rose from 9.1 to 9.2 percent, the Department of Labor said Friday. Additionally, the economy added only 18,000 jobs in June, with 14.1 million people out of work, a slight increase from the 13.9 million unemployed Americans reported in May. Black unemployment stayed at […]

President Barack Obama’s father told immigration officials in 1961 that he wanted to put his unborn son up for adoption, according to the Boston Globe. The report also claims that Barack’s mother, Ann Dunham, was going to give him to the Salvation Army, though the White House has firmly denied that report. Obama’s father, Barack […]