Biko and Jasiri X are organizing the hood
Crime, violence, poverty…change. One block at a time, one voice at a time. Lift yours.
Crime, violence, poverty…change. One block at a time, one voice at a time. Lift yours.
In a meeting aides described as “frank but cordial,” members of the Congressional Black Caucus told President Barack Obama on Thursday that he has to do more to help African-Americans.
Members of the caucus have complained — both publicly and privately — that they aren’t getting enough from the nation’s first black president. Thursday’s hourlong session [...]
White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, a friend of President Obama’s from Chicago, is leaving her job to return to the private sector, the White House said Friday.
Rogers’s tenure as the top party and events planner for the administration was marred by the Salahi gate-crashing incident, in which a Virginia couple managed to enter the [...]
Jasiri X won Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Best Inspirational Artist at this year’s Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Awards. !
Today, President Barack Obama will be in Las Vegas, Nevada for a private, million-dollar fundraiser supporting the Democratic National Committee at the home of Palms hotel and casino owner, George Maloof. Also with a political agenda in mind, Obama will be speaking on the Las Vegas economy at a local town hall meeting directed towards [...]
WASHINGTON — Four months ago, it appeared all but certain that the White House and Democrats in Congress would succeed in overhauling the student loan business and ending government subsidies to private lenders.
President Obama called the idea a “no-brainer” last fall, predicting it would take billions of dollars from the profits of private lenders and [...]
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