By The Admin on January 31, 2011
The Atlanta Post
- Are buckets of chicken and wheel-sized burgers weapons of mass destruction in the black community?
Flavor Flav of Public Enemy fame has plans to open a chain of chicken joints, striving to “fight the power” of KFC by bringing the aroma of Flav-seasoned chicken to a corner near you.
If Flav’s Fried Chicken — [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on January 31, 2011
The United States has no plans to halt aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in spite of a crisis over who will be the nation’s next leader but does insist that the president’s chosen successor be dropped from the race, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.
Clinton arrived Sunday in the impoverished Caribbean nation for [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on January 31, 2011
Chicago Tribune
- Chicago advertising legend Tom Burrell is making what may be the most important pitch of his life. He’s trying to convince blacks that the daily consumption of negative images and stereotypes erodes self-esteem and keeps them feeling and acting like second-class citizens.
“The longest-running propaganda campaign is that of black inferiority,” said Burrell, 71, [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on January 31, 2011
New America Media
- African-American men avoid going to the doctor not because they don’t want to seek medical attention, but because they find the visits stressful and often unhelpful, a recent University of Michigan study shows.
“We tend to think they don’t want to go, when in fact it’s because they don’t have positive experiences,” said [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on January 31, 2011
Haley Barbour’s folksy style, savvy leadership in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and success as a GOP strategist have made the two-term Mississippi governor a serious contender early in the wide-open contest for the Republican presidential nomination.
Yet the 63-year-old has shown a penchant for airbrushing his state’s segregationist past, a period he’s inclined to describe [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Mississippi, White House
