U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras
For Some Stimulus Contractors, a Blemished Past
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“One company paid nearly $1 million for destroying seagrass in the Florida Keys marine sanctuary. Another settled a discrimination case after federal investigators found it refused to hire black employees. A third firm was rebuked by the Army for poorly screening interrogators it hired – interrogators who later abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Despite those problems, the three companies have won millions of dollars in contracts under the economic stimulus package.”
NY senators to Army: Stop the presses! Don’t use stimulus money to reprint a pamphlet
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Over the years I have written about how Black newspapers all across America and what they need to do to become a major voice in the Black community again. Let’s look at some web traffic numbers.
From Alexa
Chicago Defender – 419,609
African American News & Issues – 1,799,272
Afro American Newspaper – 296,196
Atlantatribune.com – 3,218,372
Insight News – 2,689,877
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