By The Admin on January 26, 2011
Africana Online
- Like in real life, I don’t even know what to feel right now. Disgusted isn’t even the word for this. Like where are the parents. These little girls have the wrong role models. And this is sad, these little girls are our future and quite frankly I’m scared. The fact that they are [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on January 26, 2011
Bay Windows
- Last week Martin Luther King tributes were taking place across the nation. And the spirit of MLK and the courageous acts of our foremothers and forefather of civil rights movement are etched indelibly in many of our hearts.
But the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King’s era of the 1960s , many would [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on January 26, 2011
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, the witty Black political scientist who has developed a loyal following as a television pundit on MSNBC and a columnist for The Nation, has decided to leave her teaching post at Princeton University to join the faculty at Tulane University, where she will head up a new [...]
Posted in National Politics
By The Admin on January 26, 2011
Politico
- Sharp population declines in big cities across the map have Congressional Black Caucus members anxiously monitoring redistricting developments, fearful that numerous African-American House members could find their districts dramatically altered for 2012.
The problem is expected to be most acute in economically hard-hit Northern states including Michigan, Missouri and Ohio — all of which saw [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on January 26, 2011
Barack Obama’s top ally in the Senate Tuesday brusquely rejected the president’s call for a ban on the practice of stuffing home state projects known as earmarks into spending bills.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the president “has enough power already” and that Obama’s reported embrace Tuesday night of an earmark ban promoted by Republicans [...]
Posted in Congress, White House
