Manhattan Democrat Charlie Rangel says he’s sorry for the comments he made recently that Harlem is so unsafe these days that even the highly protected president of the United States would run into trouble with New York’s finest if he didn’t have his ID with him. He made the statement following the fatal shooting of a Black police officer by a White fellow officer last week. Read more.

Congressman Jesse Jackson is helping a teen find bone marrow.

Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. is kicking off a drive today for bone marrow that could save the life of 17-year-old Justin Thornton.  Jackson will be joined at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center. The bone marrow drive will last noon to 4 p.m. in room 156. The drive will begin by Jackson swabbing the cheek of the Surgeon General of the United States, Adam M. Robinson, Jr.   Because tissue types are inherited, patients are more likely to match someone from their own race and ethnicity.   Thus, as an African American, Justin is much more likely to match someone who also is African American.

It isn’t the first racial slur directed at Barack and Michelle

Sen. Barack Obama has weathered his share of racially insensitive remarks over the past several months, but when a Georgia congressman referred to him and his wife as “uppity” last week it was a throwback to whole different era. Find out exactly what Rep. Lynn Whitmore said about Michelle and Barack Obama at BET.com/News.