A panel assembled by The Grio has ranked the 25 most influential African American leaders of all time. Here are the top ten: 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. Barack Obama 3. W.E.B. Du Bois 4. Thurgood Marshall 5. Malcolm X 6. Frederick Douglass 7. Harriet Tubman 8. Rosa Parks 9. Ida B. Wells-Barnett 10. […]
Washington — Former vice president Dick Cheney, back in the public eye after a major heart operation, predicts that President Obama will be a one-term president because of health care and other big government programs. In an interview airing this morning on NBC’s Today show, Cheney cited Obama’s “overall approach to expanding the size of […]
There are several parallels between President Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They spoke at several of the same places and met with many of the same people. Check out these pictures to see the parallel journeys of our two greatest leaders.
In his seminal work, Race Matters, Dr. Cornel West questions matters of economics and politics, as well as addressing the crisis in Black leadership. The book was written in 1993, but many of its themes are salient today. His scholarship has come to be recognized globally and West, himself, is known for his combination of […]
Ebony Magazine has handpicked 15 of the hottest couples in entertainment for their February issue. The mag aims to “Celebrate Black Love” with 3 special covers and promises that the sizzling duos will tell “what makes their relationships special.” The Obamas, Beyonce and Jay-Z, and Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker all scored a cover, […]
President Obama and his family are still enjoying their Hawaii vacation. He and his daughter Malia stopped for some ice cream while there. In other news, President Obama has stopped smoking. The White House Press secretary says that he hasn’t witnessed the president smoking in nine months. HelloBeautiful Goes To The White House! Barack & […]
The tax bill that extends the Bush tax cuts and slashes the estate tax while extending unemployment benefits has passed the House House by a vote of 277-148 and is heading for the President to sign, according to The Huffington Post RELATED STORIES Attacks From Right Take Toll On Obama’s Tax Plan CBC ‘Overwhelmingly Opposed’ […]
Hollywood — Bill Maher expressed disappointment and frustration with President Obama on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on Sunday. The president, he said, has been too timid in pursuing the Democratic agenda.
BRIDGEPORT — Two reputed white supremacists and a black associate collaborated on a plot to sell grenades and guns to a member of a national white supremacist group, according to prosecutors who put the men on trial this week. But the buyer was really a government informant who often wore hidden video and audio recording […]
WASHINGTON (HuffPo) — Two of the top consultants in the Democratic Party leveled unusually blunt criticisms on Thursday over what they deemed a “total mis-framing” of an economic message by the Obama White House.
Washington (FinancialTimes)– According to the Financial Times, George W. Bush told a group of British dignitaries who asked him about his preference of candidates in the 2008 presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain, that he would’ve endorsed Obama if Obama asked him to. When asked about McCain they claim he said: Not a […]
President Barack Obama’s three-day India visit which concluded Monday boosted viewership for both English and Hindi news channels in the country.The non-stop coverage of President Obama and wife Michelle’s first state visit to India had been building up days before his arrival in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon. While in Mumbai at the Holy Name School, […]
