December 2011
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Jamaica’s opposition wins elections in a landslide
On Jamaica’s rutted streets, the complaints have been chronic — home ownership is out of reach for most wage earners, the cost of electricity has skyrocketed, water service regularly fizzles out and decent jobs are scarce. Fed up with chronic hard times, voters in this debt-wracked Caribbean nation on Thursday threw out the ruling party [...]
Scholars want help identifying slaves’ origins
Almost two centuries before there was a man named Obama in the White House, there was a man named Obama shackled in the bowels of a slave ship. There is no proof that the unidentified Obama has ties to President Barack Obama. All they share is a name. But that is exactly the commonality that [...]
Logan, publisher of Michigan Chronicle, dies at 78
Samuel Logan Jr., the publisher of the prominent African-American newspaper the Michigan Chronicle who was known for his dedication to news coverage of the black community and a willingness to make tough stands, has died. He was 78. Logan died Wednesday at his home in Detroit and a cause of death hasn’t yet been determined, [...]
Federal Courts Still Struggling with Whether White Bosses can Call Black Employees “Boy”
A federal appellate court based in the South has gone back and forth over the expression “boy” as it pertains to African-Americans. In September 2010 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia, overturned a lower court ruling that said it was racially inappropriate for Thomas Hatley, a white manager at [...]
Congressman calls for investigation of Illinois jail deaths
A U.S. Congressman asked federal authorities Wednesday to investigate the alleged suicides of two African-American men just three days apart while in custody at the same Chicago police station and during the same shifts. Lawyers for the men’s families say the November deaths should raise questions given the city’s history of police abuse.The mother of [...]
