National News

Immigrants' rights groups sue Dept. of Homeland Security

2008-11-17T18:33:55Z

The Stanford Immigrants' Rights Clinic, together with a host of other civil rights groups, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court to urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to disclose information about a program under which it removes non-citizens from the U.S. without hearings before immigration judges.

Obama's tells black folk: 'You Have Done This'

2008-11-10T16:13:21Z

(NNPA) - In perhaps the most candid direct message to Black people since his Democratic nomination, then Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama, on election eve Monday, credited Black voters for his historic political rise, promising to make a difference in their lives if elected.

Black and Civil Rights leaders' wish list of issues for new president

2008-11-10T16:13:21Z

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Despite the clear mandate that America's new president prioritize the reparation of the economy, jobs and tax-related issues, many other issues deserve top billing, say Black political observers.

Million Man March spirit still alive through 'peaceoholics'

2008-11-10T16:13:21Z

WASHINGTON (Special to the NNPA from the Final Call) - For the third year in a row the Peaceoholics organized a month of atonement activities in celebration of the Million Man March with a March for Unity through the main street of the poorest community in the nation's capital.

Skinheads arrested for plotting to assassinate Sen. Obama

2008-11-03T13:10:03Z

WASHINGTON (Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspapers) — Two neo-Nazi skinheads plotted a national killing spree that would have ended in the shooting deaths of 88 African Americans, decapitation of 14 more, and culminated in the assassination of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities have announced.