18June2013
Today's Headlines
Today's Headlines
Former Atlanta Police Officer Gets 2 Years in Prison For Lying, Accepting Bribes
A former Atlanta police officer was sentenced to two years in federal prison today for conspiring to accept bribes and lying to FBI agents. Elton Augustin, 32, of Stockbridge, Ga., was an APD officer who worked with the department from June 2007 to August 2007 and used his position to bolseter secur...
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Dave Chappelle to Hit Atlanta Before 13-Date U.S. Tour
Comedian Dave Chappelle, best known for his popular Comedy Central TV program "Chappelle's Show," announced a 13-city U.S. comedy tour to kick off in August. But before he hits those dates, he'll be in Atlanta ...
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Health Disparities: A Function of Assets, Access and Attitudes
Julianne Malveaux
Last week, I attended a “think tank” conversation with leaders of the Rodham Institute, a newly- established center at George Washington University is dedicated to reducing health disparities in Washington, D.C. This is an important effort because Washington is such a divided city. East of the Anacostia River – Wards 7 and 8 – are the poorest areas in the district, with some of the most challenging problems. They have an obesity rate of more...
06-18-2013
Read moreBlacks More Willing to Make Privacy Concessions
George Curry
Although the federal government secretly spied on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in the past, Blacks are more willing than Whites to have their privacy rights invaded if it will help investigate possible terrorists. A recent joint poll by the Pew Research Center and the Washington Post showed that a majority of Americans support the National Security Agency’s tracking of telephone and Internet records of millions of Americans in an effort...
06-17-2013
Read moreWhy 2 Chainz Got Robbed
Dion Rabouin
I often find myself in conversations centered on the question, "What happened to hip hop?" The best answer that I've found came from HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher in reference to a previous conversation he had with rapper Jay-Z. Maher had chastised Jay about his lyrics, particularly the over-the-top braggadocio about Maybachs, Ace of Spades and spending Euros (that's right, plural) that has come to define the Brooklyn-born rapper in the later stages of his...
06-14-2013
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Atlanta Dream Signs Former WNBA All-Star, Community Service Award Winner Ruth Riley
The Atlanta Dream announced Tuesday that it has signed veteran free agent center Ruth Riley, a former WNBA All-Star and Olympic Gold Medalist. Riley will join the first-place Dream (6-1) to fill the roster spot vacated by Sancho Lyttle, who has been temporarily suspended while competing for the Span...
Atlanta Sports Radio Hosts Fired After Mocking Former Saints Player With ALS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Three sports radio hosts from Atlanta's 790 The Zone's "Mayhem in the AM" have been fired after mocking former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason during an on-air segment. Gleason, who is 36 years old and confined to a wheelchair, has amyotrophic l...
Business
BMW, Dollar General Sued Over Background Checks on Black Applicants
(NNPA) – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency that enforces federal employment discrimination laws, filed lawsuits against BMW and the discount retailer Dollar General alleging that the companies broad use of criminal background checks discriminate against Black applicants a...
Economic Freedom Riders
"I was tired of giving in."
- Rosa Parks
It is always interesting to reflect on certain events that took place in days gone by, especially when it comes to economic issues. In my entrepreneurship classes, I often use the example of the Montgomery bus boycott to illustrate a very important lesson we co...
Viewpoints
We Can Do Better on Guns
Guns killed more preschoolers in one year than they did law-enforcement officers in the line of duty. Ask yourself if this is really what we as Americans meant by putting our children first?
American companies manufacture enough bullets each year to fire 31 rounds into every one of our citizens. How ...
Juneteenth is Worth Celebrating
Did you know that the official African-American holidays are: Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth? What do you, and your family, do to celebrate Juneteenth? Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, the Juneteenth holiday is an abbreviated form of "June Nineteenth." It marks the ...
Praise
Cedric The Entertainer & Neicy Nash Prep For New Season Of ‘Soul Man’
Are you ready for Season Two of
TV Land’s The Soul Man
starring
Cedric the Entertainer
and
Niecy Nash
? The two play happily married couple – The Reverend and Mrs. Lolli Boyce. Soul Man proves that you can have a clean TV
show on the air that the family can watch without cringing.
Our frie...
Minute Meditation: Prayer To Fight Loneliness
Loneliness is not necessarily being alone. We may be alone for long periods without feeling at all lonely. On the other hand we may feel lonely in a familiar setting without really understanding why.
Set aside a moment and allow yourself to feel this emotion.
Next place your concern prayer.
Heavenly Fa...
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