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THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas announced a seri

EXCLUSIVE -- The President's private 50th birthday bash, not listed on his public schedule: His gift to the press corps was a travel/photo lid shortly after 4 p.m., prompting what pooler Julie Mason c

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When Kymberly Wimberly was poised to be valedictorian of her class, the school principal decided it would be a "big mess" and made a White student with a lower GPA co-valedictorian. It's not only an i

Is God your leader today? Do you allow Him to lead you in every area of life? A lot of times, people set out in a direction of life, or they make decisions and then “look around” to see where God is.

Amid signs that the United States economy continued to wobble, employers added 117,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported on Friday. That figure, the strongest performance since April, was n

I'm not sure if you guys remember, but I'd posted a blog about being understaffed and overworked that had a picture of this poor nurse sitting on the ground by a fence. ... The same blog photo seen to

10 Birthday Gifts We Should Give President Obama>>>> For most of us, a milestone birthday is a signature moment to stop and reflect on our lives – family, career, children and friends quickly come to

The summer never seems long enough, but it’s always summer in Orlando at the Lakes. Rates from $79 Studios, $119 One-Bedrooms, $139 One-Bedroom Deluxes, $169 Two-Bedrooms and $209 Three-Be

Many state governors and legislatures want to trim Medicaid and other public programs in an effort to balance budgets. But cutting Medicaid to the bone won’t reduce the demand for health care, a

A recent Gallup poll showed that most Americans support President Obama’s plan to raise the nation debt ceiling, set to expire Aug. 2, with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, especially on

(Atlanta, GA) Dr. Maya Angelou (sits in a wheel chair as she) cuts the ribbon at the recent opening of The Maya Angelou Teen Center at the Andrew & Walter Young Family YMCA. More than 600 people atten

Frederick, MD -- People often grieve in silence. It is common for people to feel isolated and alone when they mourn. But there is healing in support. Denise Hall Brown saw a need to promote the power

Actor Derek Luke has joined the cast of TNT’s HawthoRNe, the powerful medical drama starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. In a multi-episode arc that began with the June 14th season p

Nationwide -- Over the last several years, I have been involved in various aspects of the solar industry, from funding advanced solar technology research and developing solar systems for schools to fu

LOS ANGELES - Education is the key to breaking black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said Thursday at the close of the annual NAACP convention

Six year old Laila Crawley invites girls everwhere to participate in taking the Pretty Brown Girl Pledge. Nationwide (August 1, 2011) -- This month, one million girls around the country will be

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has walked free from a state prison after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. In a statement issued ahead of his release, Ki

After dealing with the debt crisis, Senate negotiators tried and failed Tuesday to end a stalemate over temporary funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, leaving 4,000 F.A.A. employees out of

The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to spen

"We had been emailing back and forth all morning," Maria Cutrone, 30, a Baltimore-based web designer recalls. She and a coworker couldn't see eye-to-eye on a project. Should they ask the client to pos

Celebrated polygamist and Islamic cleric, Pa Abubakar Masaba, on Monday said he had divorced 21 out of his 86 wives over indiscipline. The NewsPaper the Punch, had three years ago broken the news of

--The president, who turns 50 tomorrow, will be in Chicago tonight for two DNC birthday fundraisers -- a dinner followed by a larger, low-dollar concert, with presidential remarks, at the Aragon Enter

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Whether they’re slimming down to play a perfectionist ballerina or bulking up to a gladiator-esque stature, celebrities often need to change their shape drastically—and on short n