Detroit mayor charged with perjury
DETROIT (AP) — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and Detroit's youngest elected leader, was charged Monday with perjury and other counts after sexually …
Spence-Jones tells her side of the story
Smaller in stature than she appears on TV, petite even, Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones has rolled up her sleeves and is ready to fight …
Memo: City to make good on house replacement
The city of Fort Lauderdale plans to make good on a promise to build a new house for a family whose old home was torn …
Wright’s comments taken out of context, Miami pastor says
Sen. Barack Obama has come under fire for comments made by his former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The national controversy regarding what many …
New NY governor admits affairs years ago
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A day after his predecessor's sex scandal propelled him into office, Gov. David Paterson revealed this week that he had affairs …
“Great Debater’’ Henrietta Wells remembered
HOUSTON (AP) – Henrietta Bell Wells, the only woman on the 1930 Wiley College team that took part in the nation's first interracial collegiate debate, …
Bill Clinton denies injecting racial tension into campaign
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Bill Clinton is pushing back at criticism that he fanned racial tension by appearing to cast his wife Hillary …
AFRICA COUNTS: Obama: A view from Africa
My cell phone rang at about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 27. I stuck my hand out from under the mosquito netting over my bed in …
WAKE UP CALL: Stand By Your Man: Public disgrace in private matters
It’s hard enough for a woman to deal with the revelation of her husband’s infidelity in the privacy of her own home, but I cannot …
AL CALLOWAY SAYS: It’s time for blacks to jump ship!
If you are both an American of African descent and a member of the Democratic Party, one question looms more magnified with each passing day: …