By The Admin on February 27, 2010
They ran the city, represented Malcolm X and were black pioneers who put Harlem on the political map. The “Gang of Four” were kingmakers who built Harlem’s political dynasty into an empire. But with high-profile body blows this week to one member and the son of another, the group’s legacy is in disarray.
It seems unlikely [...]
Posted in New York, Race, State & Local News
By The Admin on February 27, 2010
Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
- A Republican member of Congress has released a new video showing him talking about the status of abortion in the United States. Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona republican, is generating controversy by saying that abortion has been more devastating for the black community than slavery.
Franks, who has sponsored legislation responding to the [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on February 27, 2010
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House initiative on historically black colleges and universities.
Obama says these schools have felt the pain of the recession most acutely because they enroll a higher proportion of low and middle-income students. He’s calling for increased funding for historically black colleges in his proposed [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on February 27, 2010
NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF, New York Times
- SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK, a tall, broad-shouldered African-American Methodist preacher named James Fields drives his black pickup truck toward the quiet Alabama city of Cullman. An hour into the red-dirt hills above Birmingham, Cullman is the seat of a farming county where the strongest legal drink you can buy at [...]
Posted in Race, White House
By The Admin on February 27, 2010
Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from fellow Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide.
Paterson cited a litany of distractions that prompted him to [...]
Posted in New York, State & Local News
