Politics

CNN is aflutter. Bloggers are calling it a “big-time” mistake. Newspapers describe the “racially tinged” remarks as “sensational.” What is this “juicy revelation”? Apparently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told two journalists in 2008 that Obama was more electable because he’s “light-skinned” and lacked a “Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” With…

The critics are beating a straw man when they try to blame the most recent terrorist attack on President Obama. The failure to stop the so-called “underwear bomber” was a failure to share intelligence, and it is rooted in ego and power. Just this past November, the Washington Post and other news outlets reported that…

President Obama delivered a speech today regarding steps to prevent terrorism. Read and watch below: Good afternoon, everybody. The immediate reviews that I ordered after the failed Christmas terrorist attack are now complete. I was just briefed on the findings and recommendations for reform, and I believe it’s important that the American people understand the…

“UNDERWEAR BOMBER” INDICTED Federal prosecutors have thrown the book, and then some, at the “underwear bomber” but some GOP politicians don’t think it enough. Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab , who tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, was indicted in six counts by a federal grand jury in…

You ever have one of those days? Wednesday was a doozy for Baltimore. First, the city’s embattled mayor, Sheila Dixon, finally resigned more than a month after being convicted of embezzlement. Then, in a devastating opinion, federal district judge Frederick Motz dismissed Baltimore’s groundbreaking claim against Wells Fargo bank, for targeting African-American communities for sub-prime…

At a meeting in the White House to review Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253, the Situation Room was packed with major security brass: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder—as…

UPDATE Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has agreed to a plea deal that will keep her out of prison and allow her to keep her pension. In the so-called Alford Plea, Dixon acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to find her guilty of charges related to failing to disclose gifts from a developer doing business with…

Ebony’s Eunice Johnson DiesEunice Johnson, the woman who stood alongside John H. Johnson, has died. Mrs. Johnson, who was in her 90s, worked with her husband to build Negro Digest, Jet, and Ebony into the most influential black publications in the post-World War II period. She was instrumental in developing the Ebony Fashion Fair, which…

For Warren Washington, a lifetime of researching the heavens began with a relatively simple question posed by a high school chemistry teacher: Why are egg yolks yellow? “Instead of explaining the answer,” recalled Washington, “she asked me to find out, which stimulated me. The answer lay in their diet. I looked up what chickens ate,…

The year 2010 is just a few days old, but already promises to be full of drama. Here are my predictions for the political headlines of the year to come. If they don’t come true, don’t hate! READ PREDICTIONS 1-5 HERE. 6. The American Backlash Abroad The “aughts” were defined by a radical restructuring of…