There were bloggers from all over the world that participated in yesterday's Blogging for Justice Against Sexual Abuse of Black Women. Take a moment and read some of the other responses from the web. I particularly liked what Eddie Griffin, Nu Vision, and AA Political Pundit had to say. What...
WASHINGTON—Today Rep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Tex.), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, blasted President Bush for vetoing H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. This bipartisan legislation, which was approved...
I have tell you, I had written an entire post titled "I'm voting Yes," with all these reasons why. Many of them were in line with facts detailed by Renee at Blue Island. The Vote "No" people have not been straight with the citizens of Dallas in their reasoning. ...
Big Creek, West Virginia and West Palm Beach, Florida provide two disturbing cases of rape perpetrated against two African-American females. To compare and contrast the two stories shows just how much work is needed to keep black women and their families safe from the horror inflicted by sexual abuse. The...
Soulja Boy's "Crank That Soulja Boy" is pretty hot right now, though it's popularity is probably on the downside. As of two or three weeks ago, football team from high school to the NFL were getting crunk before games with Soulja Boy as their inspiration. And as many of you...
DALLAS, TX— The Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2007's eleven newest inductees are an elite class of history making athletes and coaches: Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson; former Dallas Cowboy and Super Bowler Harvey Martin (posthumously); former Dallas Cowboy, Super Bowl co-MVP, and Dallas South Oak Cliff H.S. standout ...
In a post on the Dallas Morning News Editorial Blog, Sharon Grigsby states that the DMN writing team has struggled to find an alternative to the term "Southern Sector." "Our writing team has the same negative reaction to the term," Gribsby says in the post, "but we've been hard-pressed to...
AfroSpear bloggers are encouraging Blacks to give "the gift of technology" to their children, parents and others, to empower them to communicate in the Internet Age, with recommended gifts of computers, digicams, broadband and open source software. This Christmas, the same AfroSpear Black bloggers who organized the March on Jena...
The Power of Black Preaching Interdenominational Forum, hosted by Brite Divinity School, is coming to Dallas November 1-3. All services will take place at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 Wheatland Ave. in Dallas. Friendship-West is pastored by Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III. Scheduled to preach during the forum: Rev. Dr....
“It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the Statehouse willing to take the lead.” President George W. Bush It's obvious the above statement made by Bush while with Arnold Schwarzenegger was directed at former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. In a recent article, the New York Post...
