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(ArkansasBusiness.com) "The percentage of blacks in managerial and professional jobs in Little Rock grew from 13.7 percent in 1980 to 26.8 percent in 2000 – 1.6 percent higher than the national average, according to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's fourth annual Racial Attitudes Survey. The survey is part of a continuing project to measure the attitudes of white and black residents in Pulaski County about race relations. The study ...More

Val of Babalu Blog posted this on his site yesterday. I thought it was pretty interesting so I am going to post portions of it here. Here are the goals that stuck out to me: (From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen) 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. 3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament of the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength. 4. Permit free ...More

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- National pregnancy center groups are continuing to reach out to black communities in an effort to combat the presence of abortion facilities and reduce the alarming rates of abortions on African-American women. Despite strong Christian upbringings in many black communities across the nation, black women account for 13 percent of the American population but 37 percent of all abortions. The abortions rate appear to be correlated with the ...More

Haitians living abroad propped up the economy of their impoverished Caribbean homeland by sending more than $1.65 billion in cash to relatives last year, according to a report from the Inter-American Development Bank. That sum represented twice Haiti's national budget and 30 per cent of its gross domestic product, said Jean Geneus, Haiti's minister in charge of Haitians living abroad. "Remittances are the most important economic factor in Haiti today," said Donald ...More

(tuscaloosanews.com) "Doctors receive money typically in return for delivering lectures about drugs to other doctors. Some of the doctors receiving the most money sit on committees that prepare guidelines instructing doctors nationwide about when to use medicines. Dr. Collins, who received more money than anyone else in the state, is among a limited number whose payments financed research. In dozens of interviews, most doctors said that these payments had no effect ...More