Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
(cbsnews.com) LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama told a predominantly African-American and Latino crowd at a Los Angeles technical college that the government is designed for all people and said there is an “anxiety” among voters that it is not.
“They feel like the education system isn’t designed for people like us, and the job market isn’t [...]
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McCain Takes the GOP Lead
By JACKIE CALMES and ALEX FRANGOS
For the first time in a presidential campaign already a year old, Republicans have a clear front-runner in Arizona Sen. John McCain. By nearly all accounts, he is the candidate many Democrats least want to face, the one who would best remake his party’s battered image [...]
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Next to JFK, Obama’s a newbie - but that’s beside the point
By ROBERT DALLEK
nydailynews.com
Ever since Edward Kennedy threw his support behind Sen. Barack Obama, there has been no shortage of comparisons between the junior senator from Illinois and the young President who inspired a generation.
As one who has spent many years studying JFK, let me [...]
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After a decade of marked leadership, Daniel to leave CSU
by Wendell Hutson
chicagodefender.com
Since 1998 Elnora D. Daniel has been president of Chicago State University. But Wednesday, Daniel announced that she will retire following a one-year sabbatical which begins June 30.
“CSU in 2008 stands prepared to compete and define the nature and quality of urban education on [...]
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It looks like this is another category we are no longer leading.
Fat epidemic hits Asian kids, too
State campaign aims to curb growing obesity among young Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
By MOMO CHANG
McClatchy-Tribune
Despite the stereotype that Asians are petite and skinny, studies show this population is rapidly becoming overweight – so much so that a state [...]
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Why do black women fear the ‘fro?
Cheryl Thompson
Special to the Star
As a black woman living in Canada, I often feel invisible when it comes to my natural hair. The television series da Kink In My Hair (which just wrapped up its first season on Global television) taps into a lot of the issues black women [...]
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Hate Crime Not Ruled Out In Vandalism
ODENTON, Md. (AP) ―
Anne Arundel County police have changed their minds about the racial slur spray painted on the home of a black Odenton family.
Investigators initially didn’t consider the vandalism a hate crime because the teenage suspects are black. Police reversed themselves Monday, saying the possibility that the incident [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Word of advice: Stay away from any business that intentionally misspells its name by ending it with a ‘Z’ unless you realize that you might get what you paid for (ex. Playaz, Stylez, Jewelz, etc.)
R&B Singer Ruben Studdard Takes Peachez to Court
Singersroom News
Ruben Studdard can’t catch a break. The R&B singer and former American Idol [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
TV chat queen Oprah gets a less than flattering tubby bronze statue cast in her honour
thisislondon.co.uk
She has famously battled with her weight - but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost.
Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work ‘The Oprah Sarcophagus’, is a very full-figured [...]
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Who said the following?
“The ’sistah’ vote is paying off handsomely for Hillary Clinton,..It’s not only getting her the women’s vote. It’s also getting her the black vote.”
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