FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PANEL DISCUSSION: THE PORTRAYAL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY Philadelphia, PA- A panel will be held on December 9, 2011 from 7:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. at St. Joseph’s University, Banquet Hall North 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131. ... Read more...
... "It's On" Iran's military has shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran and has threatened to respond to the violation of Iranian airspace, a military source told state television Sunday. "Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern I... Read more...
Minority students will likely outnumber white students in the next decade or two, but the failure of the national teacher demographic to keep up with that trend is hurting minority students who tend to benefit from teachers with similar backgrounds. Minority students make up more than 40 percen... Read more...
The world's largest supporter of AIDS programs has made an ominous announcement: Because of the global financial crisis, it is well short of its fundraising goals. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria pays for more than half of the world's HIV medicine, and supports hun... Read more...
Recent report by Golden State charter advocates claiming gains tarnished after review by Arizona State professor BOULDER, CO (November 10) - In a recent report, the California Charter School Association claims that the state's charter schools are narrowing the Black-White achievement gap... Read more...
Another week, another podcast... Did you miss us? Dont lie... This week Our group discussion featured Kevin Golden x Spit x Mr. Blair x Special guest I Am Not A Rapper fashion blogger Andrea (V3nusVsMars) Topics Discussed: Facebook Porn x Google F*ck ups x Blair's attack on "The Skor... Read more...
Black Friday as a term has been used in multiple contexts, going back to the nineteenth century, where it was associated with a financial crisis in 1869 in the United States. The earliest known reference to "Black Friday" to refer to the day after Thanksgiving was made in a 1966 publication on t... Read more...
As school districts across the nation have scaled back instructional hours and moved to four-day weeks to balance their budgets, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is forging ahead with his push for a longer school day and year. And, though his plan is stirring controversy on many fronts, if implemented wel... Read more...
Mumia Abu Jamal - Tea Parties And Protests As the Occupy Wall street movement gains steam and inspires similar protests worldwide, defenders of the so-called Tea Party have decried the Occupation activists as "law breakers" "radicals", and even "un-American" (unlike themselves, of course). ... Read more...