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African-American women are increasingly surpassing their male counterparts in education and taking on many leadership roles in the workplace. Katherine Phillips, an associate professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says that Black women are excelling in education and business, due at least in part to the ways that we are publicly portrayed in […]
CHICAGO — During the opening of the 40th annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference, Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed his vexation with a photo ID law that he says disenfranchises minority groups such as African Americans, Latinos and college students, who are less likely to bring photo identification cards to the polls. The requirement is currently upheld […]
A man was arrested this morning after authorities found a suspicious looking package inside his car near the Pentagon.
The most digital generation in history is stepping up to the podium to get their college and high school diplomas. So what graduation gift should you give your capped-and-gowned digerati? It’s hard. An iPod? (Probably passé.) A check? Are Our Kids Thinly Disguised Little Monsters? GPS system. For a graduate heading off to a new […]
Unpopular Republican Ohio governor John Kasich is proposing an $8 billion cut from his state’s 2011-13 budget. Despite the cut, reports indicate that it increases state spending by five billion dollars. The Republican-controlled state House and Senate have already passed versions of the budget. Final passage is scheduled to come at the end of the […]
WASHINGTON — Islamic radicalization in prisons continues to be a concern among law enforcement officials across the U.S., and countering it should not be a partisan issue, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security said Wednesday. Rep. Peter King led the second in what he has promised to be a series of hearings on […]
New York is on the verge of becoming the sixth state in the union to legalize gay marriage, as soon as this week. The State Senate is one vote away from passing the law which was shot down two years ago in a Democratic-led Senate. In two years, opinion amongst New York state residents has […]
NewsOne blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a story revealing that 38.3 percent of African Americans say they’ve lost their job at some point in the last three years. The survey, conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, showed that although 16 percent of those surveyed were able to find another job, 88 percent say they were unable to […]
Writer Earl Ofari Hutchinson tackled the topic of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s refusal to confront the racist past of his Mormon religion, in an op-ed on The Grio today. Hutchinson takes us back to the Mormons long standing purported curse of Ham teachings about Blacks, which justifies the enslavement of Blacks in many Mormon […]
Michelle Obama joined 400 volunteers Wednesday to build a playground at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Southeast Washington, DC. The event was spearheaded by the national non-profit group KaBOOM!, which is dedicated to saving and creating play space within walking distance for every child, according to organizers. Read more at TheGrio.com Tupac Shooter […]