By The Admin on September 9, 2009
Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people:
When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse.
As any American who [...]
Posted in Health, White House
By The Admin on September 9, 2009
Luke Russert, MSNBC
In a press conference today on Capitol Hill, the Congressional Black Caucus reiterated its support for a “robust public option” within the House healthcare reform bill.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) said, “As members of the Congressional Black Caucus, we are unwavering in our support of a robust public option.” When asked by NBC News [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on September 9, 2009
Arelis Hernandez, Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Sesame Street and President Barack Obama have two things in common when it comes to managing public discourse. In the 1960s, the popular television show was accused of promoting socialism because it taught children how to share. Now, the president is being called a communist for encouraging students [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on September 9, 2009
A historic cemetery that is the last vestige of an African-American community founded by former slaves is at the center of a legal battle between a developer and a woman whose grandparents and uncle are buried there.
A lawsuit has been filed in Fulton County Superior Court on behalf of Elon Butts Osby seeking to stop [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on September 7, 2009
Matthew Hay Brown, Baltimore Sun
- Undaunted by the pummeling it is taking from former members, the Church of Scientology has been stepping up efforts to reach out to African-Americans.
Details appear in an interview with veteran rapper Doug E. Fresh at essence.com.
“Scientology is not a White religion. It is not just for White people,” the artist, [...]
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