Featured
Ex-astronaut may be Obama’s pick to lead NASA
January 7, 2009 · Comments
MARK CARREAU, Houston Chronicle - A former astronaut who has made four trips into space is reportedly a leading candidate for the top job at NASA. If selected by President-elect Barack Obama, Charles Bolden Jr., 62, a retired Marine Corps general who makes his home in Houston’s Bay Area, would be the first black American to head the space agency. The former test pilot left NASA in 1994 after 14 years of service to return to the Marine Corps, where he rose to the rank of major general. He retired in 2003. But Bolden... [Read the full story]
Party Politics
Blackwell talks about guns, Facebook and grass-roots efforts in RNC chair debate
January 5, 2009 · Comments
Jessica Wehrman, Dayton Daily News - The race to head the Republican National Party may come down to who has the most Facebook friends, who can lure elusive young voters and, yes, which candidate owns the most guns. “Seven,” said former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Monday, answering the last question at a debate of the five contenders for the top RNC job Monday, Jan. 5. “And I’m good.” In a wide-ranging hour-and-a-half debate that featured questions on favorite Republican presidents... [Read the full story]
Government
Congressional Black Caucus Assesses Its Role Under a Black President
January 7, 2009 · Comments
DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, New York Times - These were supposed to be heady days for members of the Congressional Black Caucus, a time of celebration ahead of the inauguration of the first black president. Instead, the contested appointment of Roland W. Burris to fill the Illinois Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama has added further discomfort to an already rough period for the Black Caucus. The refusal by Senate Democrats to seat Mr. Burris on Tuesday has also splintered the caucus and caused a dust storm of... [Read the full story]
Media
Les Payne’s Too-Quiet Departure
January 7, 2009 · Comments
Peter Eisner, The Nation - With scant warning and no praise, the management of Newsday last week cast off the column by Les Payne from its opinion pages after a twenty-eight-year run. Undoubtedly, the column’s disappearance is mixed in with a collapse of the news business in general and the budget cuts faced by Newsday and most of its peers. Yet I am driven to provide some context in this special case about a man whose vision guided Newsday’s journalistic and moral compass. Les Payne deserves a far better sendoff. Payne... [Read the full story]
International
French film industry branded racist for banning black actors from dubbing white stars
January 4, 2009 · Comments
The French film industry has been branded ‘racist’ after it banned black actors from dubbing white stars in Gallic versions of English-language movies. An investigation revealed that casting directors regularly expelled black applicants in the belief that they had a distinctive tone voice unsuitable for dubbing white parts. The findings come amid claims that the failure to promote black stars in films and other media is contributing to a wider segregation in French society. The Higher Authority for the Fight... [Read the full story]
State/Local
Colorado First To Have Blacks Lead Both Chambers
January 7, 2009 · Comments
Terry Jessup, CBS Denver - The Colorado state legislature will make history when it reconvenes Wednesday. Colorado is set to become the first state legislature in the country to have two black men in the top two leadership positions at the same time. One is the son of a former prominent politician and the other a former police officer and the only child of a single mother who was a sharecropper’s daughter. In a state where Ku Klux Klan members once held key positions in the legislature, Denver state Rep. Terrance Carroll... [Read the full story]
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