Smokey D. Fontaine, the Chief Creative Officer of the BlackPlanet Universe and NewsOne.com, discusses African-American pre-election anxiety with CNN’s Lola Ogunnaike. Video after the jump…
Barack Obama addressed the nation last night on the major networks, asking Americans to give him their ears for one significant time before November 4th. Full Video from ABC News. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Altanta, Ga. – Multi-platinum hip-hop recording artist and actor, T.I. went out and exercised his right to vote for the first time. Today, T.I. joined the millions of Americans who are participating in early voting. See the rest of the pictures and watch the video here.
When they talk about Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama and John McCain speak with the certainty of men who know what they believe and what they plan to do. Good luck on that: Reality is sure to tangle and vastly complicate the next president’s job no matter who wins.
Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied with John McCain in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling.
Barack Obama will be a one-man television blitz on Wednesday, saturating prime-time with a 30-minute ad and popping up on the buzzy late-night TV scene. He is also giving an interview to a prominent network news anchor, and appearing with fellow Democratic star Bill Clinton at a rally that is timed to hit the late-evening […]
The polling website FiveThirtyEight.com is reporting an unprecedented surge in early voting among African-Americans in three key states: North Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.
Radio One’s CEO, Alfred Liggins, has an exclusive piece for CNN regarding African-Americans and the election. He goes into detail on the diversity of the black voting block which many have described as a monolith. Liggins provided a survey that Radio One did to point out the diversity in ideas and values in the black […]
Republican John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin told a Pennsylvania audience Tuesday that “it’s wonderful to fool the pundits” and vowed to pull out an upset win over Democratic rival Barack Obama.
The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree.
Endorsements for Obama are coming from all angles of the political and media spectrum. He is getting endorsements from cast members of critically acclaimed TV Shows, GOP senators, Oscar winning actors, and major conservative newspapers.
Today it was confirmed by Ethan Eioln of the CRNC (College Republican National Committee) Â that she was contracted to be paid $3,600 for her August to election day work. The CRNC is clearly a major player for the Republican National Committee, receiving $25,000 from the RNC in 2002. The Center for Public Integrity also notes […]
