Lately, our nation has, once again, been forced to take note of the many injustices that regular, ordinary people suffer within our Justice System. The Trayvon Martin Case has brought these types of injustices to the forefront. Unfortunately, we can already see that as the Media Attention dies down, we are lulled back into a [...]
1 of 3. A supporter of France’s newly-elected President Francois Hollande holds a red rose as he reacts after the early results in the second round vote of the 2012 French presidential elections at the Rue de Solferino Socialist Party headquarters in Paris, May 6, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier // By Nicholas Vinocur and Lionel [...]
By Manny Navarro mnavarro@miamiherald.com He’s officially Dr. O’Neal now. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal received his doctoral degree in Education from Barry University Saturday morning along with another 1,100 students during multiple commencement ceremonies at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami. Like all things done by the four-time world champion, 15-time All-Star, movie star, [...]
By Alexei Oreskovic and Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said its revenue declined sequentially in the first quarter, the weakest top-line performance by the world’s largest social media network since at least 2010. “It was bound to happen. You are going to see a slowdown,” said Anupam Palit, an analyst at [...]
D-Source 04/15/2012 Putting all Political Gamesmanship aside. There is a valid argument for both sides of this issue. The problem I have with the Republican Party is that they refuse to discuss the legitimate intellectual argument against Mr. Obama’s Policy/Philosophy. Instead, they insult my intelligence by framing this as a Class Warfare Philosophy. But I’m [...]
HUFF POST: Posted: 04/ 3/2012 1:39 pm Updated: 04/ 5/2012 4:43 pm As much of the country follows the Trayvon Martin case, activists in Chicago are hoping to bring some of that attention to Howard Morgan, a former Chicago police officer who was shot 28 times by white officers — and lived to tell his [...]
The African slave trade refers to the historic slave trade within Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in many parts of the continent, as they were in much of the ancient world. In some African societies, the enslaved people were also indentured servants and fully integrated; in others, they were treated much worse. [...]
First Posted: 03/10/2012 5:15 pm Updated: 03/10/2012 6:38 pm As the health community geared up to recognize National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day today, startling new research revealed that the disease is five times more prevalent among African-American women than previously thought. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 32 [...]
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A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn’t want the seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The woman said “I cannot sit here next to this black man.” The [...]