“Keep going, no matter what,” was the mantra of the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Reginald F. Lewis. On Dec. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., students of the Paul Laurence Dunbar and Reginald F. Lewis High Schools will share essays, music, and dance inspired by that theme, as part of a celebration of what […]
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Republicans Present House Committee Chairs–No Blacks, No Women!!
House Speaker John Boehner on Nov. 27 announced the House committee chairs for the 113th Congress. The 19 names proffered, however, are all White men—no women, no minorities. It is a move that seems to belie the GOP’s mea culpas about its lack of diversity—apologies that were prodded by the party’s election losses, mostly at […]
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High Court to Rule on DNA Collection from Suspects
The Supreme Court next year will weigh in on the growing national debate over the collection and use of genetic material from criminal suspects when it considers a case involving Maryland’s DNA law, the justices announced earlier this month. More than half of U.S. states have laws that allow police to cull DNA from persons […]
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Jackson Resignation Leaves District in Turmoil
The resignation of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) from Congress last week created an uncertain political future for the residents of Illinois’ second congressional district and for the once-rising star, political analysts and other observers say. Since gliding into Congress in a 1995 landslide victory in a special election, Jackson has handily-won reelection. Citing his […]
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An Interview with New LDF President Sherrilyn Ifill
In January 2013, Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill will become the seventh president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She recently inherited the position, which was left vacant in March by the untimely death of her predecessor, John Payton, a brilliant courtroom strategist who led the LDF in resounding legal victories. Ifill’s […]
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Holder to Remain AG in Year I of Obama II
Attorney General Eric Holder will remain in President Obama’s second-term cabinet–at least for a year, according to news reports. The embattled official had expressed uncertainty about his future with the administration right after the election. “I have to think about can I contribute in a second term,” Holder told students at the University of Baltimore […]
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GOP Submits Letter to White House in Campaign to Block Rice Nomination
Capitol Hill Republicans are ramping up their campaign to block the possible nomination of UN Ambassador Susan Rice to head the State Department with a Nov. 19 letter to the White House to voice their disapproval. In the letter, the 97 House Republicans say Rice’s credibility was undermined by her initial characterization of the Sept. […]
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Daunting Tasks Load Obama Second Term Agenda
With a number of big-ticket items still on his legislative to-do list, President Obama has little time to rest on the laurels of his victory in the election. According to research, the president fulfilled 37 percent of his campaign promises. Some dispute that, saying the president did a lot of heavy lifting in his first […]
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Ifill Named to Head NAACP Legal Defense Fund
University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill will assume the helm of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in January 2013, the organization announced Nov. 19. Ifill, a graduate of the New York University School of Law, is a respected civil rights litigator who has specialized in voting rights and political participation, she is also […]
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Alcorn State Receives Diversity Award
Alcorn State University was named one of 48 recipients of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity’s inaugural (HEED) award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The public school in Lorman, Miss. was the only historically Black institution on the list which INSIGHT released Nov.13. As a winner […]
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Consumers Urged to Remember Small Businesses After Black Friday
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and with it, one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. One lawmaker is urging American consumers not to forget small, independently-owned businesses as they do their holiday shopping. U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, recently co-sponsored a resolution designating Nov. […]
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Man Accused of Threatening to Assassinate Obama Arrested in Colo.
A Colorado man was arrested after his therapist reported his threats to assassinate President Obama and shoot children on Halloween. Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, of Westminster, Colo., is a student at Colorado Mesa University in western Colorado and, acquaintances said, the last person they’d expect to make such threats. One of Kusick’s peers at Broomfield High […]
