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Packet Schools – My One Hour a Week Classroom
Posted on 11 May, 2013 | No CommentsSilicon Valley DeBug, First Person, Semaj Hawthorne, Posted: Apr 04, 2013 Ed Note: Seventh grade student Semaj Hawthorne recently got transferred to a... -
Raising Up Against Bullying
Posted on 1 May, 2013 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-It’s good to be a bear. More specifically, it’s good to be a Koala Bear. A Koala Bear is... -
Malik Yoba Supports Book Focused on Bond Between Black Fathers and Sons
Posted on 25 March, 2013 | No Comments(Gary, Indiana) – The Glen Theater recently welcomed author Sedrik Newbern and TV/Film star, Malik Yoba, for a special reading... -
The Monday Quarterback: Debunking the Black Male Athlete Stereotype
Posted on 4 March, 2013 | No CommentsOld stereotypes are hard to eradicate. Debunking myths and false labels can be a laborious burden at times. But the... -
General Mills Foundation Joins New Presidential Youth Fitness Program
Posted on 1 March, 2013 | No CommentsCHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — During an event where First Lady Michelle Obama discussed the need for increased physical activity opportunities in... -
Innovative Nebraska Program Brings Diversity To Some Highly Segregated Public Schools
Posted on 22 February, 2013 | No CommentsBy Susan Eaton America’s Wire OMAHA – Fifth-grader Alyx has trouble naming the “absolute coolest” thing about Wilson Focus School, part... -
Miss America Serves up Hot Flap Jacks on IHOP’s National Pancake Day
Posted on 6 February, 2013 | No CommentsHOLLYWOOD-Miss America Mallory Hagan may now be the most famous pancake flipper in the world thanks to her two-day run... -
Black College Expo Founder Makes Higher Education A Top Priority
Posted on 1 February, 2013 | No CommentsDIAMOND BAR, CA-Jabez3 Enterprises, Inc. President Theresa Price did not attend a historically black college or university. Price said she... -
A (Te’o) of Lies
Posted on 26 January, 2013 | No CommentsThe lies keep coming. Fabrication is now a practiced art. The manipulation of the truth has become about as routine... -
Dr. King’s Unfulfilled Dream of School Integration
Posted on 16 January, 2013 | No CommentsBy Greg Groves and Philip Tegeler America’s Wire Writers Group Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in the transformative power of school... -
Watkins Award Celebrates Best of Best
Posted on 14 January, 2013 | No CommentsLos Angeles, CA-On Saturday, February 23, 2013, the National Alliance of African American Athletes (The Alliance) will recognize another stellar... -
Brothers Win ‘Say No’ to Drugs Prize
Posted on 14 January, 2013 | No CommentsThe National Family Partnership (NFP) announced the winners of the 2012 National Red Ribbon Photo Contest: “The Best Me Is... -
New Poll: Armed Teachers Not Smart
Posted on 11 January, 2013 | No CommentsNew National Poll: Public Says Arming Teachers with Guns Very Bad Idea; 60% support federal assault weapons ban; nearly 40%... -
UCLA’s Hundley Experiment A Success
Posted on 31 December, 2012 | No CommentsDespite Holiday Bowl defeat, 2012 season a breakout year for UCLA redshirt quarterback Brett Hundley SAN DIEGO-From the first official... -
Rose Bowl is a Ball for Wisconsin RB
Posted on 30 December, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-The 2012 college football season for senior running back Montee Ball and the Wisconsin Badgers have been one similar... -
Floyd Mayweather Aids Los Angeles Youth at Charity Basketball Game
Posted on 21 December, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-Boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. can pretty much do whatever he wants in the ring. Pound for pound,... -
School Shooting Shatters a Safe Haven
Posted on 19 December, 2012 | No CommentsWhen parents drop off their children at school in the morning they don’t think about that their encouraging good-byes to... -
Americans And Their Guns
Posted on 18 December, 2012 | No CommentsWhen I went to college in Atlanta Georgia, my friends and I would go to the shooting range at local... -
Literature Can Help Bridge America’s Racial Divide
Posted on 14 December, 2012 | No CommentsBy Paul Young America’s Wire Writers Group PORTLAND – As America re-elected President Obama, it sent a comforting and positive... -
California Wellness Foundation Announces Peace Prize Honorees
Posted on 15 November, 2012 | No CommentsLos Angeles - Three community leaders will be honored by The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) with the 2012 California Peace Prize for... -
Painting a Picture of Hope
Posted on 14 November, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-The Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) is a lot more than a drop off spot for parents... -
Ben Wilson: A Life Cut Down Too Soon
Posted on 23 October, 2012 | No CommentsSometimes reliving something terrible, so horrible it can be the healing balm needed to improve what isn’t right, what will... -
Author Challenges Sex Roots Theory
Posted on 8 October, 2012 | No CommentsIs sexual attraction all in the brain? James Olson, winner of four national book awards for The Whole-Brain Path to Peace (Origin Press,... -
Teachers Union Makes Race Claims about Black Education Group
Posted on 31 August, 2012 | No CommentsLouisiana Federation of Teachers makes outlandish, groundless claims that Black Alliance for Educational Options “endorses teaching that the KKK is... -
New Study Suggests Public Uninformed About Joe Paterno
Posted on 21 August, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES–A new poll commissioned by a website supporting and protecting the image of longtime Penn State football icon Joe... -
Jim and Monique Brown: An AMER-I-CAN Success Story
Posted on 20 August, 2012 | No CommentsFormer runway model Monique Brown is a game-changer. Much like the way her husband-the great Jim Brown-has been able to... -
Legislators Hold Hearings on Young Men of Color
Posted on 5 March, 2012 | No CommentsResearch shows that young men of color have the lowest life expectancy rates, highest unemployment rates and lowest graduation rates... -
The Devaluation of Black History Month
Posted on 1 March, 2012 | No CommentsOp-Ed By Dennis J. Freeman Black History Month used to mean something. To me, it still does. But there was... -
Watkins Award Salutes Male Black Student-Athletes
Posted on 28 February, 2012 | No CommentsFamily and friends of some of the more distinguished scholar-athletes in the country gathered at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in...