US Politics
US Politics
Simple: Black Folk Don’t Support Republicans Because They’re Not Suicidal
Columnist says Obama’s achievements deliberately under-rated [Beneath The Spin] It’s Time to Deal in Facts: Are Black People Fools For the Democrats? Nonsense. A ...
Against All Odds: Children’s Defense Fund Celebrate Young People Struggling To Overcome Life’s Challenges
Marian Wright Edelman; doing the good work for children Seventeen-year-old Theresa Tran is one of this year’s winners of the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat ...
President Obama Welcomes “Women Of Soul” For White House Performance
President Obama greets Patti LaBelle tonight Performance started shortly after 7:34 P.M. EST Tonight Watch Livestreaming THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Welcome to the ...
American Democracy’s Ideals Subverted By The Koch Brothers’ Money
Charles and David Koch: money trumps justice and democracy [Speaking Truth To Power] On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid again attacked billionaire brothers ...
Family Farmers Can Feed Global Population, Study Shows
[Sustainable World Farming] Family Farmers conserve environmental resources, protect biodiversity, and increase incomes—while feeding nine billion people by 2050 As the world celebrates ...
Lawyers’ Committee Asks Senator Reid To Call Vote On Adegbile Nomination Again
Senator Reid Following yesterday’s failed Senate cloture vote to proceed to the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil ...
President Obama Reacts Sharply To Senate’s Failure To Confirm Adegbile
President Obama President Obama blasted as a “travesty” the Senate’s failure to confirm his nominee, Debo Adegbile, as an Assistant Attorney General today. The ...
Senate Unfairly Blocks Adegbile’s Confirmation For Having Worked On Mumia’s Defense
Debo Adegbile [Op-Ed] I am deeply disappointed that the United States Senate failed to confirm Debo Adegbile for the position of Assistant Attorney General ...
Immigration: Temporary Protected Status Extended For Haitians
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson [Immigration Matters] The following press release was sent to The Black Star News by the office of Senator Kirsten ...
With His Own Background To Make The Point, Obama Launches “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative
President Obama launches “My Brother’s Keeper….” [Commentary] This is how President Barack Obama has summarized current conditions: “There are some Americans who, in the ...
