HUD charges Florida landlords with discriminating against African-American family WASHINGTON / The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is charging the owners of a single-family home in Gibsonton, Fla. with violating the Fair Housing Act for engaging in discriminatory housing practices, including reneging on their agreement to rent the […]

              via:yahoonews   Thanks to the recession, 2009 was one of the worst years for poverty in America in more than half a century. The total number of Americans living in poverty hit 43.6 million, the highest level in 51 years and the national poverty rate rose to 14.3 […]

By Mike Capetillo Texas Southern University becomes the first Historically Black University ever to receive its own channel on Comcast on Demand. The partnership is a great opportunity for students to experience hands-on training and create highly professional and entertaining programs. The channel will consist of various shows ranging from news and current events to […]

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I spent the last 5 days with Europeans at a conference at the Nicoluas Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. The conference was organized around the theme of creating peaceful coexistence in multi-religious societies. I gave a conference presentation and

Via: defendernetwork.com Houston’s Habitat for Humanity is working to bring hope to blighted areas, and thanks to a $1.4 million stimulus fund, they’re starting with foreclosed and abandoned properties in Fifth Ward.

Tyler Perry appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show today and cried after sharing the details of his horrific childhood and abusive father. In addition to being beaten by his father (once, so badly that he blacked out for three days), Tyler Perry was also sexually abused by four different adults when he was a child. […]

              By Ben Patterson via: yahoonews   Get ready for a new, thinner — and most important, cheaper — version of Apple’s  ultra-slim MacBook Air, including a smaller 11.6-inch version to go along with the 13-inch original. Also on the horizon: the next major version of the Mac OS, and […]

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