Global News Service
On March 7, 1965, thousands of ordinary people took to the streets of Selma – a gateway to Alabama’s Black Belt region – to march for voting rights. Reverend Hosea…
Nearly 62 million girls around the world — half of whom are adolescent — are not in school and therefore have diminished economic opportunities. The U.S. President Barack Obama has…
Black History Month, or African-American History Month, is observed in February to celebrate the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. This year, the White House…
The U.S. President Barack Obama met with African American civil rights and faith leaders Thursday to provide an update on the Administration’s priorities as described in the State of the…
Addressing a White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. President Barack Obama opined that a violent extremist could be anyone — a person of…
Ash Carter, a former deputy defense secretary who received a 93-5 affirmative vote by the U.S. Senate to succeed Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, received a welcome back and praise…