Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury

Josh Lederman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts...

Automatic budget cuts, blame game, begin

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off huge, automatic spending cuts...

Obama to press GOP on averting cuts

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday was to urge congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take effect in less than two weeks...

Which budget cuts are killing our communities?

Trymaine Lee, NBC News

NBC NEWS - For cities and rural towns across the country, as well as nonprofits like Baltimore Reads, officials are struggling to maintain programs offered to low- and moderate-income residents...

Brooklyn teen on path to become 1st black female chess master

Yesha Callahan, Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, of Brooklyn is taking the chess world by storm. She is on the verge of becoming the first African-American female chess master and her journey has been documented in the film, Brooklyn Castle...

Camden disbands police department

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT - Recognized as one of the most dangerous cities in America, Camden New Jersey is reported to be disbanding its police department as part of an austerity measure that would leave almost 270 officers without jobs...

Detroit mayor may lay off 164 firefighters

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that the city plans to lay off 164 firefighters by the end of July...

Funds cut for police torture panel

theGrio

CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of Illinois prisoners who claim they confessed to crimes under police torture may never have their cases reheard because lawmakers effectively shuttered the commission established to review the cases, panel officials said Tuesday...

GOP budget deficit obsession bad for blacks

Gerald Mitchell

theGRIO REPORT - This deficit-cutting focus could have severe negative effects, particularly for African-Americans. Look at what's happened in Europe....

GOP slashes Justice budget to snub Holder

Caryn Freeman

theGRIO REPORT - The House appropriations committee cut millions of dollars from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) budget this week...