LAUSD has not changed for Blacks in years…
“With minority students continuing to lag in educational achievement, the federal government has targeted the nation’s second largest public school system for wide-ranging reforms.
Sphere: Related Content
The amount of political junk mail I get from political parties is just unreal. Leftest groups are always hitting me up and during presidential election cycles, I become “that Black blogger guy who is not an Obama-bot” for political organizations on the right.
Sphere: Related Content
Despite all of this, I would not be surprised if she still wins next week’s special election.
Janice Hahn: Sticking up for the “little guy” while the little guy gets mugged, robbed and raped.
====
$7 billion dollars later and Time Magazine gets the memo that Head Start does not work.
“It is now 45 years later. We spend [...]
Man, the hits keep-a-coming.
“…DeLauro and many of her Democratic colleagues will have to swallow hard as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gathers her troops Tuesday for a rare mid-August session to pass a $26.1 billion state aid spending package that cuts billions of dollars from food stamps to save thousands of teachers’ jobs and [...]
The only people that are raising a pure hissy fit over the Alvin Greene saga in South Carolina are the political establishment in that state and the elite class who don’t even live there. The same people who helped elect Obama (Democrats) are now being clowned for nominating a person that does not meet the [...]
TheHill.com reports:
Democrats are bracing for a precipitous drop in black voter turnout next month and beyond.
Alarms are being rung about just how many African-Americans will vote without President Barack Obama on the ballot, and the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races in three weeks will provide the first major test since the 2008 election.
A recent [...]
Hypocrisy is part of the political process.
The Left has been swirling around the notion that these outbursts against ObamaCare are fueled by the eeeeevil pharmaceutical companies who see the Obama plan as a threat against their bottom line.
Today I read the following (h/t: Ace)
Drug Industry to Run Ads Favoring White House Plan
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
NYTimes.com
WASHINGTON [...]
‘Memba that promise about health care?
Not taxing health care?
Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits
After meeting with president, key senator says option is ‘on the table’ (msnbc)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for president.
Senate Finance Committee [...]
From wsj.com
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken a novel precaution to head off Republican efforts to slow action this week on a sweeping climate bill. They are hiring a speed reader.
Republicans on the committee have said they may force the reading of the entire 946-page bill — as well [...]
Last week, the Obama administration made it pretty clear that mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine should be eliminated. Two different penalties for the same drug is a very dumb idea–one that only government could make up.
Back in ’07, I posted the following excerpts. This was in response to the Congressional Black Caucus’ anger over [...]
Something I wrote as a comment the other day.
I mentioned a few days ago a comment made by the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Beranke. In short, he told a group of Morehouse college students that a major contributor to the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites is our lack of financial literacy. Why am I [...]
I talked about this issue the other day. Now there is a short youtube video with some of the kids that will be affected by cutting this school voucher program. (h/t: MM)
Sphere: Related Content
©2004-2012 The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building | Powered by WordPress with Easel | Subscribe: RSS | Back to Top ↑