Obama Offers Help for Student Loan Woes
President Obama will announce new programs Wednesday to lower monthly loan payments for some students graduating next year and thereafter and to let borrowers who have a mix of direct federal loans and loans under the old Federal Family Education Loan Program consolidate them at a slightly lower interest rate. Read More.
Barack Obama Chows Down At Roscoe’s Chicken ‘N Waffles
You may be wondering why President Barack Obama stopped at the famous Roscoe’s Chicken ‘N Waffles in Los Angeles but the answer is simple, he was hungry. The U.S. pres is on a run in L.A to gather some ends from friends and decided to grab a meal-to-go but he also surprised the guests inside the eatery with [...]
Herman Cain, Is He Really That Stupid?
That’s all you need to know, folks! He’s notconfused, or glib, or uninterested. He’s stupid. Like Forest Gump. Or Sarah Palin. He doesn’t understand the things that he says. We can’t all be smart, or even average. And Herman Cain isn’t. This is just by way of saying, as Bill Maher noted last week, that there’s really no [...]
NPR’s First African American Host Steps Down Temporarily Because of Husband
NPR host Michele Norris is temporarily stepping down from the afternoon news show “All Things Considered” because her husband has taken a senior role in President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. In a note sent to NPR staff Monday and posted on the network’s website, Norris says her husband’s new role could make it difficult to [...]
So Sad: 1-in-4 Black Male HS Dropouts Ends Up in Prison
Black Like Moi reports. The schools in urban America have become virtual feeder systems for America’s prisons. There is no greater source of feeding than the black male, especially when he remains uneducated. Some experts wonder if these men and women are deliberately uneducated, since the prisons are able to earn billions from free labor [...]
Herman Cain Keeps On Messing Up
Herman Cain is having trouble adjusting to the national spotlight. People are picking over his every word and he’s not quite sounding very presidential. Herman Cain is learning the hard way what it means to face the glare of the national spotlight. After captivating Republicans hungry for an alternative to 2012 GOP presidential front-runner Mitt [...]
Security Guard Pepper Sprayed Middle Schoolers During Lunch
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Black Like Moi. School officials are trying to figure out why a security guard used pepper spray to slow down a food fight in a Norfolk Middle School. Parents are outraged that a guard at the Lafayette-Winona Middle School used what appears to be unnecessary force to calm the students [...]
Dr. Boyce: Bryant Gumbel Works to Free the High Paid Slaves of the NBA
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World. I watched curiously as Bryant Gumbel, host of “Real Sports,” referred to NBA Commissioner David Stern as a “modern day overseer.” The comments rocked the world, probably more so than anything Gumbel has ever said in the past. Based on Gumbel’s remarks over the years, I quietly [...]
Intentional? MLK Memorial Does Not Mention the Words “Racism” or “Black”
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World Not meaning to be picky or to challenge those who worked with corporations to fund the Memorial built in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, but I had to mention this. Someone sent me a message today stating that he’d been told during a meeting with the [...]
Dr. Boyce: 5 Questions Dr. King Might Ask About His Memorial
It only makes sense that we show respect for those who have chosen to participate in the Martin Luther King Memorial Dedication ceremonies this week. Millions of Americans truly appreciate the legacy of Dr. King, and their involvement in the ceremony is reflective of this sentiment. So, my desire not to participate in the commemoration [...]
Will and Jada Co-Host Obama Event in L.A.
The Obama team has included a stop to see Will and Jada as part of the president’s fundraising initiative. The event is scheduled for October 24, and had initially only included a Latino fundraiser. The Hollywood Reporter has stated that Will and Jada will charge $35,800 per person for the dinner. They will serve as [...]
Reports Show That Social Security Must Retool to Serve People of Color
Over the next three decades, the United States is projected to become a “majority-minority” nation, with people of color outnumbering whites for the first time. In turn, Social Security must be modernized to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse and economically insecure workforce, according to a report released Thursday. The report, Plan for a New [...]