National News
From CNN.com: (CNN) — A white child looks at a picture of a black child and says she’s bad because she’s black. A black child says a white child is ugly because he’s white. A white child says a black child is dumb because she has dark skin. This isn’t a schoolyard fight that takes […]
From the Washington Post: Arizona took another hit Wednesday as Republicans cast a vote for the home of their 2012 convention. Phoenix made the short list but lost out to Tampa. Click here to view photos. It was little surprise to tourism officials in Arizona. Since the state passed the nation’s toughest immigration law three […]
From the New York Times: Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but no more likely to actually be arrested. Click here to view photos. The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city — a record number of […]
From the Huffington Post: In one of the greatest domestic population shifts in American history, African Americans poured out of the South in the early 20th century. The so-called “Great Migration” brought millions of southern blacks to areas across the country, including hundreds of thousands who came to Chicago. The city’s South Side quickly […]
From the New York Times: There are enough signs that New York’s system of providing public defenders is failing poor people that a broad class-action suit challenging the system can move ahead, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for a sweeping battle in the courts and perhaps the Legislature. The 4-to-3 ruling […]
HOUSTON – Black leaders called Tuesday for indictments against eight police officers accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect in an incident caught on surveillance video. Click here to view photos. Representatives of the NAACP’s Houston branch, the Nation of Islam and other groups said they have confidence in the legal system and will continue […]
PITTSBURGH — As a scholar, poet and abolitionist, George B. Vashon broke barriers in the 1800s: he was the first black to graduate from Oberlin College, the first black lawyer in New York state and the first black professor at Howard University. Click here to view photos. But in his home state of Pennsylvania, where […]
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Many students graduate with manageable debt or no education loans, but almost 17 percent of graduates in 2008 borrowed $30,500 or more to get their bachelor’s degrees, according to a new analysis. Click here to view photos. A report released today by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, […]
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday launched an effort to get voters who propelled him to victory in 2008 to rally behind Democrats and help turn back Republicans in November congressional elections. Click here to view photos. Obama, in a video message distributed to his supporters, formally leaped into the election campaigns for November […]
From the NY Daily News: Ethnic frictions are rising in city politics this election year, as black and Latino candidates – who routinely pay lip service to interracial solidarity – are squaring off in districts around the city. Click here to see photos. In Harlem, Puerto Rico-born Adam Clayton Powell 4th is running against longtime […]