Trump’s speech, dark vision of global and national decay
By ROGER CALDWELL The Republicans have finished fabricating lies at their three-ring circus, where their presidential nominee Donald Trump was the ringmaster. Trump is …
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Party’s stars boost Clinton, convention
By JULIE PACE and KEN THOMAS Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – Seeking to bridge deep Democratic divides, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary …
Nominee Trump and wife dodge plagiarism charge
Staff Report The flap led one Democratic Party partisan to quip, “So now we know who Melania Trump wants to be when she grows …
Senegal takes in two Libyan prisoners from Guantanamo
By BEN FOX and KRISTA LARSON DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal has agreed to take in two Libyans who spent nearly 14 years in custody …
New council sworn in to organize Haiti runoff vote
PHOTO COURTESY OF LISTENUPYALL.COM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A new council has been sworn in to oversee Haiti’s electoral process and organize a twice-postponed runoff vote …
If men could have babies
The Donald, who I will hereafter refer to by his original family name “Drumpf,” is at it again! In a town hall hosted by MSNBC’s …
Congresswoman says “throw out Florida congressional district map”
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEMOCRATS.VETERANS.HOUSE.GOV By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With this year’s elections just months away, attorneys for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown tried on Friday to …
Bipartisan civil rights tour comes amid contentious political climate
Nine people were left dead after a deranged shooter opened fire in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. PHOTO …
Federal judge rules state prison gerrymandering unconstitutional
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal judge ruled Monday that prisoners can’t be counted for population or in drawing up boundaries of voting districts in Florida, …
Black women feel jilted by President Obama with Supreme Court
Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D. PHOTO COURTESY OF WMC SHESOURCE WASHINGTON – Black women’s groups said Wednesday they feel President Barack Obama jilted them by choosing …