News One is reporting that President Barack Obama’s chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud looms over the American economy and Obama’s political future, describing the president’s road to a second term in the White House as “a titanic struggle.” “We have the wind in our face because the American people have…

Julianne Hing of ColorLines is reporting that a California prisoner strike that was called off in July is back on again. Prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison’s Secure Housing Unit who led a monthlong hunger strike in July say prison officials have failed to deliver on promises to meet their original demands. Prisoners are demanding…

Nicholas Kulish of the New York Times is reporting that hundreds of thousands of disullusioned folks are protesting voting throughout the world. Kulish highlights Indians cheering a rural activist on a hunger strike; the largest street demonstrations in Israel’s history; enraged young people in Spain and Greece taking over public squares across their countries. Why…

Ann Sanner of the Associated Press is reporting that after years of expanding when and how people can vote, state legislatures now under new Republican control are moving to trim early-voting days, beef up identification requirements and put new restrictions on how voters are notified about absentee ballots. Democrats claim that their GOP counterparts are…

CBS Sports is reporting that former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Orlando ‘Zeus’ Brown was found dead Friday at his Baltimore home. Fire spokesman Battalion Chief Kevin Cartwright said that firefighters were called about 11 a.m. Friday because Brown was unresponsive at his home near the Inner Harbor. Cartwright said Brown was dead when firefighters arrived.…

The Associated Press is reporting that a police commissioner in Nigeria says that investigators have questioned two university students in connection with a gang-rape video posted on the Internet that sparked outrage in the country. Abia state police commissioner Bala Hassan told the Associated Press on Saturday that the questioning came after detectives read online…

Thw Washington Post is reporting that a man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating NFL quarterback Vince Young. Matt Zapotosky reports that Stephan Pittman of Fort Washington, Md., was charged with defrauding a woman who gave him $2,500 after he told her that the money would go to a foundation that does such things as…

The Root is sad to report that scholar, activist and scientist Wangari Muta Maathai has died. The first African Nobel Peace Prize winner died Sunday after losing her battle with cancer. Maathai founded the Greenbelt Movement, built on her idea of community-based tree planting. The international grassroots movement’s main focus was poverty reduction and environmental…

Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson is steaming over being edited out of the TV Guide cover for her new CBS show, Person of Interest. Henson stars as Detective Carter alongside castmates Michael Emerson and James Caviezel. She is the only female lead on the show. Henson blasted TV Guide on her Facebook and…

Sean Jensen of Yahoo Contributor Network is reporting that former Arizona Cardinal Jason Wright has passed on an NFL contract worth $1 million per year in order to pursue an MBA at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. A Northwestern University graduate, Wright plans to open a charter school that helps to empower…