In a Newsone essay, First Lady Michelle Obama talks about the importance of every voice being heard and counted, about a fight that never ends. Obama says today’s challenges aren’t as urgent as those we faced during segregation, but they’re still important. Read her essay here.

Lines snaked around early voting sites throughout the city on Thursday, the first day of early voting. Thus far, North Carolinians are stepping up to polls only a few days after Gov. Mitt Romney has gained a slim lead over President Obama in the state. In 2008, President Obama had already gained 300,000 votes in […]

With all of the voter ID laws being passed, appealed and postponed lately, it is easy to get confused over what our rights are as…

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As African-American clergy deeply committed to the welfare of our communities and the future of our country, we are writing to offer our strong and…

Excitement turns to disappointment as Obama supporters watch President Obama deliver a lackluster performance in the first debate. Dozens gathered at the Holliday Twins’ Red, Night & Blue: Presidential Debate Viewing Party at Icehouse to watch Wednesday’s debate.

In a desperate attempt to get traction for their flailing candidate Mitt Romney, a conservative website resurfaced a five-year-old video of President Barack Obama praising…

There’s a group of people working this election season to make sure that the disenfranchised, senior citizens, minorities and Democratic voters don’t show up to…

Could gay marriage keep Black people from the polls? It was the subject of a segment this week on NPR, largely fueled by an article…

First Lady Michelle obama spoke in Richmond during the campaign for Election 2012.

Singer Anthony Hamilton says he wasn’t active in politics before the 2008 election, but now that he is he feels like a man. Hamilton talked…

Viasource: Star Connor/ Radio One Charlotte/ Ophelia C. Productions Among many celebrity guest and supporters of President Barack Obama, Actor and Business Owner, Wendell Pierce…

Viasource: Star Connor/ Radio One Charlotte/ Ophelia C. Productions Among many celebrity guest and supporters of President Barack Obama, Actor and Business Owner, Wendell Pierce sat down with Star Connor to tell what he would do to keep the President in office. He is a new owner of a grocery store chain in New Orleans, […]