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By Robert James Taylor A news development which has not gotten nearly enough media or government attention over the past two months has been the soaring unemployment rate among African Americans. Acc

(Taylor Media Services) Predominantly Black Howard University in Washington, D.C. will soon get one of the largest the largest grants in its history: $150 million to help prepare future engineers and

(Taylor Media Services) The federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report last week which concludes, “Minorities and low income Americans are more likely to be

As you all may not know, sometime ago I blogged about the Diary of a Tired Black Man. I've had the opportunity to visit the site on rare and very few occasions . Apparently the creator of the site a

Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. Her father, John Corpus of Green Bay, stood to as

White people had the highest incidence rate for melanoma of the skin. Hispanic people had the second highest incidence of getting melanoma of the skin, followed by Asian/Pacific Islander people. Whit

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a kidney transplant bill named for former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning. Mourning, a kidney transplant recipient, was on hand for the signing ceremony Wednesday

On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue. Sheryl Crow's oncolo

I used to work with someone who told me to look into Montessori education when it came time for my child to go to school. This coworker told me he put his two children through Montessori and he told

The Canadian health-care system is opaque, unconcerned with patient satisfaction and, of course, has lengthy waiting times for medical services as a defining feature. Canadians are aware of these prob

June 9, 2009 The family of Dr. George Tiller announced today that effective immediately, Women's Health Care Services, Inc., will be permanently closed. Notice is being given today to all concerned t

AP - The most prominent American museum bearing witness to violence against Jews was the scene of bloodshed, its doors breached by an assailant who opened fire with a rifle, killing a guard in an atta

All Americans from the youngest to the oldest should have access to quality medical care irrespective of ability to pay. My mom has been out of work like many Americans. The other day she had some pro

Bossip just caught word that Ush & Tameka’s marriage might be crumbling as we speak. The “project manager” chick, Grace Miguel, that Usher was seen with last week, is married and wants no parts of the

An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard befor

Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard who was shot at the Holocaust Memorial Museum this morning has died of his injuries in hospital. He was 39 years old. It is believed he was shot by Ja

(BlackNews.com) - Toward the end of his life, tennis legend and activist Arthur Ashe sat down and wrote a letter to his young daughter to be read and re-read for inspiration and comforted as she got

Weekly Address The President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure Americans have choices, and esta

June 7 Prince Prince was born on this date in 1958. He is an African-American singer, producer, musician, and global multi-media entertainer. Prince Rogers Nelson is from Minneapolis, MN, a gradu

WASHINGTON — After months of insisting he would leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an intense

Action Alert! Urge a Vote in the States on Federal Parents’ Rights Amendment Friday, June 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM We occasionally hear about efforts by the federal government and the states to

President Obama in Egypt Text: Obama's Speech To The Muslim World http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/04/politics/main5061278.shtml?source=related_story From Mike Allen's POLITICO Playbook

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – Brazilian military planes found a 3-mile (5-kilometer) path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean, confirming that an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the sea, D

Yesterday my family went to an "un-named" restaurant for the first time instead of our usual place. Our waiter introduced himself (an Asian) man. I hope I am not too preoccupied with race, because m

AP - The White House says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges she made a poor word choice in a 2001 speech in which she said that a Latina judge would often reach a better conclusion th