OPINION by Rhonda J. Summey, Ed.D. Joblessness, hopelessness and a lifetime dependency on the government—this is what Condoleezza Rice said would result if the current issues surrounding public education were not addressed. In he...
OPINION by Nsenga K. Burton Leading up to the kick-off of the Democratic National Convention, pundits, politicians and bloggers spoke mostly about San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, the popular young Latino politician raised by a si...
OPINION by Jasper Alexander In this year’s presidential election, voters have a clear choice to make in deciding who they think is best suited to run our country for the next four years. On the right, we have Mitt Romney and Paul...
Douglas Stanglin of USA Today is reporting that legendary drug boss Griselda ‘Godmother of Cocaine’ Blanco has been killed. The woman who “pioneered the use of motorcyle-riding assassins among warring gangs,̶...
Douglas Stanglin of USA Today is reporting that legendary drug boss Griselda ‘Godmother of Cocaine’ Blanco has been killed. The woman who “pioneered the use of motorcyle-riding assassins among warring gangs,̶...
The 2012 Democratic National Convention has officially kicked-off. Delegates, politicians, celebrities, professionals, local and international journalists and of course Charlotteans have descended on Uptown Charlotte, creating a b...
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died. Duncan passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital Monday following complications from a heart attack in July in which his girlfriend, reality star Omorosa Man...
NBC New York is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama is heading to Louisiana today to visit the region after Tropical Storm Isaac hit, leaving more than 160,000 people without power. Thousands of people also had to be evacua...
OPINION by M.E. Bronson In the wake of the record turnout in 2008 by traditionally Democratic voters, Republican-led state legislatures made election reform one of their highest priorities. In swing states, the reform included a s...
CNN International is reporting that Brazilian runner Alan Fonteles Cardaso Oliveira defeated South African “Blade runner” Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Paralympics. You may recall that Pistorius was the first double-ampu...