Growing up in North Philly, the state liquor store was a fixture in our community. I can still see it in my memory to this very day (located right on Broad street not too far from the old Deliverance church (which used to be a theater). Both of my parents used to drink which is [...]
“Dr. Lindsay Marsh is a young, inspiring woman with a heart to see young people: teenagers, college students and singles, experience God’s best, and fulfill their destinies, while keeping their own ‘flavor’ as a sold-out believer, who is not ashamed of the gospel. Originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio, Minister Lindsay attended The George Washington [...]
Reality beyond cyberspace!
Gangs At Our Doorstep
People near McKnight Mill Road say they’re prisoners in their own neighborhood.
(wfmynews2.com) Greensboro, NC — Greensboro Police reports show gangs play a growing role in local crime.
People near McKnight Mill Road say they’re prisoners in their own neighborhood because of gang activity.
Graffiti is scattered on bridges, sidewalks and signs throughout [...]
(latimes.com) California public school students posted small or no gains on standardized test scores last spring, raising concerns about a leveling off of previous achievement increases and continuing debate about the disparities between black and Latino students and their white and Asian peers.
Statewide, 41% of students reached the “advanced” or “proficient” level in math and [...]
Where Imus Goes, Advertisers Will Follow
David Kiley (businessweek.com)
If Don Imus, the exiled morning dee-jay returns to the airwaves this Fall, which is widely expected, it won’t be long until major advertisers line up to sponsor his show.
Imus, who was banished by CBS and MSNBC last April for racially derogatory remarks made in reference to the [...]
(telegraph.co.uk) The Orang-utans of Borneo are facing an unprecedented threat as their habitat is destroyed to satisfy increasing global demands for bio-fuel.
As jungles are rapidly replaced by palm oil plantations, the great apes starve and are hunted, mutilated, burnt and snared by workers protecting their crops.At a rehabilitation centre run by the charity Borneo Orang-utan [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The federal government is warning Indiana it faces a $10 million penalty for not moving enough welfare recipients into jobs and off of public rolls in 2005.
A Family and Social Services Administration spokesman says the state will appeal.
The warning came in a letter this week to FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob (ROHB) from [...]
In an earlier post, I suggested to readers that the ‘blog swarm’ is going to have to mature if it wants to be relevant beyond racial issues (and conspiracy theories). One of the ideas I put out there was getting behind some of our Black independent filmmakers who have made some exceptional work worthy of [...]
(sciam.com) Farmer Danny Anderson, 53, must have thought he had things under control after using a shovel to hack the head off a snake that had slithered onto his farm in central Washington State. He couldn’t possibly have predicted what happened next: The severed head did a “backflip almost” and bit his finger, the AP [...]
Sites (for the brothas) worth checking out:
Black Men Raising Girls Alone
InnocentDads.org
US Citizens Against Paternity Fraud
Any links to organizations that help mentor men on fatherhood would be appreciated. Thanks!
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A prominent New Orleans politician pleaded guilty on Monday to federal corruption charges and resigned his seat on the City Council.
Councilman Oliver Thomas, 50, admitted in court that he had accepted more than $18,000 dollars in kickbacks in 2002 in exchange for helping a businessman retain a lucrative city parking contract [...]
This is ESPN’s cover on the book. While I think that ESPN was a little over the top in the first few minutes, it still serves as another reminder of forgotten history that needs to be retold to our children.
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(mediatakeout.com) Last night was a pretty rough one for R&B legend Anita Baker. MediaTakeOut.com has learned that Anita gave a free concert last night in Brooklyn that was less than crowd pleasing.
One concertgoer tells MediaTakeOut.com, “The concert is WHACK. She [was] either talking or humming through the entire performance. I swear she [was] either drunk [...]
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