NATIONAL NEWS

An apology ceremony we need to publicize

On February 26, an apology ceremony took place in California. The state apologized to approximately 400,000 people of Mexican ancestry who were deported in a spate of ethnic cleansing that gripped the United States during the Great Depression. More »

Obama urges governors to invest more in education

No issue will have a bigger impact on the future performance of our economy than education. In the long run it's going to ... determine whether businesses stay here. It will determine whether businesses are created here, whether businesses are hiring here. More »

Drop in black unemployment rate stirs hope, anxiety

The latest unemployment figures are music to Usama Robert's ears. Out of work more than two years, the Riverside, Calif. manufacturing supply chain manager is among the 243,000 Americans who found work in January 2012 - far exceeding expectations of about 150,000 new jobs. More »

Saul William's new album 'Volcanic Sunlight'

Poet and actor Saul Williams is a gifted storyteller who expertly mixes rhymes and rhythms on his newest album "Volcanic Sunlight." The New York native rose through the ranks of poetry fame when he was crowned the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam champion in 1996. Later he co-wrote and starred in the Cannes and Sundance award winning film "Slam." More »