by Eric Mayes (NNPA)--John Manton is struggling to hang on unemployed, without health insurance, worried about keeping his home. He’s now also concerned that proposed changes to eligibility requirements for food stamps will leave him worried about something else: putting food on the table. “I can’t cut any further, I’m cut to the bone now,” said the 64-year-old Roxborough resident.
Last week, the African-American media community lost one of its own. After a half-century in the newspaper business, newspaper icon and longtime Michigan Chronicle publisher Sam Logan, 78, died Dec. 28. “The passing of Sam Logan is a grievous loss to the Michigan Chronicle, the Real Times family and the city of Detroit. Sam was a towering figure of journalistic influence that had a positive, if not controversial effect on the political, business and social scene in Detroit,” said Rod Doss, editor and publisher of the New Pittsburgh Courier. “He was a man respected by his peers for his five decades-long years of service and business acumen at the Michigan Chronicle. His passing leaves a void not easily filled. He will be greatly missed.” SAM LOGAN
by Julie Pace HONOLULU (AP)—President Barack Obama will waste little time getting back in front of voters following a 10-day Hawaiian vacation spent largely out of the spotlight. Air Force One landed just before daybreak in Washington on Tuesday morning after an overnight flight from the island of Oahu. The president is returning from vacation the same day Republican presidential candidates square off in the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the 2012 campaign. BACK TO WORK—President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave before departing from Honolulu, Jan. 2. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Obama plans to make his presence in the campaign known quickly. The president will host a live web chat with supporters in Iowa on Tuesday night as the caucuses are unfolding. The following day, Obama will travel to Cleveland for an event focused on the economy.
NEW YORK (AP)—Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. The Grammy-winning singer told The Associated Press in a statement Monday,...
Week of January 7-13 January 7 From 4th Century AD—Ethiopian Christmas—known as Ganna—is celebrated on Jan. 7. Ethiopian Christianity was much closer to the Christian Coptic Church of Egypt and as a result never incorporated many of the dictates of the early Roman Catholic Church. Thus, a plausible argument can be made that Ethiopian Christianity is more pure (or less corrupted) than that which emerged from the early Christian Church in Europe. Regardless, the best scientific speculation is that Jesus was born neither on December 25th nor January 7th. The most probable month of his birth is April.
by Leanne ItalieAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a 20-something, Erin Turner feels she made all the right moves dating wise. She graduated from college and spent three and a half years with a boyfriend before they moved in together. Their cohabitation bliss lasted only eight months.
by Erica WernerAssociated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)—Home alone at the White House, President Barack Obama headed on an impromptu Christmas shopping trip Dec. 21 with first dog Bo, searching for some holiday cheer despite the latest stalemate with Congress. SHOPPING TRIP—President Barack Obama and his dog Bo shop at PetSmart, Dec. 21, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dec. 31 to Jan. 6 December 31 1862—This day has become known as “Watch Night”—the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation going into effect and nominally freeing slaves in the Confederacy. Thousands of free Blacks gathered in various locations throughout the nation to “watch” for midnight when the Emancipation of slaves became the law of the land. A focal point for celebration was the home of abolitionist Frederick Douglas in Rochester, N.Y. TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE
MOBILE, Ala. (AP)—Mobile police say a man has been charged with burglary after Mayor Sam Jones found him in his garage and held him at gunpoint until officers arrived. Jones' spokeswoman Barbara Drummond says the mayor went to a grocery store Tuesday evening and returned to find his nativity scene was lit up, his truck had been tampered with and his garage door had been opened. MAYOR SAM JONES
