By The Admin on September 25, 2011
In his first television interview on the economic crisis with BET Networks, President Obama will address a variety of topics that are of specific concern to the African-American community including The American Jobs Act. BET News sits down with President Obama at the White House in an exclusive one-on-one interview; the first in a series [...]
Posted in Media, White House
By The Admin on September 25, 2011
Hosting presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann at Trident Technical College last month, Rep. Tim Scott displayed the cool under pressure and quick wits that have made him one of the fastest-rising stars in Washington.
Called on to ask Bachmann a question, a conservative activist named Sheri Irwin launched into a passionate rant against illegal immigration.
While many [...]
Posted in Congress, South Carolina
By The Admin on September 25, 2011
A hockey fan threw a banana at the Philadelphia Flyers’ Wayne Simmonds in an apparent racist taunt as the winger prepared for a shootout.
Simmonds scored on the attempt, which came Thursday night in a pre-season game against the Detroit Red Wings before a neutral crowd in London, Ontario. After the game, Simmonds took the high [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on September 25, 2011
African-Americans’ buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report, released today, collaboratively by Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy, and The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Race
By The Admin on September 22, 2011
The current Depression-era level of unemployment in too many African-American communities is no longer news. But finding effective ways to address the issue is an ongoing problem and frustratingly difficult to solve in part because of the various reasons that have led to such disproportionately high joblessness.
When asked, most people would probably cite the nation’s [...]
Posted in Congress, Policy & Issues
