By The Admin on August 24, 2011
After several weeks in a tryout role, the Rev. Al Sharpton has officially been named host of a weeknight hour on MSNBC.
The program, now called “PoliticsNation,” will air at 6 p.m. Eastern and premieres next Monday, the network announced Tuesday.
In his new role, the well-known civil rights activist and minister will lead a lively and [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on August 24, 2011
Taking the microphone at a church in a predominantly black neighborhood of Miami, the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked how many in the crowd knew someone looking for a job.
Most of the several hundred people in the televised town hall gathering stood up. How many knew someone facing foreclosure? Student loan debt? In jail? Considered suicide? [...]
Posted in Congress, Florida, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on August 24, 2011
CBS News
- Rep. Maxine Waters, the liberal lawmaker from southern California, continued to press for Democrats and President Obama to adopt a more combative style with Republicans ahead of next year’s elections.
“This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned — the Tea Party can [...]
Posted in Congress, Party Politics
By The Admin on August 24, 2011
New York Times
- No one disputes that James Craig Anderson, a middle-aged black family man with a quick wit and a demanding sense of style, was robbed, beaten and then run over by a group of white teenagers in a motel parking lot early one morning in June.
But as the case builds — charges against [...]
Posted in Mississippi, Race
By The Admin on August 24, 2011
Black Voice News
- There are so many disparities facing the Black community today state Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-13th District) said she has lost count. “The number of disparities facing our communities continue to grow with no end in sight and I no longer can keep up with them,” Hunter told the Crusader. “But if I [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
