Obama Gains Vindication and Secures Legacy With Health Care Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold most insurance subsidies in President Obama’s health care law is a validation of effort to...
Hillary Clinton engages in conversation on race at Christ The King
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a roaring applause from the majority black audience at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant when...
Gun Control Voices in Congress All but Silent After Charleston Shooting
WASHINGTON — After the fatal shootings at a landmark black church in Charleston, S.C., Senator Joe Manchin III, who sponsored gun safety legislation that failed...
Deadline for Legal Status Passes in Dominican Republic; What Happens to Haitian Families?
Will the government go through with its threatened deportation of Dominican residents of Haitian descent?
New Jennings mayor sues everybody
The phone rang at The American newsroom. The caller said he was a resident of Jennings. “You all need to take a look at Jennings,”...
North Carolina Put On Lawsuit Notice Over Declining Voter Registration
WASHINGTON — A slate of civil rights groups put North Carolina on notice Monday, writing in a pre-litigation letter that the state must meet its...
Michelle Obama Is The ‘Hugger-In-Chief’
First lady Michelle Obama is “the hugger-in-chief,” according to White House photographer Pete Souza.
Black Prosecutor Set To Replace Loretta Lynch As Brooklyn US Attorney
A longtime federal prosecutor in Brooklyn has won critical support to replace Loretta Lynch as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, report various media.


