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Commentary

Florida State Senator Caught Up With the Law – The Gantt Report

July 20, 2011 villagechief 0

The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt – Tears are flowing in The Gantt Report nation today as my good friend Mandy Dawson has gotten caught up in some legal hocus pocus and was recently arrested in her Daytona Beach hometown for alleged tax issues. I feel bad for Mandy because Dawson, a former state Senator […]

Entertainment

Patti LaBelle, Mo’Nique, Steve Harvey, Mike Tyson, Eric Benet, Howard Hewett, Johnny Gill Among Special Celebrity Guests at the 7th Annual O’Jays Celebrity Celebration Weekend & Scholarship Fund

July 20, 2011 villagechief 0

Canton, OH – The dream began in Canton, Ohio and now Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, Sr., and Eric Nolan Grant, known collectively as The O’Jays, return to their hometown of Canton, OH to host the Seventh Annual O’JaysCelebration Weekend & Scholarship Fund, August 12-15, 2011. The 4-day celebration will kick off on Friday with “The […]

News

NOLA CARES Mentoring Movement recruit local mentors for New Orleans effort

July 19, 2011 villagechief 0

New Orleans – NOLA CARES Mentoring Movement has announced the beginning of its efforts to recruit local mentors will to spend time addressing troubled Black youths in New Orleans. The NOLA CARES Mentoring Movement in New Orleans, Louisiana is an affiliate “Circle” of the National Cares Mentoring Movement (NCMM). National CARES Mentoring Movement, founded by […]

Commentary

AIDS Drugs Offer Major Breakthrough in Fight Against Spread of HIV/AIDS But Cultural Determinants Still Crucial Within the Black Community

July 18, 2011 villagechief 0

By Cleo Manago – The results of two recent studies known as PrEP, released on Wednesday, July 13,2011, show findings that taking a daily pill containing one or two AIDS drugs can help keep an uninfected person from catching the HIV virus. This is definitely significant news – a definite step in the right direction […]

Books

Black Mafia Widow, Thelma Wright Shares Her Story in New Book “With Eyes From Both Sides – Living My Life In and Out of the Game”

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

Philadelphia – The words “queen pen” and “boss lady” can conjure up many images. One might think of an icy, cold-blooded gangstress who is heartless about the business at hand. Yet, the sparkling, green eyes belonging to Thelma Wright paint a different picture. Though rumored at one time to be the most powerful and dangerous […]

Commentary

Racing Toward The Bottom

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Julianne Malveaux – While a Department of Education program embraces “a race to the top,” our nation’s current stance toward our 14 million officially unemployed people represents nothing less than a race to the bottom. We are content to report, month after month, unemployment rates in excess of 9 percent, to use questionable language […]

Commentary

Always Exploited, Always Scared

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – I often wonder where would we be if the Biblical Moses was afraid of the Biblical Pharoah? Where would we be if David was frightened of Goliath? And where would we be if Mary and Joseph were scared to parent a child after Biblical politicians threatened to hunt […]

Commentary

National Urban League Conference Makes Boston the Epicenter of War on Unemployment

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #28) – From July 27-30, the National Urban League, in cooperation with the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, will bring our “Jobs Rebuild America” national conference to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts CEO, Darnell Williams serves as host for this clarion call for […]

Carl DeWayne West

Pimping Ain’t Easy, But its Happening to All of Us!

July 13, 2011 villagechief 0

By Carl D. West – Take a survey and ask so-called job creators, the riches ten percent of this country if they wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes to help stir-up the pot and contribute to easing the burden and strain on the bottom half of the country. It’s just that simple, so why do […]