Posted on March 22, 2011 by theblackmancan A significant body of empirical research has demonstrated that Black male students academically underperform all students throughout the educational pipeline (Hawkins, 2010; Jackson, 2003). One has to wonder how this can be a reality when there are so... Read more...
At the summit of the African countries which will be held on Thursday in Malobu, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, according to the newspaper, shall adopt a resolution which NATO calls for an urgent cease bombing of Libya. Seven countries in Africa that are trying to mediate in resolving the... Read more...
LET’S stipulate this upfront: Everybody hates motorists who run red lights or who speed recklessly. Hence most people support those traffic cameras perched on roadsides in hundreds of municipalities all over the country, flashing retribution at offending drivers. Or shall we say, most peopl... Read more...
Phil Reitinger, the Department of Homeland Security's top cyber and computer crimes official, is resigning just days after the administration launched its most ambitious cybersecurity initiative. "I have decided that the time has come for me to move on from the Department," Reitinger wrote in... Read more...
In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and remove videos that show protests and other examples of citizens simply asserting their rights, while also de... Read more...
With 70 percent of its more than 600 million members outside the United States, Facebook is creating its own foreign service, hiring a network of ambassadors from India to Ireland to represent the Palo Alto-based social network with foreign governments and cultures. Facebook's new global polic... Read more...
So important is the principle of free speech to Google, that the search giant is ready to stand up for sites like the Pirate Bay as European governments prepare to launch new laws to block them. “Hopefully, the French or any other country won’t pass laws that are so foolish they force Goog... Read more...
Japanese consumers would be on the hook for nuclear damage payments and earthquake reconstruction costs under two tax plans the government is considering, officials said Tuesday. The Kyodo News agency said one plan would raise electricity customers' charges to help cover claims against To... Read more...
Come its next elections in 2014, the parliament's constitutional affairs committee wants voters across the 27 European Union states to pick 751 constituency MEPs in essentially national contests, but now also 25 super MEPs from an EU-wide list of candidates. The bill's sponsor, Liberal Demo... Read more...