WASHINGTON (AP) — Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be in an elusive pattern known as a virtuous cycle – an escalating loop of hiring and spending. The nation added 200,000 jobs in December in a burst of hiring that drove the […]
Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi are forming an Obama Super PAC called “1911 United” in support of the 44th President’s 2012 re-election bid, TheRoot reports. SEE ALSO: Obama Refocuses Military Super PACs (Political Action Committee) are allowed to raise unlimited amounts money for any candidate they choose and can create attack or support […]
Shahnazz Mason is the wife of Captain Gary Mason, who has filed a congressional inquiry about a personal assault against him and ongoing acts of abuse by his superiors and discriminatory behavior at some of the highest levels in the military. Gary and Shahnazz Mason live on Schofield Barracks in Hawaii where there is increasing […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. SEE ALSO: Obama Refocuses Military Currently, many illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ask the […]
U.S. Representative John Conyers says Michigan’s possible state takeover of Detroit is racist and violates civil rights, The Washington Post reports. RELATED: Why Republicans Keep Talking About Race Did Romney Have 20 Incorrect Votes The congressman’s statement is the strongest denouncement of the possible takeover since the story made national news last year: “How come […]
DETROIT — Detroit is no longer at risk of running out of cash by April because cost-cutting and other measures are taking effect, Mayor Dave Bing said Thursday, but the city council president and others do not share Bing’s optimism. SEE ALSO: Did Romney Have 20 Incorrect Votes? College Kids Boo Santorum Bing presented a […]
A picture of a Foot Locker employee in The Bronx holding up a rat the size of a cat with a shovel has been circulating via Twitter with a caption comparing the rat to the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” character, “Master Splinter.” Last August, a housing authority employee found another huge rat which he posed […]
Say it ain’t so! There’s a rumor that the Kardashians have managed to secure yet another lucrative entrepreneurial coup, a deal with Barbie to release a line of dolls, according to MTV. SEE ALSO: J-Hud Talks Wedding, Motherhood The airheaded trio, Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé, have reportedly inked a deal to have limited-edition replicas of […]
WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. SEE ALSO: Are Will And Jada Divorcing Obama Refocuses Military The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and […]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On a doorstep outside a family home, a father wondered why police had to shoot his son in the hall of the boy’s middle school. In an office across town, a police chief insisted that his officers had no choice. And scores of others in this Texas border city wondered: Could […]
