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In Marty Markowitz Tenure, a Cautionary Tale for Brooklyn Voters
When Marty Markowitz was first elected borough president in 2001, the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building was the tallest structure in Brooklyn. Today, the borough looks more like parts of Manhattan, with its world-known Brownstone landscape now eclipsed by a skyline of modern architecture. As Markowitz’s third and last term comes to an end More...
(Video) Important Info About Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
By age 50, eight out of ten women will have contracted the human papilloma virus (HPV). This year, twelve thousand women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,000 will die. In America, cervical cancer is More...
In Colorado, Blacks Make Up 4 Percent Of The Population And 100 Percent Of Death Row
ThinkProgress reports: Blacks make up four percent of the population in Colorado, yet they represent 100 percent of the people on death row. Via Nicole Flatow on ThinkProgress.org: In March, Colorado came close More...
Propublica Investigates Fair Housing: U.S. Betrayal of Landmark Civil Rights Law
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a reporter with Probublica, an investigative journalism organization, conducted an extensive examination of the 1968 Fair Housing Act, and found that for decades the U.S. Department of Housing More...
(Video-Text) A Timeless Speech: Malcolm X’s, ‘The Ballot or the Bullet’
On April 3, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio, Malcolm X delivered The Ballot or the Bullet, his eerily keen assessment of the economic, political and social state of affairs for Blacks/African Americans in the United States, More...
Unemployment for Blacks 13.2%; Latinos 9.0%; Whites 6.7%. What Obama Said Last Year.
The U.S. unemployment rate for April declined to 7.5%, the lowest in four years, according to last week’s employment situation released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Black unemployment rate, however, More...
(Must Watch) Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Economic Inequality
Via BillMoyers.com: The unprecedented level of economic inequality in America is undeniable. In an extended essay, Bill shares examples of the striking extremes of wealth and poverty across the country, including More...
(Must Watch) ‘The Central Park Five,’ Tonight, 9PM on PBS
(Must watch) Tonight, Tuesday, April 16, at 9:00PM (EST) on PBS, ‘The Central Park Five’ documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns. Also tonight on PBS, at 8:00PM, “In Performance at the White House: Memphis More...
Today is Jackie Robinson Day. Here is Why…
Today is “Jackie Robinson Day” in Major League Baseball. On April 15 in 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he played his first game. Via JackieRobinson.com: Jack Roosevelt Robinson More...
Inside NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Practice: Floyd v City of New York
Well underway in U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan is the landmark civil trial challenging the constitutionality of NYPD’s “Stop, Question and Frisk” policy. The lawsuit, Floyd, et al. v. City of New More...
