Obama helping Republicans by ignoring needs of black Americans
Does it seem to you as if President Barack Obama’s programs, policies and staffing decisions are paving the way for a Republican return to The …
Miami’s calling all filmmakers
MIAMI — The 48 Hour Film Project, the largest filmmaking competition in the world, is in South Florida for a wild weekend during which teams …
FBI names BLA member Joanne Chesimard most wanted terrorist
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The reward for the capture and return of a fugitive member of a black militant group convicted of murdering a New …
Stadium defeat seen as chance to regroup
MIAMI GARDENS – Opponents of public funding for renovating Sun Life Stadium without specific benefits for the black community see the collapse of the plan …
Older kids in foster care get break in new bill
DAVIE — Shamane Kirkland travelled to Tallahassee in March to testify before the Florida House of Representatives’ Healthy Families Subcommittee. It was the kind of …
Medicaid expansion foiled
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special session after the Legislature adjourned without …
Sorority pushes need for more nurses
MIAMI – The statistics rarely are kind when it comes to African-American health. African-American adults are twice as likely as whites to have a stroke.
Blacks picked for housing finance and transportation
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – President Barack Obama has called on a Capitol Hill veteran seasoned in business, law and civil rights to head the federal …
Lauryn Hill dubs music industry ‘slavery’
NEWARK, N.J. — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors …
Italy’s first black gov’t minister draws fire
ROME — It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its …