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

Consider this as an addendum to what I wrote about yesterday (“Don’t worry, Bono got us covered“)
Press Release:
Los Angeles County Launches Unprecedented Media Campaign to Fight Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Effort Moves Beyond the Billboard to Reach African American women and Latinas, Gay and Bi-sexual Men
>And what is their way of convincing grown folks who have already [...]

Courtland Milloy did an interesting piece on D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. In it he talks about how Fenty is not bowing to the pressure of having to make his appointees fully reflect the demographic of the city that he represents. I come from the school that says if I feel that a person makes [...]

(miamiherald.com) Phyllis Horn says her house became a home seven years ago when she opened her large Homestead residence to her first foster son.
Since then, the mother of three adult sons has given short- and long-term shelter to 25 boys.
”These children make the difference between a house and a home,” Horn said.
The private foster-care agency [...]

(nationalgeographic.com) Plants have family values, too, it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together.
An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe.
Susan Dudley and Amanda File of McMaster [...]

AMBER WRIGHT
Case Type: Lost, Injured, Missing
DOB: Mar 28, 1990
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Jun 16, 2007
Race: Black
Age Now: 17
Height: 5’7″ (170 cm)
Missing City: DETROIT
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Missing State : MI
Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States
Eye Color: Brown
Case Number: NCMC1073487
Circumstances: Amber was last seen on June 16, 2007 at her home. She was last seen [...]

(denverpost.com) Skepticism is the only appropriate response to news that the Denver Public Schools will hold principals and teachers more accountable for low student attendance.
The problem of high truancy rates in Denver is not new (I first wrote about it in 1988) and was generally tolerated as long as it didn’t adversely affect teachers and [...]

(blackenterprise.com) On a flight from Chicago to New York, Quintin E. Primo III glances out his window and peers down at the skyscrapers that make up Manhattan’s world-renowned skyline. As the plane soars over the majestic towers of steel, concrete, and glass, Primo is filled with anticipation that soon he’ll be a major player there [...]