Obama plan aims to improve odds for minority boys
WASHINGTON (AP) – In strong, often personal terms, President Barack Obama on Thursday called for vigorous efforts to reverse underachievement among young black and Hispanic …
Spate of hate speeches and acts shows racism
There is a rising tide of openly racial incidents against black Americans. Recently, a noose was placed about the neck of James Meredith’s statute at …
Comcast-TWC merger worries consumers
LOS ANGELES — Comcast and Time Warner Cable regularly rank at the bottom of the pay TV industry when it comes to customer satisfaction. So …
Macy’s highlights black style
AVENTURA — Cameras flashed as each model hit the runway doned in fashion influenced by African-American style. Macy’s Aventura Fashion Store on Saturday celebrated Black …
Fla. stand your ground law focus of March rally
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -The parents of slain teen Jordan Davis said Wednesday they will join the parents of slaying victim Trayvon Martin and the widow …
Fla. stand your ground law focus of March rally
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -The parents of slain teen Jordan Davis said Wednesday they will join the parents of slaying victim Trayvon Martin and the widow …
First Lady moves Miami
MIAMI — Riding a wave of success, First Lady Michelle Obama visited the NFL/YET Center at Gwen Cherry Park to praise after-school programs for helping …
Obama’s former pastor brings stirring challenge to men
POMPANO BEACH — By the end of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.’s stirring sermon in the packed sanctuary of Greater Bethel AME Church in …
Crist makes pitch to lawyers, has no regrets hugging ‘a black man’
WEST PALM BEACH — Republicans were outraged when then Republican Gov. Charlie Crist hugged President Barack Obama in 2009 not because Obama is a Democrat …
Shock rocker Ted Nugent stirs backlash
AUSTIN, Texas — Mitt Romney rallied with Kid Rock and President George W. Bush had a fan in Alice Cooper. But a Ted Nugent encore …