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Commentary

The University of Missouri’s New President, Michael Middleton, and the New Campus Activism

November 19, 2015 villagechief 0

By Marc Morial, NUL (To Be Equal #45) New York, NY – Michael Middleton, the University of Missouri’s new interim president faces the challenge of healing wounds that have been decades in the making, since the first African-American students fought for admission in the 1930s. As the first Black student to enroll as a freshman […]

News

A Third-Term Democrat? Hillary Clinton Battles History

November 15, 2015 villagechief 0

By Heidi M Przybyla, USA Today – Hillary Clinton likes to tell voters what she’s not doing: running for President Obama’s third term. That’s to downplay what she is doing: asking voters to pick a Democrat to occupy the Oval Office for 12 consecutive years. Americans have agreed to do that just once in the […]

LOL Home Videos

Head Straight to Walmart for Your Patti Labelle Sweet Potato Pie, Maybe You Will Start Singing Like the DIVA, James Wright did

November 14, 2015 villagechief 0

Thanks to EURWeb.com for finding this hilarious video. James Wright turned into Patti after eating the pie… he sounded like her and looked like Luther! Support a DIVA, head on over to Walmart and purchase a Patti Labelle pie!

News

Black Women’s Votes Matter

November 13, 2015 villagechief 0

Keisha N. Blain, Huffington Post – During the last Presidential election cycle, black women had the highest voter turnout rate of all voters in the United States between ages 18 and 29. According to the Center for American Progress, black women were instrumental to President Obama’s re-election, voting at a higher rate than any other […]

Politics

Clinton Campaign Hires Black Owned Advertising Firm

November 12, 2015 villagechief 0

by Lauren Victoria Burke – Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has hired Burrell Communications, an African American advertising and media firm. Based in Chicago and Los Angeles, the firm is owned by two African American women, McGhee Williams Osse and Faye Ferguson, both seasoned marketing and advertising professionals. Burrell Communications, founded in 1971, will assist the campaign […]

News

MSNBC Obtains Video of Linwood “Ray” Lambert, a VA Man Who Was Tased, Shackled and Died in Custody

November 11, 2015 villagechief 0

Responding to a call about a possibly delusional man, three VA police take Linwood “Ray” Lambert to the emergency room. When they arrive the “patient” ran off. Although he was at the door of the emergency room, the police tased him repeatedly, shackled him, and Linwood “Ray” Lambert died shortly after while in police custody. […]

Environment

Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data

November 11, 2015 villagechief 0

Washington, D.C. — Green 2.0 announced that one year from their initial call for transparent diversity data – and months after the Presidents of the Bullitt, Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Wilburforce Foundations jointly echoed the need for data sharing by environmental funders – a majority of the 40 biggest funders of environmental […]

Environment

Poll Shows African Americans Strongly Back Climate Action

November 10, 2015 villagechief 0

Washington, DC – Two-thirds of African Americans believe global warming is a serious problem, they want action more than the population at large and they overwhelmingly support the Clean Power Plan to address the growing climate crisis, a major new poll released today shows. Fully 83 percent of African Americans back setting the first-ever limits […]

News

Emory Offers Online Course on Civil Rights, Nonviolence

November 10, 2015 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – Emory University has debuted an online course focused on civil rights and nonviolence, taught by activist and former Candler School of Theology distinguished scholar-in-residence Bernard LaFayette Jr. “From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement” offers learners an inside look into LaFayette’s experiences as a civil […]