By The Admin on January 29, 2009
Hours before a possible vote to remove him from office, Gov. Rod Blagojevich is ending his boycott of his Senate impeachment trial Thursday, planning a “passionate” speech in a last-ditch attempt to hold on to his job.
After avoiding the trial, Blagojevich reversed course Wednesday and asked to make a closing argument, a move that comes [...]
Posted in Illinois, State & Local News
By The Admin on January 29, 2009
SPLC Intelligence Report, AlterNet
- President Obama may have smashed the ultimate political barrier to African Americans, but his presidency and the deepening economic crisis are creating the perfect storm for white supremacists intent on swelling their ranks.
Racist extremists have been energized by Obama’s election, hoping to exploit an Obama backlash among whites who resent having [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on January 29, 2009
James Wright, AFRO
Despite the millions of people from around the world who came to witness the Jan. 20 inauguration of the first Black president of the United States, there were no arrests made during the swearing-in ceremony and throughout the day.
Like the Million Man March fourteen years earlier, on Oct. 16, 1995, the inauguration [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on January 28, 2009
The Hour
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Rep. Al Green, TX-9, introduced a resolution Wednesday honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People.
The resolution enjoys bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate.
“The NAACP has been instrumental in advancing the cause of civil rights throughout its rich history,” said [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on January 28, 2009
BARBARA SCHULER, Newsday
- The New York woman who criticized Michelle Obama for not wearing the work of a black designer on inauguration day is drawing some fire of her own from several black fashion industry veterans.
“The comment is inappropriate,” said Bethann Hardison, a former model who now is an agent representing Tyson Beckford and an [...]
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