‘Alive & Free’ Steers Youth Away from Violence
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Fourteen years ago, Kemba Smith was serving a 24-and-a-half-year sentence on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and lying to authorities to protect her boyfriend at the time – Peter Hall, leader of a violent drug ring that moved as much as $4 million in cocaine and crack cocaine between New York and Virginia; it was...
'President Obama' Will Be Greeted By A Stack Of Problems
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - For president-elect Barack Obama, there will be no time for resting on his laurels now that he has defeated John McCain. Immediately after he is sworn in Jan. 21, Obama will begin one of the toughest four-year tests a president has ever faced in the nation’s history.
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Diary Of A ‘Down Low’ Brother
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black people, who make up only 13 percent of the U. S. population, account for about half of the people with HIV/AIDS, now a leading cause of death in the Black community.
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Mount Zion To Celebrate Trustee Sunday, Homecoming Sept. 28
The Trustee Ministry, Senior Pastor Aaron Williams, Pastor Emeritus Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney and the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Seattle’s church family and ministries cordially invites the greater ...
Top Obama Aide Reassures Black America
Many African-Americans are asking: Now that Barack Obama has won the White House, will he be so eager to govern from the center that he will forget about his obligations to Blacks?
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