Bringing closure

As you may have heard by now, Stanley Williams has been denied clemency from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
While watching the news early this morning, there was a large group of mostly white folks standing in front of San Quintin (the prison where is being held currently) singing the following song: (more…)

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The National Alliance of Market Developers

The National Alliance of Market Developers was established as black marketing specialists networked to search out new ways to cope with the challenges in cultivating the “Black Market.” The National Alliance of Market Developers is a professional organization committed to being a catalyst for positive and progressive change for African-Americans. (more…)

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China hits a new milestone

The manufacturing sector in the United States is quickly becoming a dinosaur ready for extinction.
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China overtakes U.S. as supplier of IT goods
By David Lague
International Herald Tribune
BEIJING–After almost a decade of explosive growth in its electronics sector, China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest supplier of information technology goods, according to a [...]

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Exposing some of the myths behind home cold remedies

What can you do to stop the sneezing?
In an attempt to ward off winter colds, Lucie Hoe reports on the truth behind some old wives’ tales
If you haven’t caught a cold already, the chances are that before long you will be sniffling and wheezing your way through one. In fact, with more than 200 [...]

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Time for a serious reevaluation of public schools

HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN RUIN YOUR CHILD’S LIFE
By Joel Turtel
December 11, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
By the 1850s, before we had compulsory, government-controlled public schools, child and adult literacy rates averaged over 90 percent, making illiteracy rates less than 10 percent. By 1850, literacy rates in Massachusetts and other New England States, (more…)

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Human Rights Watch calls for investigation of Darfur Officials

Since July 2003, Sudanese government forces and militia forces, known as “Janjaweed”, have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes on a massive scale during counterinsurgency operations in Darfur, Sudan’s western region bordering Chad. Civilians have suffered direct attack from land and air, summary execution, rape, torture, and the pillaging of their property. (more…)

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Survey finds optimism in new Iraq (BBC)

An opinion poll suggests Iraqis are generally optimistic about their lives, in spite of the violence that has plagued Iraq since the US-led invasion.
But the survey, carried out for the BBC and other media, found security fears still dominate most Iraqis’ thoughts.
Their priority for the coming year would be the restoration of security and the [...]

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Tell you cuzzin’ to pay his car note

An article in USA Today profiles a controversial device called the PayTeck Smart Box (more…)

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Male absenteeism in college and its effects

First the news…

Doctor decries violent culture
Surgeon says ’slave mentality’ leads to low achievement in young black males
By Tom Pelton
Sun Reporter
Black doctors have a special responsibility to speak out against the “culture of violence” and anti-intellectualism in America that encourages failure in young black men, a prominent physician told a conference of medical students yesterday. (more…)

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