YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Jorge Castaneda knelt on a rocky ledge with a map of the Sierra Nevada spread before him.
“There aren’t street names,” the 18-year-old city kid said only half-jokingly just before his first backpacking trip. “How are we supposed to read these maps?”
Castaneda was with a group of young men from [...]
(smallbiztrends.com) Generation Y (25 and under) has grown up watching their parents go off to work every day, 40 – 60 hours per week, with fierce loyalty only to be downsized, outsourced, or laid off in their 40’s and 50’s.
This reality has the 20-somethings with a different mindset from previous generations. We do not want [...]
(radioink.com) Urban radio remains the best way to reach black consumers, according to a new presentation by ROI Media Solutions based on Arbitron Portable People Meter data. In Philadelphia, more than 91 percent of black listeners 12 and older listened to at least one of the market’s five Urban-oriented stations over the course of a [...]
It is amazing how a little knowledge can actually change the course of a generation. Do you realize how many diseases our kids could avoid just by learning how to understand food labels?
The ball is now in your court.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(foxnews.com) CHICAGO — Police have stepped up their search for a missing pharmaceutical company sales representative after finding the 28-year-old woman’s car near an abandoned building.
Nailah Franklin was last heard from Tuesday, when she sent an uncharacteristically vague text message to friends and family saying that she was having dinner and that she’d call [...]
This is Antwoin – an active, vibrant African American young man who wants to be a permanent part of a loving family. He enjoys playing musical instruments, swimming, bowling, and video games. Antwoin tends to be very verbal which sometimes gets him into trouble at home and in school. He does well in his academic [...]
Since the story of domestic abuse and possible divorce between Juanita Bynum and her husband Thomas Weeks has been in the headlines, jaws from coast to coast have been flapping over this whole unfolding drama. While most critics are using this time to rightfully shame these and other so-called ministers of the Gospel for fleecing [...]
Found this on oldtruth.com
“Do you simply go to church to get temporary relief, to forget your troubles and feel happier for a moment? God have mercy upon you if you do! No; the business of the church is to deal with the real problem of men and women–not to give alms, but to offer a [...]
The Examiner (San Francisco) is in the middle of a series talking about the lawyers behind class action suits and their role behind the political machine of Washington. Definitely worth the read!
(examiner.com) When The Examiner asked legal experts across the country who are top lawyers specializing in filing bigtime class action lawsuits against Fortune 500 [...]
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