Politics

The city of Chicago is still taken aback by the sheer brutality employed in the vicious beating of a local teenager. 16-year old Derrion Albert was murdered, the victim of a gang assault while leaving Fenger High School in Roseland, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. In a “free-for-all”-esque brawl that witnesses say lasted for less […]

An off-duty NYPD police officer is accused of driving drunk and killing a woman after striking her with his vehicle and leaving her for dead. Officer Andrew Kelly was arrested after mowing down Vionique Valnord as she left a wedding early Sunday morning. Witnesses and friends of the victim say Valnord was trying to hail […]

Ascending from a grassroots foundation, citizens who believe President Obama is nothing less than a lowly Kenyan national have found themselves in a situation that even Bill O’Reilly does not want to associate with. Known collectively as the “Birthers”, this group of fringe, right-wing former “short bus” patrons have used every trick within their menial […]

The controversial president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, was confronted by a Fox News reporter after his speech to the United Nations last week. Speaking through a translator Chavez called the people from Fox News stupid, but not the reporter talking to him specifically. Although he did say the reporter’s mind had “many confusions.” At a […]

Activist, politician and perpetual presidential candidate Ralph Nader has released a new book. Say what you will about Nader the man but Nader the author insists that you not call “only The Rich Can Save Us” fiction. Instead he prefers to think of it as “a fictional vision that could become a new reality.” In […]

To say the world is seemingly run by loony people would not be too farfetched of a statement. Everyday someone does something that does not make an inkling of sense. Dalton Chiscolm is one of those people. A disgruntled bank patron, Chiscolm has decided to vent his frustration with Bank of America in a more […]

First lady Michelle Obama is taking on a new role. She is playing International hostess to the spouses of world leaders during the G-20 Summit. The first lady is treating the ladies to various cultural events in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania including a visit to a farm, a visit to a school and a tour of a […]

The Florida man that was accused by police of killing his wife and five children admitted to doing the heinous crime. Mesac Damas admitted to reporters that he killed his wife and five “innocent” children and added that he wants to be executed “right away.”   He made the statement to a Naples Daily News […]

An independent investigation launched in the aftermath of Oscar Grant’s murder by the hands of seemingly a solitary transit authority officer has shed light on several new details surrounding the incident. At the cost of $250,000, a private investigation firm looking into the shooting has uncovered the dealings of transit officers whose misdeeds contributed to […]

The passing of Senator Edward Kennedy launched a nation currently battling turmoil and calamity from within deeper into the abyss of insanity. A fervent fighter for equality, Kennedy fought tirelessly for the right to equality in healthcare for every American, a battle that was waged until his dying day. But like any true hero that […]

The white man who beat a black woman outside a Georgia Cracker Barrel restaurant is being charged with a felony. Troy Dale West Jr. was indicted today on felony charges. The Associated Press reports that West faces one count each of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and first-degree cruelty to children under the indictment filed in […]

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses are honoring two men for their achievements in the African American community, Sam Gilliam and Tyler Perry. Both renaissance men will be recognized during the 13th annual ‘Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts’ on September 23 at the National Museum of Women in […]