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Freshman CBC Member Congresswoman Summer Lee Wins Big After Being Targeted by AIPAC

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), who was formally targeted for defeat by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)...

Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

NEW YORK (AP) — Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of…

States reduce jobless checks, adding pressure to unemployed

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — When Demetrius White recently lost his job as a $10-an-hour forklift driver loading pallets of shampoo, he applied for unemployment…

Some Detroit schools closed again due to teacher absences

 DETROIT (AP) — Some Detroit schools were closed again Wednesday due to the absence of teachers, but it was the smallest number since a so-called…

Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed Republican-inspired legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to do…

An emotional President Obama unveils his plan to cut gun violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms…

Bill Cosby charged with a sex crime dating to 2004

ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was arrested in the twilight of his life and career Wednesday and charged with a decade-old sex crime…

1965 Immigration Act, presented as symbolic, changed nation

By Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) _ It was considered a symbolic move _ President Lyndon Johnson going to the Statue of Liberty and signing…

Obama can do Iran nuclear deal even if Congress disapproves

WASHINGTON (AP) — The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even…

Iran deal sets 2016 clash between Clinton and GOP hopefuls

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s endorsement of the landmark nuclear deal with Iran underscores the deeply tangled links between President Barack Obama’s foreign…

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