DSN Newswire The National Association of Black Journalists named CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Journalist of the Year at its spring Board of Directors meeting. O’Brien will join other top honorees at the association’s Salute to Excellence Gala, on July 31 in San Diego, during NABJ’s 35th Annual Convention and Career Fair,...
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, African-American Unemployment rose to 16.5% in March. That’s up from 15.8% in February and 13.5% in March of 2009. What’s even worse is the outlook for African-American men. The unemployment rate for Black men in March was 19%. That’s...
Came across this video where our friend and blogging peer Chris Rabb works with ColorLines to profile green jobs that are being created across the country in areas where work is scarce. As I continue to say, it doesn’t matter if you believe in the virtues of sustainable living, the...
(From 3 Baas Media) Fellow Blogger and Blog Talk Radio Host Kevin Ross is moving up, getting ready to hit televisions this fall in a new courtroom show. Congrats to my friend and brother Kevin. I look to support Kevin and his show any way that I can and can’t...
From the Office of the Press Secretary My Administration is dedicated to ensuring that federal agencies treat all our citizens fairly, and the settlement in the Pigford case reflects that commitment. I applaud Secretary Vilsack for his efforts to modernize operations at the USDA, as well as the work of...
From the Office of the United States Trade Representative “Thank you all for having me here today. Thank you to Michael Sorrell for that introduction and for his work at Paul Quinn College, and my thanks as well to Michael Lomax for his incredible dedication as President of the UNCF....
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a ceremony with Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., Christine King Ferris, sister to Martin Luther King Jr.; EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and members of the Black and Hispanic Caucuses, Secretary of...
Is Ludacris the leader we’ve been looking for? Chris Bridges a.k.a Ludacris is offering a refreshing image for an art form that has seemed to lose its way over the last decade. This past weekend he made the circuit, promoting his foundation and asking for a new look at philanthropic...
This is from a post by Lorrie Irby Jackson (who also writes for DallasSouthNews.org) that was posted at Chick Talk Dallas. Visit ChickTalkDallas.com to read this entire post. It was 1999. I was only 27 years old, but I was worn-down, weary and depressed. I was working full-time at a...
This is one of those stories that you’ve heard about before but not exactly sure what it is. Well it’s pretty self explanatory, but a little more Google research reveals a number of other interesting aspects to this sad story.
