Politics

Rep. Trey Radel (pictured) made headlines last year, after being nabbed by undercover police for buying a small amount of cocaine in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Now, the Republican congressman from Florida will step down despite saying he would continue in his post. RELATED: UPDATE: Tea Party Rep. Trey Radel Pleads Guilty, Gets Probation For Cocaine […]

Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) made an appeal Thursday to both sides of Congress to pass a new law aimed at giving judges more control over giving sentences for some federal drug crimes. The Smarter Sentencing Act, a bipartisan effort, will aid individuals who were charged under outdated drug laws and the like. RELATED: Focusing […]

Former track and field athlete and nine-time Olympic gold medal recipient Carl Lewis (pictured right) has accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (pictured left) of dropping a plan to appoint him as the state’s first physical fitness ambassador when he launched a campaign against a friend of the politician, reports N.J.com. According to Lewis, the […]

  Joshua Black (pictured), a Republican candidate for a Florida House seat, took to his Twitter account on the birthday celebration of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to call for the hanging of President Barack Obama for his war crimes, according to the Tampa Bay Times. RELATED: Jeremiah Wright: King Had A […]

The Obama Administration is postponing a much-touted provision of the new healthcare law which bars employers from providing better benefits to top executives than to other employees, reports the New York Times. SEE ALSO: Sen. Marco Rubio Enrolls Family In Obamacare…With A Discount   Internal Revenue Service officials told the Times that they would not enforce the […]

Across the nation, January 20th signifies the federal holiday celebrated in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday. It also marks the day when President Barack Obama offically took office on that cold winter day in 2009. Now in his fifth year, President Obama has faced uncharted scrutiny for a man who was a […]

The showdown between voting rights advocates and the state of Pennsylvania took a new turn Friday, after a judge struck down a requirement that voters provide ID before voting. The nearly two-year law will now move to the state’s Supreme Court in what looks to be a contest of weighty circumstances. SEE ALSO: What The […]

First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured) is hitting a major milestone Friday, because she is turning the big 5-0, and suffice it to say, she looks fabulous! After five years in the White House, Mrs. Obama has not only steadfastly championed her husband, Barack, our president, but she has always held a high level of respect […]

For the first time in 20 years, President Obama nominated a Black lesbian judge to the United States District Court. According to reports, the Commander…

Today at the White House, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted an event featuring education, nonprofit, and business leaders from around the country. The gathering, titled “Expanding College Opportunity,” was essentially a forum used to discuss ways in easing the burdens of prospective college students and the importance of education. The summit […]

Greg Brannon, a GOP U.S. Senate hopeful out of North Carolina, compared food stamps to slavery and called for the dissolution of the Department of Agriculture in an interview recently discovered by Mother Jones. “We’re taking our plunder, that’s taken from us as individuals, [giving] it to the government, and the government is now keeping […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) increased its efforts last spring to bolster its support of minority business owners with a grant competition, and it reported record job creation for those businesses for fiscal year 2012. The MBDA’s good work in that arena was highlighted once more after a record-setting fiscal […]