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January 11, 2010 – January 17, 2010
King would have fought coal plants Joseph E. Lowery, Atlanta Journal Constituion, January 17, 2010 Life Sentence Given In Youth’s Killing Richard K. Deatley, The Press Enterprise, January 16, 2010 Do black girls play with white dolls for wrong reason? Debra D. Bass, St. Louis Today, January 16, 2010 Black Schools Restored as Landmarks Erik Eckholm, New York Times, January 14, […]
My Nightmare On MLK Day
Yesterday we celebrated the life and legacy of the “young preacher from Georgia” (that’s for another blog). Last year we heard the slogan “Rosa sat so could Martin could walk, Martin walked so Barack could run, Barack ran, he ran and he won, so that all our children could fly” ( that’s for another blog). […]
Some Natural Disasters are not so Natural, but Vodou (Spirit) will Prevail
Can’t no one know at sunrise how this day is going to end. Cant’ no one know at sunset if the next day will be here. In this world of trouble and wars a member must be ready to go. We look forward to things to save us but in a twinkling of an eye […]
January 4, 2010 – January 10, 2010
County gives Los Angeles International Charter High School a second chance Mitchell Landsberg, LA Times, January 10, 2010 Closing the Gap: Hamden seeks to boost minority test scores Ann DeMatteo, New Haven Register, January 10, 2010 Gainesville group’s awards honor King’s legacy Dante Lima, The Gainesville Sun, January 9, 2010 High school graduation rates rise in D.C. Bill Turque, Washington Post Staff […]
The police need to teach corporations like the NBA
(response to “NBA needs to teach guys like Arenas”) In the early hours of the Arenas debacle—the post-suspension one, commentators took to the airwaves, blogs, and news sites to talk about what changes the NBA would need to make, to not only teach Gilbert Arenas a lesson, but to teach all the other boys in […]
December 28, 2009 – January 3, 2010
The science of science education Irving R. Epstein, LA Times, January 3, 2010 Chace Baptista: A young voice heard Linda Borg, Providence Daily-Bulletin, January 3, 2010 Texas schools see more minority, poor kids Gary Scharrer and Ericka Mellon, Express News, January 2, 2010 Heroin scourge has moved from black to white areas Keith Herbert, Newsday, January […]
December 21, 2009 – December 27, 2009
Daley 2009 — flubs and fiascoes; Privatizing parking meters, failing to win Olympic bid leave the mayor reeling Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times, December 27, 2009 Teens find a place they can call their own Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, December 26, 2009 A Random Shooting Disrupts a Life, but Good May Follow Don Terry, The New […]
New Year, New Resolutions (Not to Keep)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_CYGMoSYCs Dear Common, Did you seriously say, “I’m a man”? With a straight face? Generally, I resolve not to make New Year’s resolutions. That way, I’ve already broken my resolution by day one, and don’t have to spend 364 days talking about how I failed yet again. Since I’d rather watch football than go see […]
It's better than money: It's FOOD STAMPS!
I read the New York Times article titled “Food Stamps Usage Soars, Stigma Fades.” The article is about the lessening of stigma regarding the use of food stamps. What comes to mind when you think of the U.S. welfare system, specifically food stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)? For me, I remember seeing black single mothers with multiple […]
December 14, 2009 – December 20, 2009
City Schools’ New Criteria for Diversity Raise Fears Crystal Yednak and Darnell Little, The New York Time, December 20, 2009 Violence leaves family facing grim holidays; Murders of son, cousin shatter happiness — but not faith Mary Mitchell, The Chicago Sun-Times, December 20, 2009 Health gap kills 3,200 black Chicagoans a year; African Americans miss […]
How to Survive Christmas (i.e.Family) by “NOT” Being Tiger Woods
Like most people who do not live in the same city with their biological family I look forward to the Christmas’ holiday with sheer delight and seethed dread. Yes, I use the five letter word dread because it seems as if all the unfinished family’s drama from the previous year is dysfunctionally packed away in […]
December 7, 2009 – December 13, 2009
Parent of beaten Fenger student to speak at church The Associated Press State, December 13, 2009 Harry Potter and the Engaged Readers Lauren Edelson, The New York Times, December 13, 2009 City sets up meeting to mediate school ethnic tensions Joseph A. Slobodzian, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 13, 2009 On race issues, Harry Reid wallows in the mud Ruben Navarrette […]