From the NY Times: EL PASO — When the basketball world first met Derrick Caracter, in July 2001, he was 13 years old, 6 feet 8 inches and carried around a stuffed orangutan named Ollie.
From BlackVoices.com: The New York Times Company recently took some criticism for creating financial incentives for the company’s executives to hire a more diverse workforce.The Business Insider levied quite a few questions about whether or not it was appropriate for The Times to specifically address the hiring of women and minorities. According to the text […]
From TheLoop21.com: The Texas Board of Education has made a series of history revising moves to its curriculum, altering how the Civil Rights Movement is taught among a host of other things.
“The History of White People” author Nell Irvin Painter was on “The Colbert Report” to discuss the book. Labrynth wrote this about the book.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the U.S. a jobs boost by encouraging the private sector to start hiring again. It is the first of several such measures Democrats have promised this election year to address the public’s top worry: jobs. […]
From FOXNews.com: President Obama is not worried about the “procedural” debate over whether House Democratic leaders should go ahead with a plan to approve health care reform without a traditional vote, he told Fox News on Wednesday.
Defying of the laws of gravity, N.Y. governor David Paterson has dragged the controversy surrounding him even further down the rabbit hole. Apparently the person who tattled on Governor Paterson to the press for getting involved in an aide’s domestic violence case was … Governor Paterson.
From NYDailyNews.com: An admissions director hired to recruit the best and brightest to a Bronx private school claims toxic campus housing left his son with brain damage.
