Tuesday, November 1, 2011

B of A drops one fee, keeps another...

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Bank of America today said it will not charge customers a $5 debit card usage fee scheduled to start in January, but BofA is still penalizin...

November marks American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

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(Many Blacks living in the U.S. have mixed African and Indian ancestry, as did this reporter's grandfather, Joseph Morris.) The U.S. Ce...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Changing face of politics: The Electoral College reapportionment

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there will be some changes to the Electoral College due to changes in population that could affect the ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Parallels between Trinidad and the United States: curfews, detentions, and anxiety among citizens

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Although there are major differences between Trinidad and the U.S., there are similarities between the two countries - anxiousness and deta...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

How much are top school executives paid, and how much did they pay in student loans?

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(Pillar before Woodward Academy in College Park, Ga.) As President Barack Obama (salary $400k) talked to students about his and Michele...

The White House's plan for managing student loans

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(This information was taken from a White House press release.) The President has announced a series of additional steps that the Administra...

Perry's Texas has highest poverty regions in U.S.

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By Tomi Johnson...Texas has the poorest people in the nation within its borders. Texas is governed by Governor Rick Perry, a Republican can...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Message to Herman Cain

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The following email message is circulating through the Black community in the U.S. The greeting on your website says, "We are looki...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Breaking news: U.S. troops returning home by Dec. 31

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President Barack Obama announced today that he is living up to his campaign promise, and all U.S. troops will withdraw from Iraq by year...

What crimes against humanity did Gaddafi commit?

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According to the International Criminal Court at the Hague, the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was accused of the following: "The...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Breaking News: Muammar Gaddafi مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي is dead

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Preliminary news reports say Libyian President Gaddafi has been killed.

Who elected Obama in 2008?

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A lot of people think that black folks put Barack Obama in the White House, but that is not true. Obama received 53% or 66,882,230 votes f...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Occupy DC expands in McPherson Square Park

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The following photos were taken by Sharon Roper Jackson at a Washington, D.C. park on 15th Street & K Street during the first week of o...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Breaking News: Johnson-Sirleaf ahead in Liberian presidential race

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With 96.7% or 4311 of 4457 polling places reporting, incumbent President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has 44% of the vote, followed by Winston ...

Opportunities in education not reverse discrimination

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Whether you are for affirmative action and equal opportunity or against reverse discrimination, some universities still have programs in pla...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Breaking news: U.S. troops invade Uganda

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Developing story...It has been reported that 100 U.S. troops or advisers made their way into Uganda and a bordering country earlier this we...

Black pr professionals to host conference and career fair

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Milwaukee, Wis. – Against a backdrop of job loss and public relations agency business declines, the National Black Public Relations Society ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

"Courageous" film produced by megachurch receiving rave reviews

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The Christian drama film Courageous produced by Sherwood Pictures, a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., is showing in mov...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Bill Gates death announcement posted on Wikipedia

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An erroneous mention of the death of Bill Gates was posted on Wikipedia's bio posting of J. P. Morgan. In between the listing of Morga...

Breaking news: Gas $3.01 off I75

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If you are a Kroger card holder and have earned 100 points, you can purchase regular gasoline at Kroger Fuel stations off I75 near Exit 333 ...

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new data

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New information concerning labor force characteristics by race and ethnicity, job openings, labor turnover surveys, Alabama and Mississippi ...

KSU wins 2011 Homecoming game; Midnight Star wows crowd

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Frankfort, Ky...Kentucky State University (KSU) celebrated its 125th Anniversary on October 6 – 9 in Frankfort, Ky., the Commonwealth's...
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Friday, October 7, 2011

Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf shares Nobel Peace Prize

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(Johnson Sirleaf addresses crowd after speech in Atlanta, Ga. in 2007 when blogger Tomi Johnson ((l)) was a reporter.) Oslo, Norway...The...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Are career centers and networking consultants helping the unemployed?

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Blogger's Notes: Last night, I attended a job networking event at a neighborhood church. Information and advice given by "job tran...
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Careers in electric vehicle research expected to soar

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According to James Hamilton, economist in the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the...