Category: Prime Politics Written by Bankole Thompson, Chronicle Senior Editor

Noted as the dean of the Civil Rights Movement for his legendary work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Rev. Joseph Lowery told a gathering of civic and community leaders in Detroit Sunday evening that President Obama ushered in a new reality for the nation and the world.

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Category: Prime Politics Written by Chronicle Staff

As Charter Commissioners Cara J. Blount, Ken Coleman, Reggie Reg Davis, Jenice Mitchell Ford, Ken Harris, Freman Hendrix, Teola Hunter, John Johnson and Rose Mary C. Robinson prepare to go to work, we trust that Chairman Hendrix will bear in mind the words of Commissioner Coleman, who told the Chronicle during the campaign that he’d seek input from the citizens and would want no fewer than eight meetings in the community to find what Detroiters want to see in the charter.

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Category: Prime Politics Written by Hazel Trice Edney, NNPA Editor-In-Chief

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — African-American joblessness — nearly twice the national rate — is quickly becoming the first showdown between Black leaders and the nation’s first Black president as national Black and civil right leaders raise their voices telling the Obama administration it’s time to end the jobs crisis in the Black community.

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Category: Prime Politics Written by Chronicle Staff

On Tuesday, Sarah Palin’s already-bestselling memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” hit the shelves, another much-anticipated look at the Palin phenomenon will also debut: “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin — An American Nightmare” (available exclusively at orbooks.com). The book includes both new and classic essays by the likes of Max Blumenthal, Eve Ensler, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jessica Valenti, Juan Cole, Jim Hightower, Robert Reich, Naomi Klein and many more.

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