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(sbsun.com) When authorities began finding marijuana grow houses in Southern California this year, they were shocked by their sophistication and by the complex Asian crime syndicates believed responsible for their establishment. But after months of examining their history and movement, investigators say the appearance of the crime syndicates in the region was practically inevitable. An organization similar to the purported network of marijuana grow houses established by Asian criminal organizations in the ...More

Dang! I know at least a couple of people who will be pissed over this. Article dated 9/12/07 (blackcollegewire.org) The new school year at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro began with the revelation that a state audit has uncovered close to $2 million in mismanaged funds. The audit documents instances of fraud and mismanaged federal grants and other funds, including $380,000 in vending receipts that were diverted to a spending ...More

Joanne Jacobs writes... (pasadenastarnews.com) The magnet school scheme was tried from 1985 to 1997 in Kansas City, Mo., at a cost of $2billion. To lure suburban white students, Kansas City's inner-city schools were equipped with lavish facilities: Indoor pools, gymnasia, high-tech science labs, computers, etc. But programs designed for the needs and interests of middle-class white suburbanites did not serve inner-city blacks. And few suburban students were willing to commute to ...More

Cynthia Tucker writes in her latest column "Black victims of crime deserve outrage, too": "Even black politicians and activists pay less attention to cases where black victims are given short shrift. Though most crime involves a victim and a perpetrator of the same race, there is no tradition of outrage on behalf of black victims who are attacked by black assailants. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, who is black, has ...More