Charlie Rangel, the charismatic congressman from New York, began his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives on this day in 1970 after he defeated Harlem’s beloved incumbent, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Rangel is the second-longest serving House member and is its most senior member as well. Charles Bernard Rangel was born June 11, 1930 […]
Jesse Jackson Jr., former U.S. Rep. on Monday morning was released from a Baltimore halfway house, he’s been living there since his release from an Alabama federal prison in March. Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, was moved into the halfway house from prison, where he was serving a two and a half year sentence for spending […]
According to CNNMoney.com, thousands of college students may soon feel a financial pinch and another 100,000 may not be able to complete degrees if Congress pushes ahead with planned changes to federal student loans, education experts said. Â Read More:
The U.S. Library of Congress’ Copyright Office has revised a 1998 federal law that was put in place to block people from hacking past software locks installed on devices by their makers to block unauthorized use. The new exceptions to the law will allow users of the iPhone, for example, to legally “jailbreak” their device […]
