The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

Each week on blackinformant.com, I try to highlight missing children from around the country. This is not something to take lightly. Please take the time to look and/or pray for these dear children. Would you do any less if they were yours? ANQUIATTE PARKER

System takes from poor schools and gives to the rich, study shows School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows. The study documents the effects of a system used by nearly all of America’s urban school districts, which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Engineers Confirm Levee Shortcomings A U. S. Army Corps of Engineers official says government engineers performing sonar tests at the site of a major levee failure

“A Taiwan company called Dialogue has placed a new dot along that curve with an intriguing micro laptop called the Flybook. It’s a full-blown Windows XP computer, complete with touch screen and stylus, that’s not much bigger than a DVD case (9.3 inches by 6.1 inches and 2.7 pounds). Despite its size, the Flybook packs […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

While channel surfing last week, I came across a rebroadcast of G4TV’s big countdown for the release of the new game console: The Xbox 360. The setting was in a huge hanger located somewhere