With Tyler Perry Plays, Independent Releases and Monday Night Jam Sessions Riley’s Voice Continues to Soar New York – When Cheryl Pepsii Riley released “Thanks for My Child” in the late ’80’s she solidified her voice in our hearts forever. The passion behind the lyrics touched such a chord that the song became not only […]
Gender Equity is Everybody’s Business
By Julianne Malveaux – March is Women’s History Month, and the White House Council on Women and Girls, led by Valerie Jarrett, commemorated it by releasing a report on the status of women. According to the report, we’ve come a long way sisters, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Despite the fact […]
All in the Family?
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – When a man and woman conceive and deliver a baby family members and nosey friends are quick to look for two things. They want to know who does the baby look like and what are the baby’s mannerisms and disposition, who does the baby act like. If a […]
Shirley Sherrod, Jasmine Guy and Fonzworth Bentley Among 2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees
Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Civil Rights – Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Rep. John Lewis – will be honored Evelyn Gibson Lowery, founder and chair of SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. announced today that former Georgia State Director of USDA Rural Development, Shirley Sherrod; award-winning actor, […]
Minority Real Estate Leaders Say Government Efforts Are Failing to Meet Needs of Multicultural Homebuyers
Coalition Recommends Five-Point Plan & Diversity to Support Sustainability, Accountability & Responsibility Washington, DC – Saying millions of Americans are being left out of the American dream of homeownership, the nation’s three largest organizations representing multicultural real estate professionals, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), […]
Music Man Jay King Approaches Two-Year Anniversary with “The Way I See It” on BlogTalkRadio.com
Hollywood, CA – Industry veteran, music producer and radio personality Jay King celebrates two years on the internet airwaves this April with his show “The Way I See It” on BlogTalkRadio.com/Jay-King (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jay-king). With a fan base that has grown exponentially over the years, King is forever pushing the envelope with subject matters that provoke, stimulate […]
For The State of Black America, The Issue Is Jobs
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #11) – From March 29th through the 31st, the National Urban League brings its fight for urban jobs to Capitol Hill with its 2011 Legislative Policy Conference. This year’s summit will make the case for targeted action to tackle the persistent unemployment crisis in Black America. Dozens of […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott returns State to Jim Crow Era on Civil Rights Restoration for ex-felons
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – There is an old cliché that “those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it.” This week, Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and CFO Jeff Atwater, who collectively comprise the state’s Executive Clemency Board, repeated history by reversing a 2007 Order from […]
NFL Labor Dispute is a plot against fans
By Lucius Gantt – I’m tired of listening to my friends debate about the National Football League’s labor dispute. Whenever million dollar professional athletes bicker with billion dollar team owners the outcome is always the same, only the fans lose! I can walk pretty well. Work on the treadmill has been very, very good to […]