In its final push to raise funds for the expansion of its Northwest Center, leaders at nonprofit food assistance organization Bread for the City announced they’d reached an $8.25 million capital campaign goal. The funds will help double the center’s size and takes place on the vacant 11,000-square-foot lot next to their Seventh Street N.W. […]
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National Black Church Initiative Helps Pr. George’s Fight Mortgage Woes
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 34,000 churches, successfully assisted 182 families in Prince George’s County at the Face-to-Face Housing Workout event held last month at Hope Christian Church World Headquarters. The event’s primary purpose was to assist any resident in Prince George’s County facing imminent housing foreclosure or in need of […]
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DC Housing Authority Board Appoints New Executive Director
The District of Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners recently appointed Adrianne Todman to the position of executive director. The board took action at its regularly scheduled public meeting. With the assistance of Gans, Gans & Associates, an executive recruitment firm, the board conducted a nationwide search, which attracted more than 138 applicants. On learning […]
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Obama Nominates Judge Bernice Bouie Donald for U.S. Court of Appeals Seat
President Barack Obama recently nominated Judge Bernice Bouie Donald, who serves as a Western District judge in Tennessee, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. “Judge Donald has shown an outstanding commitment to public service throughout her career and as a District Judge in Tennessee,” President Obama said […]
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New York Taxi Advocate Promotes Racial Profiling
Fernando Mateo, head of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers and of advocacy group Hispanics Across America, has come under fire for telling cab drivers they should use racial profiling when considering African-American and Latino passengers, Reuters reported. According to news reports, Mateo told the drivers racial profiling may help prevent an attack […]
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U.S. Colored Troops Represented in Commemorative Ceremony
The 1865 Grand Review of United States Colored Troops was commemorated recently in Harrisburg, Pa., where more than 100 re-enactors participated in a re-enactment ceremony. The 13th U.S. Colored Troops of Murfreesboro and the 44th U.S. Colored Troops of Chattanooga comprised a group of 25 Tennesseans who represented the Volunteer State in grand military style. […]
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Auburn’s Cam Newton Wins Heisman Despite Eligibility Investigation
Auburn junior quarterback Cam Newton has won the Heisman Trophy, college football’s highest award. Newton won in a landslide vote Dec. 11 despite an NCAA investigation that determined that his father attempted to sell his son’s services to the highest bidding school. Investigators found that Cecil Newton engaged in a pay-for-play scheme, but found no […]
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Chicago’s Infamous Cabrini-Green Apartments Projects Officially Closed
Chicago’s housing authority recently shut down the city’s Cabrini-Green Housing Projects—known for their laundry list of gruesome high-profile crimes—, ending a troubled era in Chicago public housing. According to the Associated Press, the move was made on Nov. 30 after an emergency order was issued instructing its last residents to leave. The two families, who […]
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Maryland Attorney General Announces $67M Settlement with Bank of America
Bank of America will pay $67 million for its involvement in a nationwide scheme to rig bids and engage in other anticompetitive conduct that defrauded state agencies, county governments, and non-profits in their purchase of municipal bond derivatives, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced Dec. 10. The settlement is one component of a larger $137 […]
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Two Major HBCUs in Danger of Losing Accreditation
Two HBCUs in Tennessee are in danger of losing their accreditation unless they change their operations. Tennessee State University has a year to meet “measures of institutional effectiveness” and Fisk University must address its budgetary issues in order to maintain accreditation. Both are in Nashville. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission (SACS) on […]
Posted inNational News
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Stalled in the Senate
Senate Republicans put the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in jeopardy this week as they stalled a Democrat proposal to end the Clinton-era policy which bars individuals from serving in the armed forces who publicly admit their homosexuality. The delay came despite a Pentagon report issued earlier in December saying that […]
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New Details Emerge in Murder of Hollywood Publicist
Beverly Hills police have identified the man they believe committed the Nov. 16 murder of popular Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen before turning the gun on himself as police closed in. According to police reports, Harold Martin Smith was a career criminal who shot and killed Chasen during a robbery attempt, and committed suicide with the […]