CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — Concern is building among African-American professionals about how the downward shift in the economy will affect them. Statistics prove they have good reason to be scared. Black median income had risen to a historically high ratio of 63.5 percent of white income in 2000, and...
It took me .01 seconds to decide who I was going with when I saw this week’s Old School Friday theme. For me in the category of female artists, there is Mary J. Blige and then there is everybody else (sorry Jill). MJB came on the scene by way of...
Karen Brooks of the Dallas Morning News writes a follow up article to her story from a few weeks ago regarding black bloggers and the Democratic National Convention. Some of you may recall that African-American bloggers were pretty upset when the DNC announced their state blogging pool, the first pass...
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act will benefit 3.8 million Americans Washington, D.C. – (June 12, 2008) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today joined a bipartisan majority of her colleagues in the House of Representatives to vote for H.R. 5749, the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act. The legislation will immediately provide...
Folks have been asking me what they can do to help out the Obama campaign. Yard signs and bumper stickers are easy, but it’s going to take more that that to make sure November turns out in our favor. First, sign up for an account at my.barackobama.com. I have to...
I am proud to announce that Dallas Superblogger Mike Davis has joined Senator Barack Obama’s Urban Policy Committee. Many of Dallas South’s readers are familiar with Mike’s work via his blog Dallas Progress. Mike D. has been recognized by D Magazine, the Dallas Observer for his work helping to close...
I have to credit Gordon Keith and Muse in the News for alerting me to an innovative idea proposed by CNN Contributor Roland Martin. Martin suggests that the U.S. Government should consider moving election day from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to the first Saturday in...
Thursday, August 7th thru Saturday, August 9th, the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) Texas Sections will convene in Dallas, Texas, at the Hilton Garden Duncanville Hotel to conduct the business of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. founded by Mary McLeod Bethune and chaired by President/Emeritus Dr....
I have been in contact with some folks working with the Obama campaign and I should have some specific info for those who want to volunteer very shortly. Sorry for the delay.
I have not turned on a television set since Saturday without hearing about the plight of Hillary Clinton. I check out the mainstream websites and there is more Clinton news than Obama. Now I’m ready to make nice with Senator Clinton’s supporters, I really am. But isn’t this getting a...
