June 2011
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Black student chained to locker, finds noose around dummy in alleged racial bullying incident
Los Angeles Times – An African American student at Santa Monica High School says fellow members of the wrestling team chained him to a locker and hung a noose around a brown wrestling dummy. The alleged racial incident is being investigated by Santa Monica police and school officials, who sent an email to parents earlier [...]
Analysis: Mrs. Obama hits her stride as first lady
After more than two years as America’s first lady, Michelle Obama won’t say she’s hit her stride. Her performance on a good will mission to Africa, including an emotionally rousing speech about youth leadership and a packed itinerary that rivaled her husband’s traveling schedules, said otherwise. On her second overseas business trip without the president, [...]
Three decades later, AIDS remains deadly among Blacks
Recent, unprecedented clinical advances provide the means for ending the AIDS epidemic, according to a recent report from the Black AIDS Institute. The breakthroughs include a major clinical trial demonstrating that early use of antiretroviral therapy sharply lowers the risk of the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Positive [...]
Canadian Senator urges blacks to ‘rise up and claim our rightful place’
Montreal Gazette – Blacks in Canada need to unite, rise up and address the deep racism in this country that keeps them out of positions of power, a Conservative senator says. “What will it take for our collective Afro-Canadian family to unite — to rise up and claim our rightful place in Canadian society?” Conservative [...]
Ex-cop admits role in Katrina shootings cover-up
Lt. Michael Lohman knew police had a serious problem when he arrived at the scene of deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Officers had shot and killed two people and wounded four others, but no guns were found on any of the victims. Lohman, the ranking officer on the scene of [...]
