Hollywood, CA – Sometimes we cross paths with others that seem pure accident, with others it seems pre-ordained. For Ruth Adkins Robinson, a call in 1976 for writing help on a live awards show from James Brown’s manager Charles Bobbitt was the first pavestone in the pathway that led to a New York production studio […]
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Obama Issues Education Message
By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out. American students are falling behind some of their foreign counterparts, especially in math and […]
U.S. Walks Out as Iran Leader Speaks
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, NY Times — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran made a series of incendiary remarks in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, notably the claim that the United States orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks to rescue its declining economy, to reassert its weakening grip on the Middle East and […]
Bishop Eddie Long says charges against him are false
By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Bishop Eddie Long, in his first public statement since he was sued by three men who alleged he coerced them into having sexual relationships, said he has been “through storms and my faith has always sustained me.” ” I am anxious to respond directly to these false […]
Congress approves 30-billion-dollar small business fund
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 30-billion-dollar fund intended to help small businesses get access to loans and boost job creation amid persistent high unemployment levels. The bill passed the House of Representatives 237 to 187 after the Senate approved the measure last week. It now goes to the White House for President […]
Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine, dies
By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post – Jefferson Thomas, one of the “Little Rock Nine” who provoked a major civil rights battle when they integrated Arkansas’ largest public high school in 1957 over the opposition of Gov. Orval E. Faubus, died Sept. 5 at a care facility in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Thomas, who was 67, had […]
Photo of Rev. Sharpton’s Reclaim the Dream March in DC
On Glenn Beck and Al Sharpton’s Separate and Unequal Rallies
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – The New York Times cyber headline “Beck and Sharpton hold parallel rallies” perhaps says it best. 47 years to the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his vision of an America where race matters less than character, two men, both self anointed heirs to his legacy and that […]
Congressman Rangel fires back at President Obama for his dignity remark
All I can say is GO CHARLIE! Why is President Obama weighing in on Congressman Rangel’s situation? More importantly, who is President Obama to say that someone should give up and leave with their dignity? What happened to innocent until proven guilty? The Obama administration should have learned something from the Shirley Sherrod debacle, or […]