By The Admin on September 27, 2010
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs John Wiecha, MD, MPH, in the Department of Family Medicine, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Challenge grant from the National Library of Medicine. The grant, valued at more than $950,000 will fund a study to [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on September 27, 2010
Africana Online
- There have been over 130 people released from death row since the death penalty was reinstated in our country. One hundred and thirty times the courts have decided, ‘Hey, you really aren’t guilty. We got this one wrong.’ But, that is a very small number compared to how many more convictions need to [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice | Tagged Troy Davis
By The Admin on September 27, 2010
Atlanta Post
- It’s odd but no so odd at the same time. By now, many people expect to walk into a beauty supply store and see a Korean store owner manning the register. Whether you’re in the suburbs of Houston or on MLK Blvd in Anytown, USA, you know what to expect. And yet, walking [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
By The Admin on September 27, 2010
A longtime feud between former Philadelphia Mayor John Street and his successor has been renewed with racially charged comments from Street, who told a newspaper that Mayor Michael Nutter was “not a black mayor … just a mayor with dark skin.”
The two men, both black, have sparred for years, dating back to when both were [...]
Posted in Pennsylvania, Race | Tagged John Street, Michael Nutter, Philadelphia
By The Admin on September 27, 2010
African-American civil rights, business and political leaders are opposing U.S. Department of Education regulations that would limit access to career colleges for many minorities by cutting off federal loans and grants at some of the for-profit learning institutions.
Among those voicing concerns about the regulations are Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Founder/CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Willie [...]
Posted in Education
