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In the Senate Gallery, the section above the floor of the United States Senate, there was a raucous, involuntary roar as the vote was read confirming Loretta Lynch as the 83rd Attorney General for the United States and the first Black woman to be named to the post. Forgetting proper chamber decorum, the anxious crowd […]
Bill de Blasio has absolutely no chance of becoming the next president. For starters, barring some political catastrophe, there’s no chance in hell Hillary Clinton is going to allow anyone else to defeat her for a second time around. You will literally have to pry the nomination from former President Bill Clinton’s cold dead hands […]
Everyone who has a common interest in Mother Earth is aware of Earth Day and more than likely hip to the strained relationship between politics and climate control. On the global holiday this year, President Barack Obama spoke about the importance of acknowledging climate change during his speech in the Florida Everglades Wednesday. In a special video, […]
Everyone knows that asking an older woman about her age is something you should avoid, but yesterday a young girl had the courage to ask First Lady Michelle Obama. During the White House’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, a child in the audience questioned FLOTUS about her age. “How old are you?” […]
The Democratic National Committee has selected minority and LGBT-owned companies to serve as housing providers for the 2016 convention in Philadelphia, according to a statement released to NewsOne. Akintayo Management Group (AMG), run by president and CEO Tina Akintayo, will team up with EventSphere (EVS), which is run by president and CEO Todd Lambert, to […]
After months of delays and bitter recriminations, the Senate on Tuesday ended a stalemate over a bill to help victims of sex trafficking, paving the way for a confirmation vote for Loretta E. Lynch to replace Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general, according to The New York Times. A vote is scheduled to take […]
For years, the nation’s wobbly economy has been the Achilles’ heel of the Obama administration, drawing fire from the right and left about the president’s decision-making and policies throughout his two terms. Voters also were dismayed, causing President Barack Obama’s approval ratings to plummet to 42.6 percent during the year that spanned from January 20, […]
During a wide-ranging and candid discussion with the Daily Telegraph about the state of the nation’s race relations, author Toni Morrison says America’s issues will not be resolved until justice is meted out equally in the criminal justice system, according to the Raw Story. Further, the Nobel Prize-winning author says unarmed Blacks are not the ones […]
President Barack Obama will be leaving office on a high note. According to a new CNN/ORC poll, his approval rating has increased amongst Americans. For the first time in nearly two years, more people say they look at President Obama in a positive light. Forty-eight percent of Americans believe he’s doing a good job, while […]
After perceived slights and political missteps by Barack Obama, scholar Cornel West has led an intractable one-man war against the president that has been punctuated by intraracial invectives, according to Michael Eric Dyson, the Georgetown University professor who recounts the end of his bromance with his friend and mentor in a trenchant piece at the […]
Escalated steps are being taken to keep intruders away from President Barack Obama and the First Family after another person was arrested for climbing the fence outside of the White House, CNN reports. According to the news outlet, the incident occurred Sunday evening around 10:25 p.m., when officials spotted a person with a package scaling the […]
As the town of Parma, Mo. celebrated its first Black female mayor, several officials decided to step down instead, the Huffington Post reports. Last Tuesday, Tyrus Byrd was officially sworn in as the city’s next mayor, beating incumbent Randall Ramsey. Over 80 percent of Parma officials resigned following Byrd’s induction, including five of the six police officers, the town […]