During the ordeal of slavery black families were robbed, spoiled, and auctioned off wholesale. Young children were separated from their mothers, wives were separated from their husbands, and ultimately the entire black family structure was destroyed. ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 12:20AM
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If there is a demographic that is more maligned and vilified in America than black men, it is black fathers. Or the lack thereof.
Black men who father children have generally been consigned the grotesque “babies daddies” moniker because of the hor ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 12:09AM
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Two studies recently published in scientific journals say that when it comes to parenting, dads really do matter to kids — and in some ways, they may have even more influence than mothers.
According to a meta-analysis of several decades' worth o ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 12:05AM
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Shortly after President Obama announced that DHS will halt the deportations of eligible undocumented youth, a Chicago-area fifth grader delivered a speech of his own. Over the weekend, Alexander Tymouch was honored as the National 5th Grade Creative ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 5:24PM
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I've heard so many people—especially in the church—express concern over the upcoming generation. "They aren't prepared to lead," these folks complain. "They aren't motivated. They have to constantly be 'mothered.'" There are definitely distinctions ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 4:58PM
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Bullies on the Bus: “ Making the Bus Monitor Cry ” That’s the name of the video. It’s more than 10 minutes long, but if you make it through more than three of them with your eyes not getting misty and your blood not boiling then you are a rock, or a ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 4:52PM
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Jersey City Medical Center is looking for OR RNs with strong scrub and circulating skills and one to three years experience & ICU RNs with one to three years of ICU/CCU/SICU experience and a Critical Care (CC) Certification.
Go to www.liberty ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 4:48PM
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The Keisha Knight-Pulliam rumor mill was kicked into overdrive yesterday and she isn’t having it.
Plenty of websites, including this one, reported Keisha Knight-Pulliam was joining the cast of Real Housewives of Atlanta. If Keisha was joining a re ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 4:00PM
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(HEALTHeCAREERS.com)--Today, having a degree and experience may not be enough to beat the competition in getting the job you want. You may have all the required technical skills or have graduated from one of the top nursing schools, however, if you a ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 1:35PM
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(Reuters) - American singer Bobby Brown has remarried in Hawaii, four months after the drowning death of his ex-wife Whitney Houston, People magazine reported on Tuesday. People magazine said the couple tied the knot on Monday, a day after Brown per ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 11:55AM
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YOUR NATIONAL NEWS
JUNE 2012
20th Day
Fast and Furious...in brief
The United States Attorney General Eric Holder has been alleged as being in comtempt of Congress. A House committed in a vote of 23-17 to hold Holder's in contempt after he ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 10:36AM
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HOMETOWN MEMPHIS LIL’ EXTRA!! :
LOOK OF SOUND
What’s going on in Hometown?
It’s in a look of sound.
Got reading glasses?
Put them on and read these
stories. As you take a look
you’ll uncover the sound..
Story ONE
Look of sound.. ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 8:11AM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
June 2012
20th Day
Cairo, Egypt
Former Egyptian Leader and President Hosni Mubarak has reportedly been sited as being in a coma but off a life support system. Conflicting reports indicate that the former leader is clinically de ...
Posted Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 10:59AM
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Culture and Nursing: When Shelli was a new scrub nurse with only six months experience, she failed to anticipate that the surgeon would need a particular scalpel. Immediately, her preceptor deftly slapped the correct blade into the impatient surgeon’s outstretched hand with a glare in Shelli’s dire ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 8:38PM
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Things My Dad Taught Me...
(BlackDoctor)This Father’s Day, BlackDoctor.org celebrates the precious men in our lives by remembering the many things they taught us…
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Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 8:19PM
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