Category Archives: Ernie Allen Blog

The Obama Presidential Center Will Cost Taxpayers $200M
6-25-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will benefit from almost $200 million in taxpayer funding for work on infrastructure projects near the center on Ch...
Syndicated Author Jun 25, 2018

President Obama Also Struggled With Policy On Migrant Families
6-22-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The Trump administration isn't the first to grapple with the question of how to handle tens of thousands of immigrant families arriving o...
Syndicated Author Jun 22, 2018

Donald Trump Commutes Sentence For Black Woman After Kim K Visit
6-7-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump commuted the sentence Wednesday of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses whose cause was championed by r...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2018

Hidden Figure No More: NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Gets Statue At Alma Mater
6-6-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) - Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped astronauts return to Earth, is being honored at her alma mater with a b...
Syndicated Author Jun 06, 2018

Donald Trump Cancels Philadelphia Eagles White House Visit
6-5-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) - Digging deeper into a culture war that he's repeatedly stoked, President Donald Trump on Monday called off a visit by the Philadelphia Eagl...
Syndicated Author Jun 05, 2018

Another Chicago Teen Found Dead In Mysterious Circumstances
6-4-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S TOP STORY- On April 25, 15-year-old Sadaria Davis was last seen leaving her East Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago. Her friends and family had not heard from her si...
Syndicated Author Jun 04, 2018

Joy Reid Once Again Under Fire For 911 Conspiracy Theories
6-1-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- MSNBC host Joy Reid is once again facing scrutiny over old blog posts, this time for her promotion of a documentary asserting that 9/11 was an inside job. Ac...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2018

As Chicago Remembers Kenneka Jenkins, Another Death Rattles City
5-31-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-Chicago murders significantly decreased after 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins' mysterious death last year. However, several homicides are still leaving city residents...
Syndicated Author May 31, 2018

Black Soldier Found Dead In Maryland’s Deadly Flash Flood After Helping Stranger
5-30-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-The body of a Black National Guardsman who disappeared during treacherous floods in Maryland on Sunday was found in the Patapsco River Tuesday afternoon, Howard C...
Syndicated Author May 30, 2018

Cyntoia Brown’s Fate Lies In The Hands Of White Governor Who Has Never Granted Clemency
5-29-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- After 12 years in prison, Cyntoia Brown had a clemency hearing on May 23 in Tennessee, which would allow for her release-but now her fate is in limbo.Brown ...
Syndicated Author May 29, 2018