A scandal has unfolded in New York involving a Democratic State Senator and other elected officials, including GOP members who hold office. Sen. Malcolm Smith (pictured) and City Councilman Jay Halloran, both of Queens, were arrested by FBI authorities earlier today on bribery charges related to the upcoming mayoral election.   New York Daily News reports that Smith and Halloran (both representing Quee ...

Wednesday marks the opening day for the 15th Annual National Action Network Convention, a gathering of civil rights, religious, and LGBT rights leaders headed by the Reverend Al Sharpton(pictured center).   This year’s convention focuses on crucial issues affecting African-Americans, including Supreme Court hearings on the Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action and same-sex marriage. Special attention w ...

state lawmakers launch a mission to help vets ...

The apparitions to what I saw going up and down the highways, spoke in volumes as reference to our lack of common sense ...

Coping with our problems Part two         The rate at which we are experiencing untimely deaths ... added to the premature “natural” deaths and then we include the normal death rate, we are talking about an inordinate amount of mortality.        In addition to all this our birth rates have dropped noticeably over the past two decades. If these multiple trends continue unabated into the future, we are surely ...

Jeffrey Key’s first day as the city of Opa-locka Police Chief ...

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Jack McMahon called the case “elitist” and “racist,” ...

following statement in support of the National Day of Protest, during which federal employees will hold 100 rallies nationwide against sequestration cuts ...

'No more Ms. nice guy' ...