By The Admin on March 30, 2011
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
- President Obama is being criticized from all fronts for participating in the no-fly zone over Libya. Both sides of the political spectrum are asking if the humanitarian goals are a cover for regime change. How much will this cost? Who will pay for it? What’s the objective [...]
Posted in International News, White House | Tagged Gaddafi, Libya
By The Admin on March 30, 2011
The NAACP issues a call to action to the faith community to champion the importance of HIV testing and prevention in their respective congregations and communities.
“We need to acknowledge that, in America, health is a true civil right. It is essential that we enlist leaders from every corner of society to fight back against a [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on March 28, 2011
President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said.
“Too often what we have been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools,” [...]
Posted in Education, White House
By The Admin on March 28, 2011
FITSNews
- Members of the S.C. Legislative Black Caucus (LBC) are pressing Gov. Nikki Haley for a meeting.
Led by State Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston), these LBC members want assurances from Haley that her economic development efforts will not disproportionately benefit white South Carolinians – while her proposed government “cuts” do not disproportionately hurt black South Carolinians.
In [...]
Posted in South Carolina
By The Admin on March 28, 2011
Today, the nation’s premiere civil rights organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the NAACP, including its Florida State Conference of Branches, and Advancement Project, together urged Florida Governor Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to comply with the Voting Rights Act by submitting newly proposed changes to the state’s rules [...]
Posted in Florida, Policy & Issues
