On Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to end Saturday mail delivery as soon as August to cut financial losses. The service, which lost $15.9 billion last year, said it would continue six-day deliveries of packages, deliver mail to post-office boxes and keep open retail locations that now operate on Saturdays.
Last year the USPS [...]
The U.S. Postal Service honored Rosa Parks with a commemorative US Postage “forever” stamp on what would have been her 100 birthday. 50 years ago Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a municipal bus in Montgomery, Ala to a white man. Her refusal sparked the boycott of the Montgomery [...]
Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in the Northeast, the Senate sends $50.5 billion emergency relief and recovery package to President Obama for his signature.
“I commend Congress for giving families and businesses the help they deserve, and I will sign this bill into law as soon as it hits my desk,” Obama said [...]
In recognition of World Aids Day, supporters from around the world will be hosting World Aids Day events to bring awareness to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. According to reports AIDS-related deaths have steadily declined by more than 25 percent between 2005 and 2011 worldwide. There are now 700,000 fewer new HIV infections in [...]
President Barack Obama overwhelmingly defeated Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday night for a second term in the United States presidential election. After an challenging and often grueling battle that at times got a bit ugly, President Obama walked away with the victory—nabbing 12 of the battleground states—Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, [...]
Hurricane Sandy sweeped through the New York City and New Jersey area causing extensive damage and flooding, leaving millions without power, and bring the NYC subway systems to its knees.
Sandy, cleanup is estimated to more than 50 billion dollars in clean up. This is ten times the amount, Hurricane Irene with damages estimated at $20 billion.
The 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, kicks off September 19 – 23 in midtown Manhattan the AMC 34th St Theater in New York City.
Urbanworld Film Festival is the nation’s largest competitive multicultural film festival of its kind. “For 16 years, Urbanworld has brought hundreds of multicultural films to light and connected countless [...]
Young Olympian Gabby Douglas made history by becoming the first African-American female gymnast to win the all-around title and take home the gold. This is also the first time the U.S. women have ever won the team gold and the individual all-around gold in the same Olympics.
“I just want people to know it took a [...]
Pack your chairs and head on down to a New York City park near you to check out some great music and live entertainment for free! Music ranging from R & B, Pop, Gospel, Caribbean and Hip-Hop are just a few of the genres you can find around town.
Brooklyn celebrates its 30th Anniversary Martin Luther [...]
[New York, NY – May 20, 2012] – The four day, 1st Annual People’s Film Festival presented by Four Builders Foundation, ended on a high note Saturday May 19, at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem, NY, in which scours of people came out for the closing night screening of “9 Eleven” –the exciting Hindi suspense [...]