(nydailynews.com) I should have taken a stand. I didn’t. It was the year 2000. I was interviewing for what I then considered to be the most important job of my life: Miss America 2001. I had spent the past three years dreaming about and preparing for the opportunity. I studied world news and politics. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(iht.com) JACKSON, Mississippi: The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city and two police bodyguards were acquitted of using sledgehammers and sticks to demolish a duplex he considered a drug house. Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, 57, would have been forced to resign if convicted of any of the four felony counts, and he could have faced jail […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(dailynews.com) “…Rodney King,” says longtime African-American activist Danny Bakewell, “was merely really the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Bakewell and others say King was the symbol of the two cultures that had historically co-existed in Los Angeles and of the increasingly noticeable inequalities in virtually every aspect of life – inequalities that suddenly could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(realclearpolitics.com)”…The National Committee on Pay Equity used the occasion to announce that among full-time workers, women make only 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. The three leading Democratic presidential candidates have all endorsed legislation to fix the problem. And the effort got new fuel from a report by the American Association of University […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
PARIS (Reuters) — Sitting in a cafe near the Champs Elysees, the 26-year-old French-born woman of Algerian descent looks like any other Parisian. But two months ago, she did something none of her friends have done. She had her hymen re-sewn, technically making her a virgin again. “I’m glad I had it done,” said the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ANGELIQUE ARIEL ALFORD Case Type: Missing DOB: Aug 8, 1992 Sex: Female Missing Date: Mar 24, 2007 Race: Black Age Now: 14 Height: 5’4″ (163 cm) Missing City: RICHMOND Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg) Missing State : VA Hair Color: Brown Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown Case Number: USVAVA07-253 Circumstances: Angelique has a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“If what you do in the privacy of your own home is your business, then the results of what you do in the privacy of your own home should also be your business.” ~me
Bob DeWaay and Brian Flynn of Critical Issues Commentary did what I thought was an excellent study on the Purpose Driven movement that has swept over the church in the past few years. I heard one pastor mention that roughly 70% of churches are involved in this movement in some way, shape or form. In […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Written by Glen Ellis for Real Health magazine (realhealthmag.com) “Like many of you, I too, have been confused by the reports published over the last year, by several prominent medical journals, asserting that some of the popular herbal supplements that many people (including myself) have used for years to address some common health issues are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just noticed this from my server logs. Thanks NY Daily News and the person who submitted it! [link]
The other week I received a phone call from an area code I wasn’t that familiar with. Normally I will just let it roll over to voice mail, but for whatever reason I decided to answer it. On the other end I heard the voice of someone I had not heard from for years. It […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(latimes.com) Fifteen years after the 1992 riots, South Los Angeles has seen dramatic population shifts — but frustratingly little economic progress. Latinos are a growing presence in a community that was once the center of African American life. Many middle-class black and Latino families have moved out of the area for better schools and safer […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There has been yet another disturbance in the force–the blackosphere. This time, Darth Limbaugh has dropped one on Obama…or did he? I even got an e-mail on this, so I figured I would say something about it. Question: Where did Rush get the inspiration to create the “Barack the Magic Negro” song? A. From a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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