By The Admin on June 30, 2011
A catastrophic flood emptied New Orleans of much of its black youth. Powerful social forces may be doing a similar thing to places like Harlem and Chicago’s South Side.
Over the past decade, the inner-city neighborhoods that have served for generations as citadels of African-American life and culture have been steadily draining of black children.
Last year’s [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, State & Local News
By The Admin on June 30, 2011
One in every 20 federal prisoners could be eligible for early release under a potential sentencing change for inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses that will be voted on Thursday.
Congress passed a law last year substantially lowering recommended sentences for people convicted of crack cocaine crimes, ranging from possession to trafficking. The idea was to [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on June 30, 2011
With jobs and federal aid at stake, U.S. cities are lining up to contest their 2010 census counts as too low. A decade ago, there were 1,200 challenges filed by cities, towns and counties. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is predicting a big jump in that number, due in part to tighter budgets that make [...]
Posted in Federal Government, State & Local News
By The Admin on June 29, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain rolled out an economic plan in this pivotal primary state Wednesday firmly believing it would drop unemployment to no more than 5 percent, but he acknowledged he was still crunching the numbers.
Cain’s first campaign stop in this early-voting state was greeted with applause by about six dozen people at the [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections
By The Admin on June 29, 2011
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he believes Democrats and Republicans will reach agreement on reasonable spending cuts and an end to tax cuts for the superwealthy and flourishing oil companies, avoiding a looming and potentially catastrophic American default on its debt.
The deadline for Congress to agree to raising the U.S. debt limit is less than [...]
Posted in Congress, White House
