By The Admin on December 29, 2010
West African leaders said Wednesday they will return to Ivory Coast to resume negotiations with Laurent Gbagbo after a first visit failed to force him to surrender the presidency and hand power to the internationally recognized winner of last month’s election.
The 15-nation regional bloc ECOWAS had threatened military intervention if Gbagbo did not step aside [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on December 29, 2010
Rep. Charles Rangel has established a defense fund that will allow supporters to contribute as much as $5,000 a year to help pay his legal bills.
The New York Democrat still owes money to his former lawyers, who represented him in an ethics case that ended with his censure.
The Charles B. Rangel Legal Expense Trust was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on December 29, 2010
The crisis gripping cholera-ridden Haiti in the wake of disputed elections and a debilitating earthquake could devolve into civil war, the nation’s former interim leader said.
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council promised a recount of the November 28 election ballots after official results set off charges of fraud and rioting by angry supporters of a losing candidate.
“This [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on December 29, 2010
Chicago Defender
- Black American unemployment in 2010 soared more than 16%. As we begin 2011, there should a more effective and concentrated national plan to significantly increase the overall employment of Black Americans in 2011. The December 2010 consumer spending reports document not only increased spending by all Americans during the holiday season, but also [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
By The Admin on December 29, 2010
Congressman Danny Davis has a message for former President Bill Clinton: Don’t take sides in the Chicago mayor’s race — or else.
Davis, a longtime friend of Clinton, warned the ex-president on Tuesday that he could jeopardize his “long and fruitful relationship” with the black community if he campaigns for former White House chief of staff [...]
Posted in Illinois
