From BlackAgendaReport.com
March 19, 2011
“The West dearly wishes to appropriate to itself a section of the ‘Arab revolt,’ so as to bomb an evil ‘dictator’ on their behalf.”
The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a ...
Posted Sunday, March 20th 2011 at 4:10PM
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- When Wake County school board members refer to attempts to reach consensus "singing Kumbaya," they're following a long practice of mocking the campfire favorite.
The most widely known version of the song may deserve its limp reput ...
Posted Sunday, March 20th 2011 at 3:41PM
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TOKYO--Sumi Abe, and her grandson Jin Abe, 16, were trapped in the kitchen when their two-storey house collapsed around them in the devastated coastal city of Ishinomaki.
The boy told doctors he was able to reach the fridge and had fed his grandmo ...
Posted Sunday, March 20th 2011 at 2:59PM
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Former Duke basketball star Grant Hill called critical comments by former Michigan guard and current ESPN analyst Jalen Rose "sad and somewhat pathetic" in an open letter published Wednesday by The New York Times.
Rose, as part of an ESPN Fil ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:17AM
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Here’s a lesser-known red flag in the black community: the fastest growing incarcerated population in the country is African American girls and young women. What does not seem to be rising however, is the number of black girls who are actually comm ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:07AM
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LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge was admonished Wednesday for a comment referring to the Ku Klux Klan in a case involving two African-American defendants.
The California Commission on Judicial Performance said the statement by Judge Harvey ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:03AM
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A California Judge says Jermaine Jackson’s baby mama Alejandra Jackson can stay inside the home for another month. Mama Jackson wants Alejandra and all them dayum kids to move out of the estate. Alejandra who was also once married to Jermaine’s b ...
Posted Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 3:22PM
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Please let me know why in the hell you are spending time posting on a blog on a misunderstanding that Jen, Irma, and I have put behind us more than a year ago????
ARE YOU REALLY THAT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE???
OR ARE YOU DOING IT TO GET A REACTIO ...
Posted Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 12:31PM
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Singer and rap scene legend Nate Dogg has passed away, leaving behind a rich record of original music and collaborations. Having begun singing at a young age in church, he formed the group 213 with Snoop Dogg and Warren G in 1991, setting in place wh ...
Posted Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 12:10PM
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WASHINGTON -- Major suppliers of pills that provide protection from radiation say they're out of stock due to panic buying, even though experts say that the Japanese nuclear catastrophe poses no health threat to Americans.
It's a different story i ...
Posted Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 11:58AM
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Montgomery's racially divisive past is playing a significant role in discussions about its future.
Officials are attempting to plot a course for the future of Montgomery Public Schools. They must overcome not only a major budget deficit of a ...
Posted Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 11:41AM
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Menthol cigarette use on the rise among young people... and they're brand of choice for 80 percent of African American smokers
USAToday.com--Phillip Gardiner started smoking after he quit his college basketball team. He soon switched from Winston ...
Posted Tuesday, March 15th 2011 at 2:07PM
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Today CCTV cameras are ubiquitous, with Londoners estimated to be caught on camera 300 times a day. CCTV cameras in England are now being equipped with loud speakers so that “anti-social behaviour” can be rebuked in a child’s voice.
CCT ...
Posted Tuesday, March 15th 2011 at 2:03PM
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Libya said on Sunday it welcomed an African Union panel formed to try to end the Libyan crisis and said it would facilitate its work, while condemning an Arab League resolution calling for a no-fly zone over the country.
"The Libyan authorities wi ...
Posted Monday, March 14th 2011 at 11:01AM
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CHICAGO-- Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan is again embracing his musical roots.
The 77-year-old leader best known for his controversial speeches says he's working on an album that may include tracks or portions of work by the late Motown ...
Posted Monday, March 14th 2011 at 10:59AM
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As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend..
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business ...
Posted Monday, March 14th 2011 at 10:51AM
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Newsweek.com--On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it co ...
Posted Sunday, March 13th 2011 at 3:07PM
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