U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Saturday that he plans to recruit more African-American and Latino teachers in a bid to narrow achievement gaps among students.
African-American males make up less than 2 percent of teachers nationwide, D ...
Posted Sunday, August 29th 2010 at 2:51PM
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This sign was posted outside a club in New Orleans where a lot of college students hang out. Is this DISCRIMINATION or what? (Click on photo to enlarge and check out the hair rule)... ...
Posted Saturday, August 28th 2010 at 6:20PM
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By Louise Radnofsky
Some African-American leaders are criticizing talk show host Glenn Beck for the date and location of his planned rally in Washington this weekend. The rally will be at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered ...
Posted Friday, August 27th 2010 at 12:38PM
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Author, scholar and national news/talk radio show host, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson hosted the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in an in depth and powerful interview which touched on his decision to release Volume 2 of The Secret Relationship Between Bl ...
Posted Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 2:11PM
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release August 26, 2010
Background on the President's Event in New Orleans for the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sunda ...
Posted Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 1:57PM
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Latino and African-American homeowners have a disproportionate share of foreclosures nationwide compared with their percentage of homeownership, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by the Center for Responsible Lending, shows that Lati ...
Posted Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 1:46PM
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There are times when quoting rap verses are apropos, then there are times when they are not. Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, opted for the latter, finding himself under an ethics investigation for sending taun ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2010 at 1:31PM
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.
More than one in three children studied – those forced to fle ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2010 at 1:26PM
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Harold Dow has died unexpectedly, according to CBS.
The veteran CBS News correspondent died Saturday. He was 62.
Dow leaves behind a wife, Kathy, and three children, Danica, Joelle, and David.
His career at CBS spanned almost 40 years. A Fi ...
Posted Saturday, August 21st 2010 at 9:08PM
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The ESSENCE Music Festival is here, well on TV One that is. Star-studded, two-hour special produced in conjunction with ESSENCE includes performances by Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jill Scott, Trey Songz, Gladys Knigh ...
Posted Saturday, August 21st 2010 at 8:45PM
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The Schott foundation study showing that less than 50 percent of black males are graduating from high school is astounding and depressing - but not a revelation to many in the African American community.
We've known for years that our public scho ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 12:02PM
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From FinalCall.com
August 18, 2010
This is America, but you wouldn't think so in light of recent events wherein two high-profile, long serving African-American congress members have come under attack. They are being dragged through the mud in a r ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 11:59AM
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A Louisville family filed a lawsuit Monday against Wal-Mart, claiming they found a dead mouse in a milk container they had been drinking from for three days.
The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court, alleges that Robert and Rosalind Grant as ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at 5:34PM
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From TheHuffingtonPost
August 16, 2010
In the trigger-happy post-9/11 world, the favoured way to instigate a war is to demand that the designated “evildoer” prove a negative.
Iraq was invaded because it couldn’t prove that it didn’t have WMDs ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at 11:15AM
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From The Huffington Post
August 16, 2010
Where can the Muslim Community Center be built in NYC?
To me, the answer is the same as if you asked me where a church, a synagogue, a Sikh temple or any place of worship in the US can be built. To para ...
Posted Monday, August 16th 2010 at 1:35PM
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Peace To All,
As my Muslim brothers and sisters and all others who engage in dialogue with me may already know, we Muslims are currently celebrating the month of Ramadan. I would like to take the time out to wish everyone, not only the Muslims wh ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 5:40PM
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President Barack Obama signed into law Friday legislation that will further militarize the US-Mexico border. It includes the deployment of Predator pilotless drones, like those used in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to conduct surveillance against immigra ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 4:09PM
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Juleesa and JaNell Pickett are sisters who have a lot in common.
Both the Chester natives want to become nurses. They love texting their friends, painting their nails bright colors and checking the social networking site Facebook "like, all the t ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 4:00PM
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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry demanded Thursday that Democratic challenger Bill White apologize for what he said were racially insensitive remarks, but White stood behind his comments and accused the Republican incumbent of playing racial politics.
Aft ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 3:41PM
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