Obama Raises $25 Million in 1st Quarter

“Illinois Senator Barack Obama raised at least $25 million in the first quarter of his presidential campaign, just below the total of Democratic rival and top fundraiser Hillary Clinton.

“Clinton, a New York senator, reported on April 1 that she raised $26 million and added another $10 million from her Senate campaign account. Clinton had [...]

Eddie Robinson: Dies at 88

‘The real record I have set for over 50 years is the fact that I have had one job and one wife.”
Robinson said he tried to coach each player as if he wanted him to marry his daughter.

New Book: Ghettonation

Into this century’s old tangle of intraracial anxiety falls Ghettonation, Cora Daniels’s exploration of all that is gauche, urban and embarrassingly public.
Yet even as Daniels makes worthwhile observations and displays a wry wit about a troubling subject, Ghettonation falls into one of the most common and troubling pitfalls of these discussions: lumping damaging behaviors (criminality, [...]

The War On Drugs is a War On Minorities

By Arianna Huffington
“There is a subject being forgotten in the 2008 Democratic race for the White House. While all the major candidates are vying for the black and Latino vote, they are completely ignoring one of the most pressing issues affecting those constituencies: the failed “war on drugs” — a war that has [...]

Cities See Rise in Black Muslims Since 9/11

What would Black America be like if we carried ourselves like this?

“Following what appears to be a trend in cities nationwide, religious leaders in Pittsburgh say there has been a rise in black conversions to Sunni Islam since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

“No national surveys have been taken to confirm the increase, but Islamic [...]