News From Around the Web: Jan. 31 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo) In today’s news, executives from Wall-Mart, Apple and other companies are joining an effort by President Obama to help long-term unemployed Americans; New York mayor Bill de Blasio...
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(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) In today’s news, President Obama has unveiled an initiative to assist Black and brown young men; the nation’s largest African-American history museum is at risk in...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: March 3 Edition
(Photo: LUCY NICHOLSON/LANDOV) In today’s news, in a landmark Oscar win, 12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture; Lupita Nyong’o wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actress; and the African-American prostrate...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: April 18 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) In today’s news, President Obama says 8 million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act; Basil Paterson, well-known political leader from Harlem, died at age...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: April 29 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File) In today’s news, sponsors are cutting their ties to the Los Angeles Clippers after the racist remarks of the owner, Donald Sterling; the White House continues its...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: May 15 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/ Gbemiga Olamikan) In today’s news, the 20 women in the U.S. Senate have banded together over the missing Nigerian girls; 60 years after Brown v. Board decision, segregation is seen as...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: May 21 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/Stefanos Foundation) In today’s news, after a court ruling, gay couples in Pennsylvania rush to get married; two explosions in central Nigeria kill scores at a market; and Michelle...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: May 29 Edition
(Photo: JEFF JANOWSKI/GETTY IMAGES) In today’s news, Maya Angelou, the renowned poet and activist, has died at age 86; Michelle Obama takes on Republican critics in a debate over school lunches; and a...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: June 6 Edition
(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) In today’s news, in Mississippi, some Black voters are crossing party lines to support a Republican Senate candidate; President Obama honors D-Day at ceremony; and...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: June 12 Edition
(Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images) In today’s news, President Obama says inaction on gun control is his biggest frustration; former President George H.W. Bush is planning to skydive for his 90th...
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