Michigan Obama for America held over 150 events including Metro Detroit. A new video and blog post was released July 29 to mark the 100-day milestone until election day Nov. 6. OFA campaign officials say the strength of the campaign has always come from the millions of grassroots supporters nationwide. Over 4,500 events were held nationally. See video and blog post at www.barackobama.com. ...

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Trice Edney Wire Aug. 6 marks the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Passed by large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans, the act reflected the overwhelming consensus in America that had been finally forged on Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge during the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. In the end, ...

Residents rally to maintain ownership of ‘city jewel’ By Marcus Wright Special to the Michigan Citizen DETROIT — Several hundred people attended an Aug. 1 “Hands Off Our Island” rally on Belle Isle. The rally, organized by Detroit City Council members Kwame Kenyatta, Brenda Jones, and JoAnn Watson, was held at the band shell. The three council members message to attendees was say, ‘no’ to a 99-year lease, s ...

Special to the NNPA from The Key Newsjournal Ghanaian President John Atta Mills died suddenly July 24 shortly after becoming ill, according to a statement by his office. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the President of the Republic of Ghana,” the statement said. No details of his illness were given. Mills was 68. Mills, who died in a hospital in the capital Accra, ...

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA The national support for the victims of the recent Colorado shootings is great. However, if we believe in the equivalency of life, what about the lives of young men in Chicago, where there have been more deaths than in Afghanistan so far this year. While the hospitals in Aurora say they will cover hospital bills for those without insurance, who will cover bills for those who are ho ...

Local leaders speak out after Colorado shooting Staff report DETROIT — After a lone gunman shot and killed 12 people and wounded many others in a Colorado movie theatre during the midnight release of “The Dark Night Rises” on June 20, many throughout the nation have spoken out against assault weapons. But several local leaders, who have witnessed violent deaths throughout Detroit for years, banning assault ...

President Barack Obama greets NUL President Marc Morial. NUL PHOTO By Hazel Trice EdneyTrice Edney News Wire LOUISIANA—Applauded by a wildly enthusiastic crowd at the National Urban League convention in New Orleans, President Obama — in a rare moment — spoke of the war-level violence in Black communities. And, defying critics, he also seized the opportunity to say specifically what he has done for Black peo ...

African Globe Nigeria and Ghana are among the three fastest growing markets in the world, a report released by Ernst and Young confirmed. “There is a mixed picture emerging across the world,” according to Ernst and Young’s quarterly Rapid-Growth Market Forecast (RGMF). “Although Asia is likely to lead the way, Africa remains resilient overall, with Ghana and Nigeria among the three fastest growing of the RG ...

By W.A.T.E.R. 17 Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A number of people are exercising their civil and human rights and ensuring that the democratic system is being put to proper use. This past Sunday, volunteer activists across the city distributed informative literature to the masses in an effort to educate others and heighten awareness about their rights, while simultane ...

Trice Edney News Wire Rights groups are demanding a review of the sentence of stoning issued against a 23-year-old Sudanese woman, convicted of adultery. It is the second such case in recent months. Laila Ibrahim Issa Jamool is reportedly shackled at the ankles in detention with her six-month old baby at her side. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), a local rights group, said he ...