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Bethesda, MD (April 1, 2013) — Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), today announced the results of a national poll commissioned by Zogby Analytics that reveals current African American sentiment on a range of issues that include the state of national affairs, race relations, [...]
By NEDRA PICKLER and MALCOLM RITTER ,AP WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain’s activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer’s, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries. He asked Congress to spend $100 million next year to start [...]
By JULIE PACE , AP WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency’s first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal. Pierson, who most recently served as the agency’s chief of staff, will take [...]
TEL AVIV, Israel — President Barack Obama is declaring common cause with Israel, highlighting the bonds between the United States and its Mideast ally. He says he has made Israel the first stop of the first trip of his second term to restate his commitment to Israel’s security. Obama arrived Wednesday in Tel Aviv, joking [...]
By Maya Rhodan Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Rep. Gwen Moore [D-Wisc.] stood near President Obama last Thursday as he signed the Violence Against Women Act into law, as a rape survivor, she knew the benefit of the legislation as well as well as anyone in the room. “I am so pleased to join [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – A few weeks after President Barack Obama won four more years in the White House, dozens of Black leaders crowded around a podium in the Congressional Room of the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. to announce plans for a Black agenda designed to address the myriad [...]
By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News | The Ticket President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that “there’s no smart way” to make the deep across-the-board spending cuts set to kick in at week’s end. His remarks effectively rejected efforts by Republicans to give him more power over where and when to apply the cuts, known in [...]
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – They’re less likely to end up in jail, more likely to attend college. They’re more likely to receive better-paying jobs, less likely to end up on drugs. No, “they” doesn’t represent kids who come from two-parent households or middle and upper class families. [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON – During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said that millions of Americans that have not been rewarded for their hard work and dedication. No where is this sentiment felt more deeply than in the Black community where, despite providing 93 percent [...]
By JULIE PACE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Facing yet another fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama is urging congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take effect in less than two weeks. Obama, fresh off a three-day Florida golfing trip, pressed [...]
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