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

Just when you thought that the words “smoking crack” and “government” in D.C. went out with former D.C. mayor Marion Barry, here is another story that just makes you want to just slap folks: (forbes.com) The woman charged with plowing a car through a crowded street festival at speeds up to 70 mph had been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

For the past few days my wife and I have been furniture shopping. For starters, there is no way in the world that all of these stores are having a “close-out” sale all at the same time. (LOL) After being on a steady diet of HGTV for the past few years or so while renting, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

These were all on the same notice TYRONDA SMITH-CARROLL Case Type: Lost, Injured, Missing DOB: Jun 5, 1992 Sex: Female Missing Date: May 30, 2007 Race: Black Age Now: 14 Height: 5’5″ (165 cm) Missing City: BALTIMORE Weight: 100 lbs (45 kg) Missing State : MD Hair Color: Black Missing Country: United States Eye Color: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

(washingtontimes.com) The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors’ rebellion over President Bush’s immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, The Washington Times has learned. Faced with an estimated 40 percent falloff in small-donor contributions and aging phone-bank equipment that the RNC said would cost too much to update, Anne Hathaway, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

[article dated November 14, 2006] (jacksonville.com) Growing up in South Georgia, outside of Waycross, John King would often go fishing with family members in the ponds near home. In the beginning, the goal was to catch bream, a term used to describe a variety of species, most of which make for good eating. But King […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

(miamiherald.com) Despite widespread warnings about skin cancer, more than one-third of all Americans — 36.9 percent — had at least one sunburn in 2004, and African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanic whites to suffer a burn. Florida — the ”Sunshine State” — ranked only 39th in sunburn prevalence. The top states were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…