By The Admin on January 27, 2010
Matthew Clark, Christian Science Monitor
- According to former NBA journeyman Paul Shirley, Haiti doesn’t deserve any help.
Mr. Shirley – who played for the Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, and Phoenix Suns, but now blogs for various websites – strayed from sports writing yesterday to pen a nearly 2,000-word piece shaming Haitians and those who have donated [...]
Posted in International News, Media
By The Admin on January 27, 2010
Less than a penny of each dollar the U.S. is spending on earthquake relief in Haiti is going in the form of cash to the Haitian government, according to an Associated Press review of relief efforts.
Two weeks after President Obama announced an initial $100 million for Haiti earthquake relief, U.S. government spending on the disaster [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on January 26, 2010
Hamil R. Harris, Washington Post
- The Montgomery and Prince George’s chapters of the NAACP have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the Hyattsville police Department, alleging it discriminated against six African American officers.
June White Dillard, president of the Prince George’s County’s chapter of the NAACP, said the organization submitted documentation [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, State & Local News
By The Admin on January 26, 2010
Former first lady Laura Bush is joining an advisory board to help raise money to build the Smithsonian Institution’s planned black history museum.
Bush will join Brown University President Ruth Simmons and Target Corp. CEO Gregg Steinhafel as new members of the National Museum of African American History and Culture advisory board.
Others who have been helping [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on January 25, 2010
Kelli Cook, 13 News
- Back in 1962, seven Orange County students were fighting for equality in education.
It’s a fight that’s continues to this day.
“Things that are wrong and long in the making, often take long to remedy,” said Frank Kruppenbacher, general counsel for Orange County Public Schools.
An end might be in sight.
On Monday afternoon, school [...]
Posted in Education, Florida, State & Local News
