By The Admin on May 27, 2010
Using frozen embryos may level the playing field for African-American and white women undergoing in vitro fertilization, a new study suggests, despite earlier research showing that African- American women have lower success rates with the procedure than white women do.
The findings, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility, may ultimately help shed light on the [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on May 27, 2010
- Paul Scott
“Lay that pistol down, Babe. Lay that pistol down
Pistol packin’ mama. Lay that pistol down.”
Al Dexter
Back when I was a kid, Grandma used to tell me stories about coon hunting. No, I’m not talking about our furry little friends with the Zorro masks, I’m talking about the old derogatory term for black folks. [...]
Posted in Media, Race
By The Admin on May 26, 2010
Azi Paybarah, New York Observer
- Andrew Cuomo called the Rev. Al Sharpton earlier today to pledge that, despite the lack of racial diveristy on the Democrats’ statewide ticket, there will be diversity in his administration if he gets to the governor’s mansion, according to a source briefed on the conversation.
Cuomo and Sharpton have also agreed [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, New York, State & Local News
By The Admin on May 26, 2010
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., whose Parks Sausage Co. became the first black-owned business in the U.S. to go public in 1969, has died at age 90.
He died Monday at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore after suffering from congestive heart failure, his son Brian Haysbert said Tuesday.
Born in poverty, Haysbert later became a member of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on May 26, 2010
President Barack Obama’s plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border appears to be a scaled-down version of the border security approach championed by his predecessor.
The 6,000 troops who were sent by President George W. Bush to the border from June 2006 to July 2008 were generally credited within [...]
Posted in White House
