NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following edited text is taken from a message delivered by Minister Farrakhan to a gathering of youth in Tchula, Mississippi on November 3, 2002. He was invited to Tchula by Reverend Eddie Carthan for the dedication of Good Sam ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:47AM
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CHICAGO – In her police mug shot, the doe-eyed cartoon heroine with the bowl haircut has a black eye, battered lip and bloody nose.
Dora the Explorer’s alleged crime? “Illegal Border Crossing Resisting Arrest.”
The doctored picture, one of seve ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:30AM
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Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner.
She scrolled through a mental Rolodex of relatives who might flip out. Her brothers had already asked her: Why would you want ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2010 at 10:51AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American newborns may be more likely than their white counterparts to be screened for prenatal drug exposure, even in the absence of risk factors for it, a study at one medical center suggests.
Research shows th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 8:19AM
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Judges should be able to understand and empathize with just about anyone, because the law is about everyone. With that in mind, is what's good for Harvard and Yale good for America ? If Elena Kagan is confirmed, we will have an entire Supreme Court e ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 9:06AM
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BP claims to be slowing flow of oil into Mexican GulfSmall tube inserted into fractured pipe is capturing 1,000 barrels a day – but far larger amounts are still pouring into sea
BP has claimed its first success in stemming the flow of oil gushing ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:15PM
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Chris Myers guest hosted the Dan Patrick Show today. During his “best of the weekend” segment the sportscaster impressively managed diaphanously veiled shots at both African-Americans and Hispanics within the same thought train.
From today’s show, ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 4:47PM
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The Sarah Palin phenomenon is finally beginning to fade as contradictions mount up, says Alex Spillius in Washington Sarah Palin's political bandwagon is wobbling under the weight of contradictions. We are seeing the first signs of wobble on the Sara ...
Posted Sunday, May 16th 2010 at 4:07PM
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From GlobalResearch.com
May 15, 2010
The Obama administration has seized on the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square on May 1 to insist that the Pakistani military step up its war on Islamic militants and extend its operations into North ...
Posted Sunday, May 16th 2010 at 3:47PM
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Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could ...
Posted Sunday, May 16th 2010 at 1:52PM
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Acknowledging that Arizona has developed a serious image problem because of its tough new immigration law, Gov. Jan Brewer and tourism-industry leaders said Thursday that they will launch a new effort to stanch the flow of lost trade and convention b ...
Posted Saturday, May 15th 2010 at 1:22PM
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1. Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. (Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.)
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches! ...
Posted Saturday, May 15th 2010 at 12:06PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- A substitute teacher and assistant football coach has been arrested after being accused of punching a 15-year-old student in the face, officials said Friday.
Montreal Baham, a student at McDonogh 35 High School, told WDSU-TV that th ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 4:37PM
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OXFORD, Ohio — Miami University’s president has pledged a review of policies and punishments for campus fraternities and sororities after a second sorority was linked to destructive behavior at its spring formal, including vomiting and smoking inside ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:41AM
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The drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Avondre Donel in Detroit makes it clear why it takes a village to successfully raise children.
Donel, an honors student, was, by all accounts, a good kid. His mother, Lisa Donel, kept him under close watc ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 9:46AM
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From FinalCall.com
May 12, 2010
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You);
As a student of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I could never thank Allah (God) enough for His Mercy to us, for His Beneficence to us, in allowing us a pathway of retur ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 2:36PM
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Retired-model-turned-Oprah-wannabe Tyra Banks is writing her first novel, Modelland. It will be part of a trilogy, since Random House signed her to a three-book deal. Oh, goodie! The details sound scary and fierce, like Tyra in a jumpsuit.
The boo ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 7:26AM
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During her elementary school years in this rural Mississippi town, Addreal Harness, a competitive teenager with plans to be a doctor, said her classes had about the same numbers of white and black students. It was a fact she took little note of until ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 9:02AM
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