UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, today announced that its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) has awarded 23 green planning grants totaling $240,000 to assist with institutional sustainability planning for minority serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, this grant will encourage MSIs to participate in the American College […]
Un-Civil Discourse
By Chuck Hobbs, Esq. (Inspired, in part, by Joe Jefferson–Good Kappa!) – As a military brat growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, I remember listening to my father, a Republican, wax ad nauseam about how weak President Carter had been at home (remember odd and even gas days) and abroad (Iran Hostage crisis) while […]
Voters Face A Taxing Problem
By Raynard Jackson – With a lame duck session of Congress convening next week, everyone is talking about whether the Bush tax cuts should be extended or allowed to expire at the end of this year. Republicans argue that if the cuts are allowed to expire, that amounts to a tax increase.& ontinue the cuts […]
Obama and Mayweather
By Lucius Gantt – Our beloved President Barack Obama is a champion that is like another champion. Both Obama and boxer Floyd Mayweather appear as if they are scared to fight! Mayweather has refused to fight Manny Pacquiao and the President seems unwilling to battle with Congressional Republicans. Lord, I hope Obama didn’t blow his […]
How Many in Black America really are Unemployed?
By Charles “Chaz” Hobbs – While reminiscing about my undergraduate era as an Economics major (We all try to remember, back in the day!), I happened to be perusing the U.S. Department of Labor’s – Bureau of Labor Statistics – Monthly Employment Report in regards to the “Unemployment Rate”. As I conjured up those fond […]
Vandarray Gets Crunk For Christ
Releases Gospel CD & Launches Gulf Coast Tour Atlanta, GA – Just returning from a stellar performance for Bobby Jones Gospel, JacksO Records (www.jacksorecords.com) recording artist, Vandarray (Vandarray Jackson-Derico), put on an electrifying mini-concert for enthusiastic friends, fans, and entertainment executives gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Atlanta to celebrate the release of her much […]
Spelman Students Win AT&T Mobile Challenge with ‘HBCU Buddy’ Mobile Application
AT&T* is pleased to announce that Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller of Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women, have won the 2010 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge(SM) with their next generation e-learning mobile application, HBCU Buddy. HBCU Buddy is a mobile application created to educate and inform users, including both […]
Don’t Believe the Hype! Black Folks Voted on November 2, 2010
By Melanie L. Campbell – I would like to take this opportunity to thank all voters for taking the time to exercise their right to vote in the November 2nd mid-term Election. On Election Day, the NCBCP managed the Black Women’s Roundtable Power the Sister Vote National Command Center, in partnership with the A. Philip […]
The Republican’s Historic Night
Raynard Jackson – With all the pundits giving their views on Tuesday night’s election results, I found very little insightful analysis of what really happened. So, if you want the traditional election analysis, then go on the internet and read all the conventional analysis. I want to deal with the election results from a different […]