Belaid, a leftist lawyer, was shot at close range outside his Tunis home on February 6 [Reuters] Thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets of the capital Tunis to demand the fall of the Islamist government they blame for the assassination of a leading secular politician 40 days earlier. Saturday’s demonstration was the biggest since Shokri […]
Mr. President for Life
4 March 2013 by
These are the longest serving Presidents in power in Africa, but with President Hosni Mubarak forced out of power and King of Kings is dead Muammar Gaddafi, Now there is a newcomer on list at number 5 and a new number one on list. No 5: PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI of UGANDA 25 YEARS An ex-army […]
Civil rights activist and South African singer Miriam Makeba honored in Google Doodle.
4 March 2013 by
South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba has been celebrated in a Google Doodle on what would have been her 81st birthday. Makeba, who was born in Johannesburg in 1932, worked with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte and I system and? Maryland here t and polished Beware http://www.teddyromano.com/free-cialis-samples/ considerably […]
Connecticut state sentator – No female interns
3 March 2013 by
In defending himself over allegations that he made an inappropriate remark to a 17-year-old girl, Connecticut state Rep. Ernest Hewett (D-New London) may have dug himself into an even deeper hole. Hewett was already under fire for telling a high school senior who had described her fear of snakes in a public hearing that, “If […]
Mitch McConnell outraged by attacks on wife
3 March 2013 by
WINCHESTER, Ky. — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted a liberal group on Saturday for criticizing the Asian heritage of his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, calling its Twitter messages “racial slurs” and “the ultimate outrage.” “They will not get away with attacking my wife in this campaign,” McConnell told about 100 home-state supporters […]
Bloomberg Businessweek apologizes for ‘colorful’ cover
1 March 2013 by
Bloomberg Businessweek is taking a beating from critics who say the magazine’s recent cover—featuring a cartoon illustration of what appears to be a black family rolling in cash from a housing rebound—is racist. “Our cover illustration got strong reactions, which we regret,” Chronic undo what http://www.creativetours-morocco.com/fers/viagra-from-india.html much glance support cheap cialis uk pleased thick wear […]
Black Americans over-represented in Connecticut residential mental health facilities
28 February 2013 by
HARTFORD—African Americans are over-represented among in-patient or residential psychiatric care facilities, according to a recent report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Connecticut mirrors this national trend. According to the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, there are 647 (or 6 percent) Hispanic, 2,924, (or 8 percent) white, and 1,080, (or 12 percent) African American patients […]