Atlanta, GA – A diverse group of women representing all walks of life, faiths, and ethnicities assembled recently at the Atlanta Civic Center for the “Women in Power Multicultural Forum,” a spirited get-out-the-vote rally featuring a mixture of local, state, and national speakers that discussed women as “Game Changers” and urged the audience to visit, […]
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Meek says Charlie Crist tried to get him to drop out of Senate race
CNN reports that Florida Senate hopeful, Kendrick Meek said that it was Florida Gov. Charlie Crist not former President Clinton that tried to talk him into dropping out of the Senate race. I am terribly confused. Crist is a former Republican running as an Independent; what does he have to do with Meek? Kendrick Meek […]
Shirley Sherrod helps the NAACP get-out-the-vote
Best-Selling Author Sabrina Lamb Detangles the Jawn Murray Hair Controversy
New York – When best-selling author, media personality and satirist Sabrina Lamb speaks, it is usually loud and clear. A savvy business woman, journalist and former stand up comic, Lamb was acknowledged as number 16 on the list of “50 Top Black Women in Entertainment” in Black Noir magazine. Her latest book, “A Kettle of […]
Atlanta neighborhood celebrates Lowery’s birthday
ATLANTA (AP) Oct. 9 – Friends and volunteers are gathering in Atlanta for a neighborhood clean up to help celebrate the Rev. Joseph Lowery’s birthday. The civil rights icon turned 89 on Wednesday. To honor him, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda is bringing people together Saturday to clean Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. Birthday […]
Meet her at the Education Crossroads: Ruth Adkins Robinson, Creator and Executive Producer of “The Education Superhighway” hosted by Reverend Al Sharpton
Hollywood, CA – Sometimes we cross paths with others that seem pure accident, with others it seems pre-ordained. For Ruth Adkins Robinson, a call in 1976 for writing help on a live awards show from James Brown’s manager Charles Bobbitt was the first pavestone in the pathway that led to a New York production studio […]
Obama Issues Education Message
By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out. American students are falling behind some of their foreign counterparts, especially in math and […]
U.S. Walks Out as Iran Leader Speaks
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, NY Times — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran made a series of incendiary remarks in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, notably the claim that the United States orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks to rescue its declining economy, to reassert its weakening grip on the Middle East and […]
Bishop Eddie Long says charges against him are false
By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Bishop Eddie Long, in his first public statement since he was sued by three men who alleged he coerced them into having sexual relationships, said he has been “through storms and my faith has always sustained me.” ” I am anxious to respond directly to these false […]