A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about an Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. As I was reading through some of the projects that the bill will fund, one that stuck out was Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) which was allocated $25,043,000. I remember...
There's more news out of Jena, Louisiana as a white separatist group has sued the city over a rally they plan to stage next month. According to the Associated Press, The Nationalist Movement which is planning a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Jena, is suing the town claiming...
Here's an Op/Ed piece that I wrote which ran in the Dallas Morning News on Monday. Since then I have heard from a number of people, mostly telling me why they feel the hotel hasn't been built. Momentum seems to be building from all sorts of places, but there also...
I wanted to share with all of you an essay that I found at Electronic Village by way of Phillip Jackson that has made its way around the AfroSpear. There are some very interesting observations along with a few suggestions as it relates to our boys. "There is no longer...
Washington, DC – (Monday, December 17, 2007) – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson tonight announced that the House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill which included federal funds for programs and projects that will benefit the 30th Congressional District of Texas. The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations bill includes eleven appropriations bills for fiscal...
Sharon Grigsby and the Editorial Staff at the Dallas Morning News are keeping their word of helping to bridge the gap between North Dallas and Southern Dallas. This morning the entire left page of the editorials is devoted to 10 suggestions to improve Southern Dallas neighborhoods. See "10 Drops in...
FYI from Mike Davis On Monday, there will be a press conference with Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, District 4 City Plan Commissioner Michael Davis, the owners of Big T, and other high-ranking city officials. As you know, inside the Bazaar there was a violent shooting last month which...
For months, actually years now, I've listened to Black folks call in to talk radio shows to assert that the media's treatment of Barry Bonds has been excessive and over the top. Whenever this assertion is made, media types bristle at the...
Thanks to Dallas Progress and What About Our Daughters for updating me on an arrest that was made in the Nailah Franklin murder case. Ms. Franklin was a pharmaceutical sales representative in the Chicago area whose disappearance garnered virtually zero attention in the national media. Her body was eventually found...
ESPN is reporting that the George Mitchell investigation into drug use in baseball will name Roger Clemens among players who have received steroids. The station has been reporting this morning that a former New York Yankee strength trainer supplied information to Mitchell about supplying Roger Clemens with steroids. Mitchell's...
