By The Admin on September 7, 2009
The Ebony Fashion Fair, a show starring black models and geared towards African-American audiences, has canceled its fall tour, organizers said.
The Miami Herald described the 50-year-old fair as a traveling style show that showcases the work of dozens of designers from around the world, while also raising money for local charities in the areas where [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on September 7, 2009
As prepared for delivery
- Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.
I know that for many of you, today is the first day [...]
Posted in Education, White House
By The Admin on September 7, 2009
President Barack Obama declared Monday that modern benefits like paid leave, minimum wage and Social Security “all bear the union label,” as he appealed to organized labor to help him win the health care fight in Congress.
“It was labor that helped build the largest middle class in history. So, even if you’re not a union [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on September 7, 2009
South Carolina has a lot to gain, for its public health and its economy, by correcting racial disparities in stroke, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston conclude.
In South Carolina, African Americans suffer strokes at younger ages and have worse outcomes than Caucasians, Dr. Wayne Feng and colleagues report in the latest [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on September 7, 2009
CLARENCE PAGE, Houston Chronicle
- After decades of criticizing public schools as places where hardly anybody learns anything, suddenly conservatives are upset that a 15- to 20-minute Web cast in schools might teach too much. That’s because the Web cast is by President Barack Obama. His critics fear he might teach something that they’d rather not [...]
Posted in Race, White House
