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The L.A. Times has uncovered emails between Obama administration officials regarding the firing of Shirley Sherrod from the Agriculture Department over statements taken out of context by right wing blogger, Andrew Breitbart. Hundreds of pages of e-mails released to the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act provide a detailed, behind-the-scenes […]
The children are suffering. Why are the kids being diagnosed with various conditions and allergies at a rapid rate these days? A new study revealed in Business Week stated African-American males are showing the highest rate of food allergies. Over 7 million people have been diagnosed with food allergies. Research was analyzed from eight thousand […]
In a new listing published by AOL, Washington, D.C.’s L St. SE was listed as one of the top 10 most dangerous neighborhoods in the country, ranking 9th. The neighborhood sits on a top-25 list that is topped by Chicago’s W. Lake St, in which a person’s chances of becoming a victim is 1 in […]
Different experiences. Different histories. Different roads to living in the United States in 2010. Today, Black, White, and Latino families of the same income have very different levels of wealth. The three groups have different levels of educational attainment, life savings, hourly wages, access to medical care, and different life expectancies.
Rhode Island’s Brown University says hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean (WY’-klef zhahn) has accepted an appointment as a visiting fellow in its Department of Africana Studies for the 2010-11 academic year.
Solar panels and a solar hot water heater will soon be installed at the White House, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday.
A Gainesville man shot six people and then killed himself in an east Gainesville shooting spree on Monday. One victim was killed and the other five were in surgery as of Monday night, police said in a press conference. The suspect is Clifford L. Miller Jr., 24, who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound […]
Well, it appears that some of the nation’s leading economists have proclaimed that the recession is over. Of course, these were the best and brightest who failed to warn us of the Great Recession in the first place, but I don’t want to sidetrack you with trivialities.