(foxnews.com) A Florida lawmaker wants the state to stop using the term “illegal aliens,” saying the second word should be changed to something less … foreign. “I personally find the word ‘alien’ offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children,” Sen. Frederica Wilson told The News-Press. “An alien to me is someone from out of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mistaken assumptions about black sexuality are finding their way into scientific research on the spread of HIV, and this could do more to fuel risky behavior than prevent it, authors of a new commentary warn. Reports on African-American men who identify themselves as straight but secretly have sex with men […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Poll: Obama Ahead Of Clinton Among African-American Voters CHICAGO (CBS 2) — Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are just beginning their presidential campaigns, but a poll says there has already been a major shift among African-American voters. A Washington Post poll shows Obama with 44 percent support from black voters, while Clinton had 33 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(cqpolitics.com) February is Black History Month, and CQPolitics.com yesterday asked readers to identify the state that has elected more African-Americans in its history. (The correct answer is Illinois, which has had 16 black members of Congress). As a follow-up, CQPolitics.com today lists all 25 states  half the total in the country  that have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(strategypage.com) “Frustrated at the growing gang violence in Haiti, UN peacekeepers decided to try the gangbusters approach. So for the last two months, the peacekeeping troops have gone after the gangs, in particular the gang leaders. The gangsters responded by finding new hideouts. But the most damaging response by the criminals was to find journalists, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(LOS ANGELES, CA) Former computer hacker and CEO of LIGATT Security, Gregory D. Evans, has invented and launched a new service to combat call evasion. SPOOFEM.COM is an online program that allows anyone to change the number that appears on another person’s caller ID. It also includes features like voice disguising, call recording, and text […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The following two commentaries fall right in line with something I said several times on this site: “Ask 5 members of the ‘America still owes us’ crowd to define reparations and you will get AT LEAST 10 different responses.” When I first read this article last week, I decided to ignore it because IMO it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stewart Title, a real estate information and transaction management company, has made a deposit of $300,000 at Legacy Bank of Milwaukee to help minorities own homes and develop businesses. Legacy Bank, founded by three African-American women in 1999, is a part of Legacy Bancorp Inc. In eight years of business, Legacy Bank has become one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson Enjoy the moment!!!!! Readers PLEASE stay away from the “…but we still have a looooooooooooong way to go as a people” commentaries as they are over the horizon. This is real progress and it shouldn’t be dampened in any way. Congrats to two great actors!!
JOSHUA COX Case Type: Lost, Injured, Missing DOB: May 8, 1990 Sex: Male Missing Date: Feb 2, 2007 Race: Black Age Now: 16 Height: 6’0″ (183 cm) Missing City: TEXARKANA Weight: 175 lbs (79 kg) Missing State : TX Hair Color: Black Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown Case Number: NCMC1063907 Circumstances: Joshua was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As promised I have just finished my second installment of this series. Instead of posting here, I decided to post it on my work in progress blog entitled “The Mourning Bench“. The key phrase here is WORK IN PROGRESS because I will be tweaking this site for the next month or so. For now, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I received this comment on this site recently. my name is mr.philip carter and i am a ex-offender i am in need of some help i have been home scents july of last year and i am having a lot of problems trying to optain a job and a place to live i have been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are just a few of the over 600 pictures I took on our recent vacation. Clicking on the picture will show you a much larger version. As for pics of my family, I’m not quite ready to put my family out there on the net like that . Some of the pics may appear […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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