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(Washington, DC) — President Obama makes his pitch for health care reform today to the AARP. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the elderly want to know how complex health care reform proposals might affect them, especially on Medicare. Speaking generally, Gibbs said Obama is encouraged with the progress of health care reform. Copyright © […]
VIA 2 NEWS: Warning: The following story contains graphic details: BOISE – Two Boise Police officers have been disciplined by the Boise Police Department for “serious” policy violations after a complaint was filed that officers used excessive force during an arrest. According to the Boise Community Ombudsman’s report, in early 2009 police were dispatched to […]
Professor Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. vs the Cambridge, MA police. We are talking about a world renowned author who has had a problem with authorities similar to the problems that other Blacks in America have had. In this case, there is world focus on the story. This case recalls the tightrope Blacks walk with police […]
VIA ADVOCATE.COM: Gay African-American author E. Lynn Harris died Friday morning in Arkansas of a heart attack. He was 54. According to the Black Voices, Harris was on a book tour promoting his 11th novel, “Basketball Jones,” about a pro basketball player and his gay lover. Some of Harris’s books include his debut “Invisible Live,” […]
VIA BLACK AMERICA WEB: NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A white police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insisted Wednesday he won’t apologize for his treatment of the Harvard professor, but President Barack Obama said police had “acted stupidly.” Gates has demanded an apology from […]
(Washington, DC) — President Obama continued making his case for an aggressive and historic overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system yesterday. In a primetime news conference at the White House, the President linked the effort to economic recovery. He said healthcare reform is essential if the government wants to bring the U.S. economy back from […]
Chris Brown has finally spoken out about assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna in an apology video to the singer and fans.
World-renown Harvard University professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. was arrested by Cambridge, Massachusetts police last week while he tried to enter his own home. He cites racial profiling in the incident.
In a new poll from the Washington Post in conjunction with ABC News, President Barack Obama‘s approval ratings have gone down to their lowest levels since he took office.
Right-to-life advocates have a close eye on President Obama’s healthcare reform legislation. Find out why.