What are we to make of Congressman Charles Rangel now that even President Obama has thrown him “under the bus”?
Rangel inquiry portends difficult midterm for Democrats
The ethics inquiry into Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) should come as no surprise to congressional watchers
The Obama administration's cuts to the U.S. Navy imperil critical missions
The United States Navy is drastically shrinking due to the serious cuts the Obama administration is making to the shipbuilding budget
J.J. Rendon is Latin America's Karl Rove - Miami New Times
Rendon, though virtually unknown in Miami, has become one of Latin America’s most important political figures
Black salons face new competition - WSJ
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic are snipping away market share from African-American stylists whose mastery of black women’s hair ensured that their customers wouldn’t, or couldn’t, leave them
GOP senators want to see Aponte's background check - The Daily Caller
Republicans are upping the pressure on Obama diplomatic nominee Mari Carmen Aponte, demanding to see details of her background investigation conducted by the Administration
GOP targets Obama nominee's Cuba ties - THE DAILY CALLER
Senate Republicans are preparing to challenge President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to El Salvador over her previous ties to an alleged asset of Cuban intelligence
Torii Hunter: Black Hispanic baseball players are 'imposters' - USA TODAY
Fans look down from their seats onto the baseball field, see dark-colored skin and might assume they are African-American players but, increasingly, the players instead hail from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico or Venezuela
Haiti frees U.S. missionary but detains group leader - ASSOCIATED PRESS
One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to Miami on Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody
U.S. Govt: Imprisoned Americans in Haiti had no 'malicious intent'
The U.S. government has determined that the 10 American Baptist missionaries detained by the Haitian government on kidnapping charges and held in squalid conditions without medical care for days had no ‘malicious intent’ in trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake
Angelina Jolie heading to Haiti - PopEater
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims; UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said Jolie would travel to Haiti later Tuesday
Extent of Haitian devastation can be blamed on corruption
The human calamity that has followed in the wake of the 7.0-magnitude Haitian earthquake that hit on Jan. 12 has filled TV screens around the world for several weeks now and has triggered an outpouring of money and support from around the world.
Church group working with orphans detained in Haiti
Haitian police yesterday arrested 10 American Baptist Church members as they tried to bus 33 orphaned children across the border into the Dominican Republic allegedly without proper documentation, a spokesman for the Central Valley Baptist Church said
As Honduras Moves On, U.S. Must Give Full Support
With Porfirio Lobo assuming the presidency of Honduras, its citizens formally turn the page on the political crisis triggered by Manuel Zelaya’s removal from office in June 2009. It is time for the international community to do the same
Medics warn of infection risk to 3 million people in Haiti
As the pace of food and medical aid arriving into the impoverished country increased, doctors say that public health is now Haiti’s major concern
Much Needed Aid to Haiti still missing
It is now six days since the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and there is still no sign of the global aid effort reaching the main camp of homeless Haitian people in the Champs de Mars public park next to the ruined presidential palace in the very center of the capital city