By The Admin on July 29, 2009
A Boston police officer was suspended Wednesday for allegedly using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and a New York City government aide resigned after posting Facebook comments about the scholar’s controversial arrest.
Boston police put two-year officer Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending a termination hearing. Barrett, 36, did [...]
Posted in Race, State & Local News
By The Admin on July 29, 2009
The woman who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says she tried to be careful and honest with her words, never thinking they would be analyzed by an entire nation.
With a trembling voice, Lucia Whalen broke her silence Thursday at a news conference where she said [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on July 29, 2009
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs got it right when he bluntly said that the deal is that the legions who are adamant that President Obama is an illegal alien and should be dumped from the White House will never go away. Not only won’t they go away but in recent weeks [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on July 29, 2009
Roland Laird, The Daily Voice
- Just as alumni encourage their universities to pump dollars into various programs and university departments, black alumni need to encourage them to funnel resources into the community. The support of black alumni of universities cuts to the core of what “BlackPower” can mean in the 21st century, for that sentiment [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on July 29, 2009
A jury is scheduled to hear closing arguments Wednesday in the bribery trial of a former Louisiana congressman whose case gained notoriety after a search of his home turned up $90,000 cash hidden in a freezer.
William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans, is accused of receiving more than $400,000 in bribes and [...]
Posted in Congress
