By The Admin on December 27, 2011
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson says she plans to introduce a federal anti-hazing bill as soon as Congress returns from its holiday break next month.
The Miami Democrat says her proposal is designed to ensure no one endures a beating like one leading to the death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion last month. She announced [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on December 27, 2011
African-American senior citizens are significantly less likely than whites to be diagnosed and treated for depression, a Rutgers University study concluded.
Researchers reviewed five years of national data from the U.S. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, looking at the financial, insurance and health-care use information of 33,708 beneficiaries from 2001 to 2005.
The Rutgers study, to appear in [...]
Posted in Health, Race
By The Admin on December 27, 2011
When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his Monticello plantation to settle his debts. Peter Fossett, 11, was among them, recalling that he was “born and reared as free, not knowing that I was a slave, then suddenly, at the death of Jefferson, put on an auction block and sold to strangers.”
Fossett’s [...]
Posted in Virginia
By The Admin on December 27, 2011
The Black unemployment crisis continues to fester. While the national jobless rate dropped in November, African-American unemployment actually increased; it’s now at 15.5 percent. Black veterans are finding it hard to get work when they come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, and even the Sun Belt, once a place of great economic opportunity for African-Americans, [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Race
By The Admin on December 27, 2011
African Americans Are Trendsetters
We have always been trendsetters whether it’s fashion, gadgets, music, or businesses African Americans have been pioneers in most cases. As I think about my early days growing up I realize that it was because of black media that I always known how we impacted the world. This in turn gave me [...]
Posted in Media
