By Nadra Kareem Nittle Special to the NNPA from the Maynard Institute – a News Analysis Long before a little-known Illinois politician ran for president, the mainstream media focused on his race. When he flourished as a presidential candidate four years ago, everyone in America knew that Barack Obama was Black. Have his blackness and [...]
by Melba Newsome | August 28, 2012 at 3:39 PM In 2008, then-congressman Artur Davis of Alabama gave an effusive speech to second Barack Obama’s nomination as the Democrats’ presidential candidate, saying that as president, Obama would “lead and inspire the free world.” Four years later, Davis is on a convention roster again. But now, [...]
By Akeya Dickson,Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When it comes to veterans and unemployment, there isn’t a jobs problem. There’s a hiring problem, said Jim Lorraine, executive director of the Augusta Warriors Project. “A lot of them have top secret clearances and backgrounds in communications and other industries, and they don’t even [...]
By Nina Lakhani , UK INDEPENDENT They are the real heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America’s doorstep which Barack Obama pledged a monumental US humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from “America’s arch-enemy Cuba”, whose doctors and nurses have put US efforts to shame. A medical brigade of [...]
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