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From NPR.org: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced that it will lead a $75 million initiative aimed at righting some of the disparities that can lead to racism. On May 11 youth organizations from 29 states and the District of Columbia will receive grants through the “Racial Healing Initiative.” Host Michel Martin speaks with Gail […]
From NYDailyNews.com: Backlash from Arizona’s new immigration law could cost the Phoenix area at least $90 million in revenue. Four major events have been canceled and others are on the brink, as calls for a boycott grow louder in protest of a law that lets cops ask people for their citizenship papers. For Phoenix, losing […]
// From the Chicago Tribune: Anthony Kyser didn’t have money for the tubes of toothpaste he stuffed in his jacket before he walked out of a Little Village CVS store Saturday morning. He paid with his life, instead. Chased out of the store and down a litter-strewn alley shortly before 11 a.m., the 35-year-old unemployed […]
Via Huffington Post: When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took […]
Via LA Times: A Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing her daughter’s 8-year-old playmate, Sandra Cantu of Tracy, Calif., after admitting to police that she owned the suitcase in which Sandra’s body was found, authorities said Saturday. Melissa Chantel Huckaby, 28, the granddaughter of a pastor, was taken into custody […]
One could argue that Planned Parenthood is following the lead of so-called “big box” stores. With abortions on the decline and a difficult economy, the organization has shifted from small neighborhood clinics to large regional facilities. Since 2007, the abortion provider has opened a big clinic in Aurora, Ill., outside of Chicago, a 23,000 square-foot […]
The pastor of a church in Brooklyn is asking for an official apology from the NYPD for the way in which officers chased a suspected car thief into the middle of a Bible study class on the Sabbath. SOURCE: NBC New York John Noel Read More
From Essence.com: Is 35 really the new 25? For some women over 35 looking to have children, this just might be the case. Let’s imagine we know a highly educated woman in her late 30’s who is thinking of having children. But unlike days of old our girl is not looking at a wedding ring […]
Yesterday, Tiger Woods backed out of the The Players Championship citing a bad neck injury. According to Golf.com/AP: Tiger fears his injury might be a bulging disk in his upper back.“I’ve been playing with a bad neck for about a month,” Woods said. After hitting his drive well to the right on the seventh hole, […]
Via CNN: Severe storms and massive flooding last weekend killed 23 people in Tennessee, state emergency management officials said. The federal government has declared 42 counties disaster areas. Flooding has caused more than $1.5 billion in property damage in the Nashville area alone, city officials said. Piles of debris stretched for blocks in the city’s […]
