Politics

Songstress Beyoncé has never shied away from showing political support. She even teamed up with First Lady Michelle Obama on her initiative to overcome obesity in our country. As President Obama’s time in the White House comes to an end, the Houston-bred singer shows who she’s riding with for the next election. She was recently spotted at […]

During a candid talk about race and poverty Tuesday at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama tackled the changing face of economic inequality in the U.S. in the aftermath of the great recession. Scores have now been boxed out of the free market economy, which has previously lifted billions out of poverty, the president said during […]

Rankling White House officials, investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh released a controversial story Sunday claiming that the Obama administration collaborated with Pakistani officials to kill Osama bin Laden four years ago. In a piece at the London Review of Books, Hersh claims President Barack Obama and his administration lied about circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of […]

Giving a candid and deeply personal commencement speech at Tuskegee University on Saturday, the First Lady of the United States reflected on the emotional toll of being the country’s first black first lady. As reported by The Hill, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to the students at the Historically Black Alabama college for about a […]

When news spread that Dr. Dre inked a deal with Apple to sell his ‘Beats by Dre’ headphones company for over a billion dollars, the Compton-bred entertainer was praised as a major power player in the hip-hop industry. However, the deal didn’t land him at the top of Forbes’ annual Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest list. Mogul Sean […]

In an important move for people of color who helped propel him into office twice, President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to continue fighting for young Black and brown lives well after he leaves office. Obama made the pledge Monday in the Bronx section of New York City during the aftermath of unrest over police […]

President Barack Obama arrived in New York City Monday morning to announce the launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance at Lehman College in the Bronx, NBC reports. My Brother’s Keeper, whose aim is to “address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young people can reach […]

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who became a Tea Party favorite in 2013 when he denounced Obamacare, said he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, reports USA Today. “I’m willing to be part of the equation and, therefore, I’m announcing my candidacy for president of the United States of America,” Carson told WPEC-TV, the […]

In hollow pandering of the usual kind, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama had “inflamed racial tensions” during his time in office, yet could not provide one example of how. CNN reports that the Texas senator said Obama fell short on leading on race issues during his two-term presidency while speaking […]

In the days following the riots in Baltimore, presidential candidate Rand Paul decided to reveal what he thought was the reason behind the city’s looting and arson — absent fathers. Paul made his statements during an interview on Tuesday with conservative radio host Laura Ingram. Labeling the tense moments seen throughout the nation as “thuggery and thievery,” […]

Donald Trump spewed criticism and racial remarks towards President Barack Obama following the Baltimore riots on Monday. The mogul sent off a few disparaging tweets about the riots that followed Freddie Gray’s funeral ceremony Monday afternoon. As the city reached a State of National Emergency, many religious leaders, politicians, and others marched the streets peacefully. Meanwhile, Trump slammed Obama […]

A day after the Clinton Foundation acknowledged mistakes in how it disclosed its donors, a representative with the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday accused the Clintons of playing by their own rules. Maura Pally, the acting CEO for the foundation started by former President Clinton and current 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, admitted […]