Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) to Uphold Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr.’s Legacy through Global Dialogue
By: Charles S. Mombo @CharleSMombo,@FlashMobB2C,@burnedbrass,@wwclick Article Sponsor: Real-Time Crowdsourcing Social Media Marketing and Backchanneling In the spirit of promoting peace, inspiring community service, and upholding Dr. Martin Luther King's Jr.'s legacy, Alpha [Read More]
Kuwait’s citizens without citizenship a denial of rights for the Bidun people
Prisoners of the Past - Kuwaiti Bidun and the Burden of Statelessness. Thanks to al-Jazeera; because it was through their broadcast that I first heard about a Human Rights Watch report entitle, Prisoners of the Past – Kuwaiti Bidun and the Burden of Statelessness. [Read More]
April 4 marks the 43rd anniversary of Dr. King’s death
Today, April 4, 2011 marks the 43rd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Today, April 4, 2011 marks the 43rd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King, a clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights [Read More]
Friday is Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Day of Departure
Protesters gather at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo Egyptian protesters are demonstrating today for what they called President Hosni Mubarak Day of DepartureEgyptian protesters are demonstrating today for what they called President Hosni Mubarak Day of Departure. As [Read More]
It’s not worth it, a book by Bottabing
By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo Ms. Bottabing, author of It's Not Worth It.It's not worth it is a “must read” book by a talented and beauty 20 year-old African-American English literature major out of Detroit, Michigan. Her pen name, nom de plume, or [Read More]
Sen. Graham Sees Blacks Among South Carolina Problems
By Tolbert Yarkpawolo When Lindsey Graham replaced retired Senator Strom Thurmond as Senator of South Carolina in 2002, it appears that Graham inherited more than Thurmond's political slot. Senator Thurmond was considered by some as a racist bigot and one of the most [Read More]
Report: 2007 United States Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
Source: http://www.census.gov The U.S. Census Bureau held a news conference today, August 26, 2008, to release two reports: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007, containing findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS); and Income, [Read More]
Obama: Blacks must show greater responsibility
Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party, spoke at the 99th Annual Convention of the NAACP, held in the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio last night. "If I have the privilege of serving as your next president, 100 years after the [Read More]
