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“President’s Claim To Be Above the Law is ‘An Affront to the Very Principle on Which Our System is Built’

December 19, 2017 Staff 0

by Marc Morial No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Third Annual Message, […]

Entertainment

Tavis Smiley Fires Back at Sexual Misconduct Allegations: ‘PBS made a huge mistake’

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

By JOI-MARIE MCKENZIE, Sabina Ghebremedhin and RENEE HENSON Talk-show host Tavis Smileynded himself again against sexual misconduct allegations on Good Morning America, saying, “PBS made a huge mistake here.” PBS suspended the distribution of his namesake talk […]

International

Prince Harry’s Engagement Opens the Discussion to Britain’s First Black Queen

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

Meghan Markle’s scheduled Spring 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, fifth in line for the British Throne, will make her the first black person to marry into the House of Windsor, which was founded in 1910, […]

National

Anita Hill to Chair Commission for Sexual Misconduct

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

Anita Hill speaks at a discussion about sexual harassment and how to create lasting change from the scandal roiling Hollywood at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017. Hollywood executives and other […]

National

FCC Votes Along Party Lines to End ‘Net Neutrality’

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated PressPublished: 14 December 2017 In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The Thursday vote […]

Lifestyle

Add These Black-owned Statement Tees to your Christmas List

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

acebook Tweet on Twitter By Sandria Washington, blackdoctor.org Black buying power currently sits at $1.3 trillion and according to this Nielsen Report, it’s expected to increase to a record $1.5 trillion by 2021. With so […]

Political

Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns.

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

By Julia Craven, huffingtonpost.com It was early Wednesday morning, and DeJuana Thompson, founder of Woke Vote, still hadn’t slept. She’d spent the months leading up to the special Senate election in Alabama coordinating with thousands […]

Political

Omarosa Manigault Slams Report That She Was Fired

December 14, 2017 Staff 0

by C. Gregg Omarosa Manigault Newman, wife of Jacksonville Pastor John Newman,  shut down reports that she was fired from the Trump administration on Thursday morning, telling Michael Strahan that claims of her dramatic White House exit […]

Local

Paxon Pinning Ceremony Honors Multicultural Excellence

December 13, 2017 admin 0

The Paxon School for Advance Studies International Baccalaureate (IB) Junior Pinning ceremony was held last week in the school auditorium. Hundreds of students witnessed junior student candidates receive their pin for their studies in honoring […]

Local

Car, Cash and Toys Among Wayman Temples Season of Giving

December 13, 2017 admin 0

Residents living in the Eureka Gardens Apartments and the surrounding neighborhood were among participants in Wayman Temple’s 10th Annual Community Christmas Fellowship event held Saturday, December 9th on the church grounds. The standing room only event was stocked […]

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