By The Admin on June 28, 2010
Hazel Trice Edney, NNPA Editor-in-Chief
- The Rev. Bernice King, elected nine months ago as the first woman president to serve at the helm of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has yet to be sworn in due to circumstances that she has described as “a sad state of affairs”.
Speaking publicly for the first time about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bernice King, SCLC
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
Dr. Christopher J. Metzler
- The senate will soon begin coronation hearings for Elena Kagan. At the end of the hearings, the Senate will vote to have Kagan don the black robes and become the most political justice since Earl Warren.
I believe that elections have consequences and that the President is entitled to the nominee of his or [...]
Posted in Congress, White House | Tagged Elena Kagan, Supreme Court
By Prof. Kush Jenkins, MBA on June 28, 2010
This morning, mortgage giant, Fannie Mae, announced new rules aimed at getting tough with what it calls “strategic defaults”. The company has found that there are a group of people who are walking away from their homes that have “the capacity to pay”. However, Fannie Mae plans to get tough with all borrowers that default [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, The Bottom Line | Tagged Fannie Mae
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood stars to spread a message targeting one of their own, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar.
The satirical video featuring actors Megan Fox and fiancee Brian Austin Green highlights how funding shortfalls have killed jobs for librarians, nurses, translators, janitors and teachers.
While the [...]
Posted in Education | Tagged Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, public schools
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
For each boy, the new school offered an escape and a chance at a life that seemed beyond reach.
Krishaun Branch was getting D’s, smoking reefer a lot, skipping school twice a week. His mother was too busy working to know what he was doing. He liked to fight and hang out in the streets; having [...]
Posted in Education
