By The Admin on June 15, 2011
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention elected an African-American pastor to its No. 2 position for the first time on Tuesday, signifying an effort to diversify its leadership and flock at a time of declines in overall membership and church attendance.
Fred Luter Jr., the head pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, was [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on June 15, 2011
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- In order to improve long-term educational outcomes for African-American boys—including those who ultimately become college graduates—key developmental supports must be put in place during the earliest years of their lives, particularly for those exposed to a “toxic cocktail” of poverty and all its attendant stressors.
That’s the essential message that emanated [...]
Posted in Education, Race
By The Admin on June 15, 2011
Washington Post
- Whenever there’s a scandal involving black elected officials, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett worries foremost about the dashed hopes of the people of color who elected them. He’s old school that way, ever cognizant of their historic struggle for full representation in the political process.
Also troublesome to Leggett (D) is how the wrongdoing [...]
Posted in Race, State & Local News
By The Admin on June 13, 2011
Republican White House hopefuls assailed President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy from the opening moments of their first major debate of the campaign season Monday night and pledged emphatically to repeal the administration’s year-old health care law.
“When 14 million Americans are out of work we need a new president to end the Obama [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, White House
By The Admin on June 13, 2011
BET
- A new report says that demographic factors significantly impact the mental health of Black men. This information will be helpful not only to better understand the African-American community, but also to better understand how to offer treatment to the many Black men who are in dire need of professional mental help. (Related: Black Men [...]
Posted in Health
