Philippine People Power in Egypt: Marcos & Mubarak
INQUIRER.net, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
Pimentel opines that the Egyptian uprising may be reminding Filipinos why the February 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the Marcos dictatorship remains significant.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: Egypt, Marcos, Mubarak, People Power Revolution, Philippines
Valerie Jarrett: Obama Is Focused on Black Progress
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Jarrett, perhaps Obama’s most trusted confidante, says the president understands the growing impatience among African-Americans.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: advisor, african americans, jobs, obama, valerie jarrett
Bitter Pill: NY Schools Chief's Birth Control Joke Offends
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Black quipped, “Could we just have some birth control for a while? It would really help us.”
Categories: Education, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Religion
Less Than Half of Students Proficient in Science
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Very few students have the advanced skills that could lead to careers in science and technology, according to results of a national exam.
Categories: Economy, Education, Intersections, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Angry Activists Condemn FBI Infiltration of Peace Movement
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Beginning a few months before the Republican National Convention in 2008, a law enforcement infiltrated the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: infiltrator, law, officer, rnc, Twin Cities Anti-War Committee
Egyptian Protesters Say Tunisia Is the Solution
RFI English, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Thousands of Egyptians defied their government to join protests Tuesday. Police fired teargas and attacked protesters, demonstrators.
Categories: African, Economy, Eye on Egypt , Intersections, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, islam, police, protesters, revolution, tunisia
Senior Citizens on the Gulf Coast After Environmental Catastrophes
News Orleans Agenda/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost 12% of the New Orleans population was comprised of residents 65 years of age or older.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Obama's Next Moves: Poll Numbers are Good, Challenges Remain
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
The president has been savaged by the right, called a “tyrant,” had his citizenship challenged and been subjected to death threats.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, democrats, obama, republicans, state of the union
California Group Wants Local Preference In Contracts
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Reverend Owusu Hodari wants the County of San Bernardino to consider giving a bidding advantage to companies that hire local workers.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: construction, contracts, inland empire, local, san bernardino
If Duvalier Can Return to Haiti, Why Can’t Aristide?
San Francisco Bayview, First Person, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Since my forced arrival in the Mother Continent six and a half years ago, the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return to Haiti.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: aristide, baby doc, duvalier, earthquake, haiti, passport, return
Comcast-NBC Union Needs a Closer Look
Philadelphia Tribune, Editorial, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
There’s something rotten in Washington, D.C. The stench comes from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Categories: Intersections, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: comcast, fcc, merger. washington d.c., universal
Uncertainty in Ivory Coast, Optimism in Sudan
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
During a BBC report on the worsening situation in the Ivory Coast, a spokesman for Alassane Ouatara said a low-level civil war is already in progress.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: civil, ivory coast, sudan africa, talks, war
King's Southern Christian Leadership Group Back on Track After Scandal
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Marred by more than a year of lawsuits and internal controversy, the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference has revived itself.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Religion
Tags: civil, controversy, king, organization, rights, scls
Victory for the Lucasville Prison Hunger Strikers
San Francisco Bayview, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
The prison authorities have provided, in writing, a set of conditions that virtually meets the demands set out by Bomani Shakur.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: hunger, lucusville, ohio, prisoners, strikers
MLK Jr.—A Man For All Seasons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
A veteran civil rights lawyer who grew up along the Tex-Mex border explains how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle became her own.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: american, justice, martin luther king jr., mexican, struggle
Far Too Many Still Think the King Holiday Is for Blacks Only
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
In far too many public and private circles, the King holiday is still regarded as a “black holiday” or, more charitably, a “civil rights issue.”
Categories: African American, Intersections, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: black, holiday, king, mississippi, naacp, segregation
Prisoners Locked Down, Exploited and Mistreated
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
Inmate advocates argue that the nearly $70 billion being spent nationally on corrections each year could be better used on non-vengeful alternatives.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Billions Pledged and Raised, but Haiti Continues to Suffer
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
January 12, 2010, at 4:53 p.m., a devestating earthquake forever changed the people living in the island nation of Haiti.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Economy, Environment, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, earthquake, haiti, ngo's, united nations, unites states
Haiti on Our Minds: One Year After the Quake
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Twelve months after an earthquake devastated the island of Haiti, the crew at YO!TV has kept the people and their struggles in our hearts and minds.
Categories: Caribbean, Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Intersections
Tags: clinic, earthquake, food, haiti, school. rape, shelter, water
Schwarzenegger Issues Pardon, Clemency to Inland Women
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
The two California women convicted of killing men who abused them received 11th hour relief from outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, clemency, inland empire, pardon, schwarzenegger
A Tale of Two Gunmen
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
For American media, Malik Mumtaz Qadri is a sign something is rotten in the state of Pakistan. But Jared Lee Loughner is cast as just a rotten apple.
Categories: Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: assasination, gabrielle giffords, guns, Jared Lee Loughner, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, tuscon
NYC Schools Chancellor Black Goes to Class
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
As public school students head back to the classroom , newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black had her first day of school.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: budgets, cathie black, class, new yourk city, schools. bloomberg
Republicans Strip D.C.’s Voice and Vote in House Action
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
One of the first orders of business for the Republican-controlled House was to strip D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of her vote in the house.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: D.C., Eleanor Holmes Norton, house, republicans, vote
Philadelphia School District Urges Employees to Keep Mum
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
A memo sent to Philly school district employees this week reminded them that they could face disciplinary action for discussing district business
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: district, emplotees, gaged, philadelphia, schools
An Urgent Movement for Justice
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Our eyes remain firmly focused on the prize: Assisting the Scott sisters in getting the freedom they have won.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: governor, mississippi, naacp. haley barbour scott sisters
Former NY Gov. Paterson Reflects on His Historic Tenure
Amsterdam News, News Feature, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
Paterson faced unprecedented challenges, including one of the worst economic climates in the history of the state and nation, and an often hostile press corps
Categories: African American, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, david patterson, first, governor, new york