After pressure by black leaders within the Democratic National Committee for the organization to get serious about minority contracting and hiring and an “exhaustive search,” the DNC has announced the hiring of US Cellular executive Greg Hinton as its first-ever Chief Diversity Officer. Hinton, a Chicago native, will oversee diversity staffing and procurement efforts at […]
CHICAGO — As the economy stays stagnant, many African Americans are leaving northern cities and returning to their more rural, southern roots. This migration is a reversal of the Great Migration of the 1940s when African Americans moved from the South to northern cities to escape racism and get jobs. Black Migration To The Suburbs […]
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain said on Meet the Press Sunday that he believes that liberals in the United States would like to see the country fail and would do anything to see its destruction. When David Gregory asked Cain to clarify his statements about liberals, the presidential candidate said that “They do not believe […]
Americans and their ever changing stance on capital punishment is prophetically described with an executed man’s words:”The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me, and all the ones who will come after me!”
LOS ANGELES-LAPD Homicide Detective Sal LaBarbera who is an active Twitter user is drawing heat for recently posting a picture of a homicide victim with the caption “guess where i’m at? …it never ends.” Labarbera has 1,400 followers on Twitter under the name LAMurderCop. 21 Machine Guns Stolen From LAPD SWAT Team Naked, Unarmed Man […]
A New York police officer faces civil rights charges after he allegedly falsely arrested a Black Staten Island man and then used racial slurs to brag about it. “I fried another nigger, ” NYPD officer Michael Daragjati, 32, can be heard saying in a phone conversation intercepted by federal authorities. “The power to arrest…must be used […]
LOS ANGELES-21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 .45 caliber handguns were stolen from a building used to store equipment for the LAPD SWAT Team. Police are not sure if the theft was an inside job and are currently investigating the matter. Investigators Claim LAPD Cover Up In Notorious B.I.G. Murder Dozens Of L.A. Anti-Gang Officers […]
Tune in to Rev. Al Sharpton today on the nationally syndicated Rev. Al Sharpton show which will be broadcasted live from the Occupy Wall Street protests. The show will air live from Zucotti Park in Lower Manhattan. Listen to this show here live Check out more of our Occupy Wall Street coverage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone agrees. Exactly what he’s doing there, however, is much less clear. Since The Associated Press revealed the assignment […]
It only makes sense that we show respect for those who have chosen to participate in the Martin Luther King Memorial Dedication ceremonies this week. Millions of Americans truly appreciate the legacy of Dr. King, and their involvement in the ceremony is reflective of this sentiment. So, my desire not to participate in the commemoration […]