Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has written an op-ed for TheGrio where he talks about his recent arrests for protesting budget restrictions placed on his city. The mayor, who said he “was pleased to be arrested” because it was for the right cause, was carrying a sign saying: “Congress – Don’t Tread On D.C” yesterday […]
This past Sunday, MSNBC hosted a panel titled “The Black Agenda” which received more press for the heated debate between Rev. Al Sharpton and Cornel West than for its focus on the issues affecting African Americans. TheRoot’s David Swerdick recently wrote a piece agreeing with Rev. Al Sharpton’s stance that we can’t blame President Obama […]
Illinois — With 130,000 children adopted each year in the USA, researchers find growing numbers involve kids whose race is different from their parents’. About 84 percent of children adopted from other countries are either trans-racial or trans-ethnic. The most common type of adoption in the USA is from foster care, which makes up 68% […]
New York — The New York Daily News is reporting that the MTA is using trains to transport garbage late nights collected from tracks by the work crews. A transit worker told the paper that he’s seen passengers sharing cars with big orange trash magazines. “I’ve seen stacks of bags, leaking, blocking the doorway, blocking […]
California — The NBA has fined Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant $100,000 for a homophobic slur that commissioner David Stern called “offensive and inexcusable.” After receiving a technical foul during Tuesday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, Bryant stormed to the bench threw a towel and yelled, “Bennie!” toward referee Bernie Adams. Bryant then […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice but a jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he specifically denied that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone. Following a 12-day trial and almost […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A police union has given its Officer of the Year award to the policeman who shot and killed a college football player during a disturbance in the New York suburbs.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Police arrested Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt in his hometown of Bayonne, N.J., after an officer reported seeing him speeding. Bayonne Police Chief Robert Kubert says Britt faces charges of eluding the officer, hindering apprehension and obstructing governmental function. Kubert says Britt was driving his Porsche at 71 mph in a […]
MILWAUKEE — A judge dismissed a drug paraphernalia possession charge against former talk show host Montel Williams, who was briefly detained at a Milwaukee airport in January after a search of his luggage turned up the type of pipe commonly used for smoking marijuana. Williams, who says he legally uses marijuana to treat chronic pain […]
COLOMBIA , S.C — Governor Nikki Haley has undertaken a broad effort to hold higher education more accountable with a performance-based funding plan. DIVERSEEDUCATION.COM REPORTS: [The new funding plan] raises questions of how the new formula might affect historically Black institutions and small, technical colleges, which often serve high percentages of the state’s minority and […]
The University Of Vermont College Of Medicine is hosting an exhibition which celebrates the contributions of African-American academic surgeons and educators. A University of Vermont press release reports: The exhibition highlights Alexa I. Canady, M.D., the first African American woman pediatric neurosurgeon; LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., cancer surgeon, and the first African American President […]
WASHINGTONÂ — Forcefully rejecting Republican budget cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation’s future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years with a package that includes reducing spending on politically sensitive health care programs and raising taxes on high-earning Americans. Also Read: New Budget Cuts Will Affect The Poorest The […]
