Books Featured News November 25, 2020

Barack Obama to be honored next month by PEN America

Former President Barack Obama, already a million-selling author, is also a prize-winning author. PEN America announced Wednesday that Obama will...

Featured News November 25, 2020

With US in COVID-19 panic, Sen. Perdue saw stock opportunity

As the ravages of the novel coronavirus forced millions of people out of work, shuttered businesses and shrank the value of retirement...

Featured Politics November 25, 2020

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification

Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block certification of the presidential election results even as...

Featured News November 25, 2020

27 COVID deaths at Illinois vets nursing home prompts probe

State officials have launched investigations into a coronavirus outbreak at a veterans nursing home in Illinois that has infected nearly...

Featured News November 24, 2020

Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote...

Featured News November 24, 2020

Carl Bernstein reveals 21 GOP senators contemptuous of Trump

Former Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein took to Twitter to list the names of 21 Republican senators who he says have...

Featured News November 24, 2020

Thanksgiving could make or break US coronavirus response

In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask — and so are your...

Featured News November 24, 2020

Biden set to formally introduce his national security team

President-elect Joe Biden is set to formally introduce his national security team to the nation, building out a team of...

Featured Politics November 24, 2020

After criticism, Feinstein to step down as top Judiciary Dem

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate...

Featured News November 23, 2020

Michigan certifies Biden win despite Trump’s GOP overtures

Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid President Donald Trump’s brazen attempts...

Featured News November 23, 2020

Federal prisons to prioritize staff to receive virus vaccine

The federal prison system will be among the first government agencies to receive the coronavirus vaccine, though initial allotments of...

Books Featured November 23, 2020

Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment

One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out...

Featured News November 23, 2020

3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health...

Featured News November 23, 2020

Trump election challenges sound alarm among voters of color

When longtime Detroit community advocate Frank McGhee watched two Republican canvassers vote against certifying election results in the majority Black...

Entertainment Featured News November 23, 2020

Cars line up for miles for Tyler Perry Atlanta food giveaway

Thousands of people jammed roads for miles in Atlanta on Sunday to try to get boxes of food and gift...

Black History Education Featured Inspiration News November 22, 2020

10 Black students named US Rhodes Scholars, tying record

The U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2021 were elected virtually this year for the first time as the coronavirus pandemic swept...

Featured Health News Politics November 22, 2020

Ben Carson says he’s ‘out of the woods’ after battling COVID-19

Housing Secretary Ben Carson is crediting unapproved, experimental treatments with saving his life after he became “desperately ill” following his...

Business Featured Health Living News November 22, 2020

Retailers brace as virus bears down on consumers and economy

LaTonya Story is every retailer’s worst fear. With the viral pandemic re-surging through the country and the economy under threat,...

Business Featured Health News November 22, 2020

FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Trump received

U.S. health officials Saturday agreed to allow emergency use of a second antibody drug to help the immune system fight...

Featured News November 21, 2020

Georgia Sen. Loeffler quarantining after mixed COVID-19 test results

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is quarantining after receiving mixed results from recent coronavirus tests, a day after she campaigned with...