African-American News

*Reports have surfaced saying former NFL quarterback Michael Vick, now serving time in federal prison, allowed his fighting dogs to brutalize family pets.

Washington lawyer Eric Holder has emerged as the top contender for the attorney general post in Barack Obama's administration, and key Senate staff members are fielding questions about how a potential Holder ...

Al-Qaida says President-elect Barack Obama is a "house negro" who does the bidding of whites.

*President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.

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*A black, female columnist at Salon.com has written an entire piece praising the derriere of Michelle Obama. "I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!" writes Erin Aubry Kaplan

*Alan Keyes, a former presidential candidate, has joined members of his American Independent Party in filing a lawsuit in California that calls for President-elect Barack Obama to prove his U.S. citizenship before receiving the state's electoral votes.

D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest.

Cornel West on the Election of Barack Obama: "I Hope He Is a Progressive Lincoln, I Aspire to Be the Frederick Douglass to Put Pressure on Him" Princeton University professor of religion and African American ...

Odds are you've never heard of this car. Why not? Why is a French company developing it with zero help from the high rolling US-UK dominated global financial system which until recently had money for every loony scheme imaginable? All you have to do is follow the money. Top industries Spending on lobbying so far in 2008 Industry Amount in millions 1. Drugs $113 2. Insurance $76 3. Electric utilities $65 4. Computers $60 5. Oil and gas $55 The Oil and Gas industry along with the Car industry are crooks; controlling the media and playing on our ignorance to make a profit as they continue to pollute the environment.

Jacquline McClelland, center, mother of Brandon McClelland, is supported by Nation of Islam members during a rally in front to the Lamar County Courthouse in Paris, Texas, Monday, Nov.

*AAA is not just a reference to the Auto Club; it also is a nod to Hill Harper, the actor, author, and activist. The ivy-leaguer is preparing his third book, filming the CSI series -- fresh off the campaign of his Harvard schoolmate Barack Obama, where he served as a member of the Obama for America National Finance Committee.

*Crystal L. Windham has been appointed Director of General Motors North American Passenger Car Design as of Nov. 1. In her new position, Windham, 35, heads the interior design for the following architectures in GM North America: Global Midsize Car, Global Compact Car, andGlobal Small Car.

Regardless to what part of the world you live in, if you are Black or of the darker people you find yourself in some kind of conflict with white people. Racism is by no means an American problem. It is a global, systemic problem. The South Africans face it, Black Americans face it, Palestinians face it, Aboriginals face it, Mexicans face it and Indians face it. Face it, the white man has a serious problem, he exist on a planet that is filled, 11 to 1, with darker people who have the ability to erase the white man off the planet in a few strokes, no pun intended. This, Blacks and darker peoples have to understand. This is why some whites seek to separate themselves from the darker people. This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth.

*A record audience tuned in to CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night to watch the first televised interview with Barack Obama and his wife Michelle since he was elected the 44th U.S. President.

Claims of child abuse are proving a fertile pretext to menace the Aboriginal communities lying in the way of uranium mining The facts are not in dispute: thousands of black Australians never reach the age of 40...

Obesity is at an all time high, especially in the Black community. Just walk down the street or visit a church on Sunday and you will see the manifest evidence of our ignorance of dietary laws. Where do we begin to change to death style? We have to start with the Church, it is the spiritual head of the community. Sad thing is, many of the pastors and preachers don't eat properly. Therefore, every Sunday for at least 10min a nutritionist should be allowed to speak to the congregation.

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*The Associated Press is reporting that federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties.

A group of civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming racial discrimination by the Louisiana Road Home program, an already troubled $10.3 billion effort designed to help Hurricane Katrina ...