Cops Arrest Renowned Scholar after Breaking into His Own Home…
July 24, 2009 by The Reverend
Filed under News
Cambridge, Mass., Sgt. James Crowley arrested Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home last week after he responded to a report of two black men attempting to break in to Gates’ home.
It turned out that Gates, head of Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, had broken into his own home after being unable to find his keys upon his return from a trip to China.
US recession ‘began last year’ | BBC News
December 1, 2008 by The Reverend
Filed under News
Gasp! You admit it?! Who told you?
(BBC News) - The US entered a recession in December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Its business cycle dating committee, which is considered the arbiter of whether the US is in recession, met on Friday to make the decision. Read more
Reclaiming the Drizzle Dizl…
July 21, 2008 by The Reverend
Filed under Education & Advancement, News
“Yes, we can?”
So… I watched Black In America: Reclaiming The Dream . Ye-e-a-h… so much I could say, but I will hold back. I will say they asked the pseudo-tough questions… but that’s about it. As well, I think my self-esteem was tested by all the statistics they kept lobbing before each commercial break letting you know just how far back Black America is versus … well… the usual suspects. Also, my first reaction to the airing was “wasn’t this originally slated for February?” Read more