The MLK Memorial\'s Complicated History
Monday, August 22, 2011
After 15 painstaking years and some heated controversies, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington makes its debut. The National Mall, a wide expanse in the heart of the nation\'s capital, is home to numerous monuments honoring U.S....( read more ) .. read more..
President & Michelle Obama Step Out For Martha\'s Vineyard Date Night
Monday, August 22, 2011
President and Michelle Obama stepped out in Martha\'s Vineyard on Friday for a private date night... so private, in fact, that we did not see any pictures of what POTUS and FLOTUS wore! Did Michelle choose head-to-toe black like she did for their first...( read more ) .. read more..
Maxine Waters On Jobs, Unemployment: \'The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell\'
Monday, August 22, 2011
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday. With California\'s jobless rate now 12 percent, the second-highest rate of unemployment in the nation after Nevada, talk about jobs, the...( read more ) .. read more..
Miss Black USA to key on \'my generation of young sisters\'
Monday, August 22, 2011
Southwestern student Ocielia Gibson crowned Miss Black USA. Ocielia Gibson impressed judges at the Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant 2011 when asked how the nation could improve the high school graduation and college entry rates of African Americans....( read more ) .. read more..
Service for Dr. Zachery Tims, Jr. draws thousands
Monday, August 22, 2011
Dr. Zachery Tims, Jr. was funeralized in a nearly four-hour service that at times turned into a high-energy praise and worship service. Thousands clapped, sang, cried, laughed and listened as local and national pastors along with elected officials paid...( read more ) .. read more..
Goal-Oriented Investing: 3 Tips for Market Newbies
Sunday, August 21, 2011
It may feel unintuitive to jump into investing after one of the roughest weeks in recent stock market history, but online-investment startup GoalMine has experienced net inflows in the last few days, according to Chief Investment Officer Rimmy Malhotra....( read more ) .. read more..
Reports black voters have left President Obama are untrue
Sunday, August 21, 2011
BY DWIGHT LEWIS Shh! Pay very little attention to the noise you’re hearing about President Barack Obama being in deep trouble with his African-American voting base. It’s just not true. Consider the noise made last week by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.,...( read more ) .. read more..
Rick Perry Slams Food Stamps, Government Subsidies
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the latest GOP candidate to enter the 2012 presidential race, looks to challenge former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s status as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Perry entered the race on August...( read more ) .. read more..
My 5-Step Plan to Teach My Kids Real-World Money Skills
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Parenting magazines and blogs are full of advice on how to teach your kids about money. It usually goes something like this: Give them an allowance, make them save some of it, and consider matching their savings as an added incentive. Of course, saving...( read more ) .. read more..
The \'two Micheles\': Obama, Bachmann held to different standards
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Here we go again. I feel a bit of déjà vu coming on. I wrote this story before, back during the summer of 2008, when I penned the Outlook piece \"Black.Female.Accomplished.Attacked\" for the Washington Post , or better yet I wrote an entire book titled,...( read more ) .. read more..