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by Frederick H. Lowe Brian Banks’ pro football career is back on track after he signed a contract with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.
by Frederick H. Lowe Thirty to thirty-seven percent of African Americans, most of them men, retain abnormally high levels of salt in their bodies, even while they sleep, as a result of daily stress.
A jury sentenced to life in prison without parole a Harvard University educated professor who shot and killed two of her black colleagues during a February 2010 staff meeting at the University of Alabama. Dr.
by Frederick H. Lowe The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee, following a two-year investigation, has cleared U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of alleged wrongdoing.
Beverly A. Scott, a graduate of Howard and Fisk universities, has been named head of the Massachusetts public transportation system.
Walmart U.S. and Toys “R” Us, two of the nation’s largest retailers, have announced that they will boost hiring during the holiday season. Toys “R” Us, Inc. which is based in Wayne, N. J.
by Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.
Clarence Otis, chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants Inc., said the company’s recent purchase of Yard House USA, will attract an important demographic to the Orlando, Fla., restaurant chain.
The Cincinnati Reds, led by manager Dusty Baker, are heading to the Major League Baseball playoffs after winning the National League Central Division by 10 games on Saturday over the St.
by Aura Bogado of Colorlines One out of every 13 African Americans are already disenfranchised, and it’s not because of voter ID laws, voter purges, or cutoffs to early voting, but because they’re caught up in the criminal justice system. According to a new study released this summer by The Sentencing Project, in 2010, 5.85 million otherwise eligible voters were disenfranchised because they are current or former felons.
By Zenitha Prince (TriceEdneyWire.com) - From where Democrats sit, things are looking pretty good for their chances of holding on to the White House after the general election in November.
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from America's Wire by Dr. David Satcher ATLANTA (TriceEdneyWire.
by Frederick H. Lowe Los Angeles Criminal Court Judge Patricia Schnegg on Monday overturned the conviction of James Edward Smith, 37, who served 19 years in prison for a 1993 murder he did not commit after an eyewitness to the shooting admitted to Smith’s lawyer that he had lied. Judge Schnegg vacated the conviction after Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Marc St.
by Marc H. Morial (TriceEdneyWire.
by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com) - In this 2012 election, most of the focus is on the top of the ticket.
September 27 to October 3 September 27 1827 ----- Hiram Rhodes Revels, born to free parents on this date in Fayetteville, N. C., became a passionate advocate for equal rights and also became the first black person to serve in the U.
by Frederick H. Lowe Seven states with small black populations share the distinction of having the highest high school graduation rates for the black boys, and 11 states and the District of Columbia with the largest black populations, share the distinction of having the lowest high school graduation rates for black boys.