Metro Atlanta Unemployment Rates Falls Again
The unemployment rate in metro Atlanta fell by 0.4 percent, from 8.3 percent in February to 7.9 percent in March. The numbers were reported by…
Daily Archive: April 25, 2013
Black Leaders Have Sold Out
Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S. Most of the blame can be laid at the…
The Abortion Holocaust
Let me first say that I believe a woman should have the right to an abortion. It is the law and each person has their…
Virginia State University Students Charged In Hazing Deaths
Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, rain-swollen river as part of an initiation rite. The body of one freshman, identified as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search continued Tuesday for the second, Jauwan M. Holmes, 19, of Newport News. …
The Truth About Chechnya and the Tsarnaev Brothers: An Unfair Connection
After a week of reporting on Dzhokhar and TamerlanTsarnaev – and subsequently, Chechnya – we know no more about this complex part of the world or its people than we did before the Boston Marathon bombings of April 15th. As soon as Chechnya was identified as the suspects’ homeland of origin, the entire region became a symbol of age-old conflicts, mass stereotyping, and incomplete, Wikipedia-style reporting. Before the Tsarnaev brothers carried out the Boston Marathon bombings, very little attention was concentrated on the region. …
President Obama is Getting a Tattoo?
(AP) — President Barack Obama has a strategy to discourage his daughters from rebelling, perhaps by getting a tattoo himself. Obama says he and his wife, Michelle, have told 14-year-old Malia and 11-year-old Sasha that if they ever decide to get a tattoo then “mommy and me” will get the …
1 in 4 Students Finish High School Late, American Students Falling Behind – Report
U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren’t adept at new technology. America’s economy will suffer if schools don’t step up their game. “A Nation at Risk,” the report issued 30 years ago by President Ronald Reagan’s Education …
