Posts in category National & World

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in …

RALEIGH, N.C.  — John Hope Franklin, a pioneer of African-American studies who worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died …

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) _ Civil rights icon the Rev. Joseph Lowery was released from a hospital Monday following a dizzy spell a day earlier as …

SEATTLE (AP) _ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbor and …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York Gov. David Paterson took office one year ago with an emphatic introduction and was immediately hailed as a healer …

DETROIT (AP) _ He travels in his own Boeing 737. He won a $240 million verdict against Disney. He “can’t stand to lose.” And he’s …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like other presidents saddled with crisis, Barack Obama is embracing the worst economic conditions in a generation as an opportunity to advance …

Barack Obama campaigned for president under the banner of  “Yes we can.”  The message from his address to Congress Tuesday night, Feb. 24 was “Now …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama gave America the audacity to hope again. After describing the U.S. economy in nearly apocalyptic terms for weeks, pushing …

NEW YORK (AP) _ The head of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a …