Today on CNN, Memphis Tea Party founder Mark Skoda and Washington Bureau NAACP Director Hilary Shelton agreed to “find a more common ground together” in a conversation today with TJ Holmes in the CNN Newsroom.
By Malia Litman – Malia Litman’s Blog Sarah Palin spoke this weekend at the Oil Palace in Tyler, Texas, a small town in East Texas. She was introduced at the event by Texas Governor Rick Perry, who referred to half-term-ex-Governor Palin as one of the “great Americans of our time.” ...
From the DSN Newswire (HUD) More than a thousand extremely low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS will continue to receive permanent housing as a result of $30.2 million in grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). During each of the next three years, this HUD...
Originally posted by TMZ Staff (Courtesy Nicki Fertile) Brian Oxman tells TMZ he is filing a wrongful death lawsuit today against Dr. Conrad Murray for unspecified damages in connection with the death of Michael Jackson. The lawsuit does not name AEG, though Oxman has alleged the company that produced “This...
From the Department of Housing and Urban Development WASHINGTON – Today, the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) – from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) – joined Executive Director...
By Lorrie Irby Jackson – Reporter After twenty years, six studio albums, multiple hit singles and years of touring around the world, some bands are ready to kick back, count up the royalties and call it a day. But that’s not exactly the case for Mint Condition. Not only is...
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica – May 4, 2010 Allow us to make an introduction: Homeowners, local journalists. Local journalists, homeowners. We’d like to set you up. Since last May, nearly 800 struggling homeowners from all over the country have shared their stories with ProPublica about their efforts to get a...
by Olga Pierce, ProPublica – May 10 Before Elena Kagan was a Supreme Court nominee, she was Obama’s nominee for Solicitor General, a position she now holds. And as an administration nominee, she was required to file a financial disclosure, and an ethics agreement – outlining potential conflicts of interest...
DSN Newswire (Office of Public Health and Science Communications) Twenty-two percent of 18-44 year old women in the United States reported hearing more about lupus compared to a year ago, according to a national online survey released today by the Ad Council. In an effort to further engage minority women,...
