Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 5th Annual Concordia Summit Oct. 1 in New York. Biden decided not to campaign for the presidency in 2016, with not enough time to ‘mount a winning campaign..’  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) By Josh Lederman ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s storied political career will come to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Russell Simmons (shutterstock) Thousands cut from their money for more than a week by glitch with Russell Simmons’ RushCard By Ken Sweet Associated Press NEW YORK — Thousands of customers of pre-paid debit cards backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons remain without access to their money more than a week after technical problems…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  People cheer during a rally to mark the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, on Capitol Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Washington. Waving flags, carrying signs and listening to speeches and songs, the crowd gathered at the U.S. Capitol and spread down the Mall under on a sunny and breezy…

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Nation of Islam invited thousands to 20th Anniversary of Million Man March By Minister Louis Farrakhan Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from JusticeorElse.com The following is an open letter to America from the chief organizer and visionary, Nation of Islam leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan. In it, he outlines the meaning of the demand…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Background photo by f8grapher / Shutterstock.com) By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON — Drug criminals once described by prosecutors as unrepentant repeat offenders are among those poised to benefit from new sentencing guidelines that are shrinking punishments for thousands of federal prisoners, according to an Associated Press review of court records. Many defendants cleared for early…

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The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ) was heartbroken to learn of the death of longtime member J. Whyatt “Jerry” Mondesire. In his passing, we and other journalists recall the man who was always our conscience. Mondesire, 65, was an early member of PABJ, helping to build the foundation for the organization. He started his…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) associated press WASHINGTON — A grim President Barack Obama says the U.S. has “become numb” to mass shootings like Thursday’s incident in Oregon, where a 20-year-old gunman killed at least 9 people at Umpqua Community College. Speaking in the White House briefing room Thursday, Obama challenged voters…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Betto Rodrigues / Shutterstock.com   By Juliet Linderman Associated Press BALTIMORE — A judge was expected to decide when the first of six Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died after suffering injuries in police custody, will go to trial. Judge Barry Williams has called a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  George Zimmerman. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File) NewsOne.com A Twitter account that allegedly belongs to child killer George Zimmerman retweeted an image of Trayvon Martin’s body laying on the wet grass on the night Zimmerman shot him to death, Raw Story reports. Zimmerman, who has been hiding his violence and racism…

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By Jazelle Hunt NNPA WASHINGTON – Black women were murdered at more than double the rate of White women in 2012 and almost all (92 percent) of these women knew their assailant, according a report titled, “When Men Murder Women” by the Violence Policy Center. The annual study, now in its 17th year, “examines FBI…

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