By Raynard Jackson – Last night Michelle Obama hosted an “Evening of Poetry” at the White House. She invited an eclectic group of poets to recite their poetry. But, Fox News and right wing radio has singled out one performer—the Grammy award winning rapper Common—to be on the receiving end of their ire. I don’t […]
CJ “The Workout Kid” Fitness DVD Launches Nationwide
Not many 10-year-olds have their own workout video, but then again, not many 10-year-olds have a passion for fitness like CJ Senter. As one of America’s youngest fitness instructors, CJ is excited to introduce his new national fitness DVD titled “Workout Kid.” The video includes two 40-minute long workouts especially for kids, one for beginners […]
Hobbs’ Hump Day Hot Topics on America’s Debt Ceiling/The Obama Doctrine/Peace Corps Rape Hearings
By Chuck Hobbs, Esq. LOWERING THE DEBT CEILING One has to respect New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie, who is one of the more consistent critics of the escalating federal debt ceiling. Christie recently informed Republicans that if they fail to do as promised by reducing federal debt, that he would campaign against them in […]
Corporate Board Census Shows Significant Decline in Seats Held by African Americans Blacks, Women and Other Minorities Remain Seriously Underrepresented
(AANEWSWIRE)Washington, D.C., – Today’s release of a corporate board census by the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD) reported a surprising decline in the combined number of seats for women and minorities on the boards of the nation’s leading corporations. The largest decline was among blacks. This year’s report found that in the Fortune 100 between […]
Show Me Your Passbook
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux – I am glad that President Barack Obama has a sense of humor about the birthers. I don’t, and I am disgusted that Donald Trump, lacking in both sense and scruples, was able to push the President to releasing his “long form” birth certificate. Now that the birth certificate has been […]
Urban Jobs Act – A Powerful Weapon in the War on Unemployment
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #19) – Last week, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York enlisted in the war on urban unemployment with the introduction of the Urban Jobs Act. Gillibrand’s Urban Jobs Act is the Senate version of House bill, H.R. 683, which was introduced earlier this year by New York […]
Politicians Start Your Engines – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – The Florida State Senate and House of Representatives concluded their Legislative Session as they have always done. The majority Republican body did what Democrats do when they are in power. The voters that elected the GOP power brokers put the Republicans first and the Republicans put the people last! In the […]
How Sunday’s Celebrity Apprentice highlighted Donald Trump’s problems with women and race
By Eric Deggans (TampaBay.com) – Talk about awful timing: In a media moment where even straight-arrow political reporter Bob Schieffer is calling his statements about the president racist, reality TV star and possible presidential candidate Donald Trump presided over an episode of Celebrity Apprentice Sunday in which all three black women still on the show […]
Songbird Crystal Johnson Drops Debut CD The Day Before Heaven
Atlanta – When Crystal Johnson sings, we can feel her soul stirring ours in every note she hits. Her voice is laced with the nuances of a woman who has been there and done that. Grown, sexy, seductive and serious, Crystal Johnson is no newcomer to the game. And we get that. We feel that. […]