WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Fully half (54%) of American women worry they or someone they know will be a victim of domestic violence. Younger women ages 18-29 are most worried, with more than two-thirds (68%) saying they are worried about this threat. Of these younger women, 36 percent say...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Asian Americans are less attached to their racial identity than black Americans. This finding confirms that minority politics in the United States today is more complex than generally realized and that understanding the increasingly multicultural nature of the U.S. requires perspectives that incorporate, but go...
“LET FREEDOM SING: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement” to Premiere on TV One on Feb. 15 during Black History Month 2009 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Brainstorm Media, Time Life, TV One and MarVista Entertainment announced today the production of LET FREEDOM SING: How Music Inspired the...
As President Elect Obama moves to finish out his cabinet, he has selected former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk to the position of U.S. Trade Representative. Kirk is a currently a partner with law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Born in Austin, Texas, Kirk is a graduate of Austin College, in...
Catch me Wednesday on NPR’s News and Notes hosted by Farai Chideya when I appear on the Bloggers Roundtable. Joining me on the roundtable will be Kevin Ross of Three Brothers and a Sister and Faye Anderson who blogs at Anderson at Large. In Dallas you can hear the show...
Since the mortgage crisis broke out, it’s been popular for conservative talkers to blame so-called minorities for the industries woes. The claim that too many African-Americans and Latinos were given loans that should have been denied. While there were individuals and families throughout the market that probably were not qualified...
In our dear A Phi A fraternal spirit binds. All the noble, the true, and courageous. Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind Are the aims of our dear fraternity. Happy Founders Day to all the Ice Cold Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INCORPORATED! It has been 102...
Jason Roberson of the Dallas Morning News reports on an exciting development in the area of health for Southern Dallas. Today, Baylor Health Care System is going to put a center in South Dallas to help fight sugar. You know sugar a.k.a. diabetes. That’s how the disease was always spoken...
Ty Willingham deserved to be let go by Washington, in contrast to his unceremonious demise at Notre Dame. If Sylvester Croom hadn’t resigned at Mississippi State, he would have rightly been fired. And Ron Prince, well he just didn’t get it done at Kansas State. But everybody gets fired in...
Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune reporst on a rise in hate incidents across the U.S. since the election of Barack Obama. To read Witt’s entire story click here. Below are some of the highlights. Barely three weeks after Americans elected their first black president amid a wave of interracial...
