The Wire The Root, The Washington Post Company’s African American news and commentary site announced the promotion of Associate Editor Lauren Williams to Deputy Editor. Joel Dreyfuss departed The Root at the end of November 2011 and was succeeded as Managing Editor by Sheryl Huggins Salomon, who had been The Root’s Deputy Editor. Lauren has...
When news outlets began to report earlier this week about content contained in newsletters supposedly written by Ron Paul, he used the excuse that the letters did not contain a byline, so he wasn’t sure who wrote them. Those letters reportedly referred to the Martin Luther King Holiday as “Hate...
Please join me at one (or more) of the following events for Blogging While Black. Christmas Eve Booksigning Southwest Center Mall Saturday, December 24, 2011, 2-4:00pm Champagne and Strawberries Book Release Part II December 30, 2011 Chocolate Secrets 3926 Oak Lawn Avenue Dallas, TX 75219 Jokae’s African American Book Store...
Just a while ago House Speaker John Boehner tweeted that his party would bend on the payroll tax holiday two-month extension that has already been approved by the Senate. Agreement reached to ensure families’ taxes don’t go up on 1/1 & stop Senate bill provision that’d hurt job creators http://j.mp/uRXzvi @SpeakerBoehner...
House Republicans pulled a bit of a fast one when they voted for a “motion to reject” the Senate bill which was passed last Saturday extending the payroll tax holiday for two months. They called for a committee with members of the Senate to work on a new tax extension...
By Eddie Griffin The AfroSpear’s Shawn P Williams, author of Blogging While Black, came to Fort Worth’s Dock Bookshop on a book-signing tour. He was warmly greeted by fellow AfroSpear bloggers, Eddie Griffin and Kyev Tatum (candidate for U.S. District 33). The theme of Mr. Williams’ new book, as reflected also in his speech...
The problem in America is not wealth distribution, it’s income distribution. The income has been distributed from the bottom to the top. Contrary to the false narrative in Congress, taxing this individuals at higher rates does not hurt their ability to create jobs. They should find another argument. This is...
CNN journalist T.J. Holmes who recently announced he was departing the network at the end of the year has found a new home. According to the BET website, Holmes has signed a “multi-platform talent agreement.” From the BET Website: “We are simply ecstatic to have T.J. Holmes coming to our...
