SHAWN P. WILLIAMS Blog

Southwest Center Mall is sold.

Southwest Center Mall is sold.

By Shawn Williams – Dallas South News Editor In a community meeting at the atrium of Southwest Center Mall on Monday night, the public was informed that after months in foreclosure, Southwest Center Mall has a new owner.  When Councilman Tennell Atkins and Mayor Tom Leppert opened the meeting of...

Old School Friday: Workout Songs

Old School Friday: Workout Songs

This week’s Old School Friday topic is workout/exercise songs.  I’m always looking for suggestions so please feel free to comment with songs you workout to so I can add them to my playlist.  Happy OSF!!! Beastie Boys – Sabotage Nelly #1 L.L. Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out

RNC Statement on September Unemployment Report

RNC Statement on September Unemployment Report

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today: “As President Obama travels to Copenhagen to bring the Summer Olympics to his hometown seven years from now, Americans back home are increasingly concerned they won’t have a job seven months from now as they see more and...

Genma Holmes: Home training must become popular again

Genma Holmes: Home training must become popular again

By Genma Holmes cross posted at nonprofit news organization DallasSouthNews.org I wrote this while wiping away tears rolling down my cheeks and yelling at my monitor. I watched a few minutes of the video of the senseless beating death of the Chicago teen, Derrion Albert, 16, who was an A...

White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes on healtcare reform: The stakes for African Americans

White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes on healtcare reform: The stakes for African Americans

Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Advisory has a couple of entries worth noting in the Health Insurance Reform Debate. First, a few excerpts from an Op-Ed for AOL Black Voices: As with so many issues, if the state of our health care system is a crisis for America, it’s...

Press Release: Doctors Sue KFC Over Dangerous Carcinogen in New Grilled Chicken Products

Press Release: Doctors Sue KFC Over Dangerous Carcinogen in New Grilled Chicken Products

Laboratory Tests Show KFC Grilled Chicken Contains Cancer-Causing Substance; KFC Violating Law by Failing to Warn Consumers WASHINGTON—A national physicians group is suing Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) under California law for failing to warn consumers that the chain’s new grilled chicken product contains a dangerous carcinogen. Independent laboratory tests show...

Will Ferrell and others stand up for insurance executives, “the real victims”

Will Ferrell and others stand up for insurance executives, “the real victims”

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

U.S. Rep Clyburn/Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Host Social Media Forum w/ Shawn Williams & other Leading African American Social Media Strategiests

U.S. Rep Clyburn/Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Host Social Media Forum w/ Shawn Williams & other Leading African American Social Media Strategiests

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), chaired by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, will debut Digital Fusion – CBCF 2.0 at a first-of-its-kind forum of the leading African American social media strategists called Black Power 2.0 – Social Media and Digital Content Mobilizing the Masses. The convening will address...

Old School Friday: Criminal Records

Old School Friday: Criminal Records

We’ll this is a pretty creative topic for OSF.  I did a couple of takes on the same theme, one being artists with criminal records and the other a song with criminal in the title.  Here goes. Da Brat – What’chu Like Word is prison isn’t going too well for...