See more of NewsOne’s BEST OF EVERYTHING 2008!!! This election was one of the most powerful events in American history. Barack Obama’s impact on the nation has been unseen in a lifetime. Obama’s rise and victory brought extreme emotions from everybody from politicians, entertainers, to regular working class people. Here’s a retrospective on the many […]
BP member tjd4life says… “Here you have a woman, with no public record, trying to get appointed to a U.S. Senate seat, a very public position.”
The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, had several discussions with Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich about Obama’s vacated Senate seat. According to the report, Emmanuel pushed for the appointment of Obama’s close friend, Valerie Jarret as Senator to be done by a certain time.
Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis of California will be Barack Obama’s pick for labor secretary as the president-elect fills the last open positions in his Cabinet, a labor official told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate.
The Nation is reporting that during Hurricane Katrina, a white militia from Algiers Point, Louisiana used high powered weapons and pick up trucks to patrol their neighborhood and fend off violently African-Americans they believed were looters, despite the fact that Algiers Point was an evacuation for Katrina refugees.
The UK Sun is reporting that Eddie Murphy Will play the Riddler in the next Batman Movie, Gotham. They are also reporting that Shia Labeouf will play Robin.
Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a “virtual whiteout” in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have stalled in their efforts to further ethnic diversity on-screen and off.
The tragic premature death of Billey Joe Johnson of Mississippi has the black community and the sports nation up in arms about the circumstances surrounding it. The NAACP has intervened on the Johnson family's behalf to examine the sordid details.
Police brutality has been a problem in America for a long time now and with the most recent news of Michael Mineo, being sodomized by police officers, NewsOne would like to take a look back at the most famous police brutality cases in America.
Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts.
