http://media.nbcchicago.com/designvideo/embeddedPlayer.swf?pid=xR702UTBWXEpO99aRCP3oTM7ymR2UcUj <p style=”font-size:small”>View more videos at: <a href=”http://nbcchicago.com/?__source=embedCode”>http://nbcchicago.com</a&gt;.</p> Chicago continues to make headline news in some of the most disheartening stories.  Me, personally, I would rather give you positive images of the culture to uplift and encourage a positive aura in order for us to conquer and move from being an endangered race.  Sadly, in this […]

This story Reported by Gabe Gutierrez | KHOU 11 News informs us that Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign is defending itself against questions raised in a report about a racial slur on a property his family leased for years. In a front-page article Sunday, The Washington Post reported the word “N*****head” had been painted on a […]

As Americans we can be looked at as being very touchy and try to be too PC when it comes to such things that display racial reference, but could it be the result in how we have been nurtured or what certain regions are culturally used to.  Well, I have an interesting update for you. “Black […]

Last week from September 18-24 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week was in session. CNN & NewsOne reported that presidents of several historically Black colleges and universities met with staffers from President Obama’s administration. They  met at a conference entitled, “HBCUs: Engaging the World Anew” Continue Story

I thought this story would be great that DefenderNetwork.com posted that I thought would be great to share.  Enjoy the read. Young adults are the recession’s lost generation. In record numbers, they’re struggling to find work, shunning long-distance moves to live with mom and dad, delaying marriage and raising kids out of wedlock, if they’re […]

The dictionary describes poverty as a state of being extremely poor and being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. When we hear poverty we immediately think inner city or rural America, some call it “The Ghetto!”  However, it’s been reported that it’s in the idyllic suburbs. A record 15.4 million suburban residents lived below the […]

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According to the AP, thousands of Haitians living in one of the biggest tent camps created after last year’s earthquake could soon have a new home: the mountains north of Port-au-Prince. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/31292

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According to the AP, the U.S. State Department is strongly urging U.S. citizens to carefully consider before visiting Haiti. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/31191

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According to the AP, Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and set its sights on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last year’s earthquake. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/30997

Black workers may be hit hardest as the lingering recession and the political drive to shrink federal and state spending are resulting in a dwindling number of government jobs, according to recently released Labor Department estimates. Continue Read >> http://bit.ly/irPDGX

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=78826 *Like they say, timing is everything. If only President Obama could’ve gotten voters to think of him then, the way they do now:  

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/24335 Deliberate obstructionism by the GOP has created a crisis level in judicial staffing, according to a judicial advocacy organization.