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Bank of America Corp. is suspending its work with the housing affiliate of embattled community organizing group ACORN. The decision comes as three Republicans in Congress ask Bank of America and 13 other financial institutions to give Congress a complete accounting of their dealings with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or its [...]
The black journalism students here at Syracuse often come to me to find out how the industry works. They sometimes instinctively wonder if their professors’ stories about being in a CBS newsroom in 1982 are going to help them survive in a world run by Twitter, Myspace and Facebook. The answer is a resounding “probably [...]
“I’m here to break away the chains, take away the pains, remake the brains…”
Follow the Leader -Eric B and Rakim 1988
Twenty years ago the members of Public Enemy announced that they were going to raise up a nation of 5,000 black leaders. For a time it seemed to be working as many black folks started [...]
President Barack Obama sprinted through appearances on five consecutive news shows last Sunday, but other African-American lawmakers and opinion-shapers have a hard time getting face time on those programs.
Although an African-American is serving as the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, four African-Americans are chairing important House committees and 17 other Congressional Black Caucus [...]
Are Republicans really racist? Jimmy Carter thinks some of them are, based upon his interpretation of South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson’s “You Lie” outburst during President Obama’s speech to the joint session of Congress. Republicans emphatically deny that they are racist. Who is right?
To test this, without biasing the results, I look [...]
