Please Help the Haitian Earthquake Victims!
US Blocks Some Aid Flights into Haiti~US Army Takes Over Haiti!!
Haiti Earthquake: Find Relatives, Make Donations
The State Department has set up a telephone number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck the Caribbean nation Tuesday.
Ex-POW (First Black Woman) in Iraq War Recalls Nightmares, Depression
Shoshana Johnson survived gunshot wounds to both legs and 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq. Life wasn't so easy when she came home, either.
Next Belton Family Reunion in Charlotte, NC
The Charlotte Chapter has agreed to host the Belton Family Reunion in Charlotte, NC in 2010. Let us make this reunion the most successful reunion ever. Share your ideas with the family in making this reunion a memorable event using Contact Us. Read more about the plans for this reunion by selecting the link below.
Toyota Recall: Automaker Says It Will Start Fixing Recalled Cars This Week
Toyota apologized to its customers Monday and said a piece of steel about the size of a postage stamp will fix the gas pedal problem that led to the recall of millions of cars. Repairs will take about a half-hour and will start in a matter of days, the company said. Read more. .
Frequently Asked Questions For Sticking Accelerator Pedal Recall and Suspension of Sales. Read more. .
Toyota Electronics Said to Be a Focus of U.S. Probe (Acceleration Recall)
Electronic throttle systems are under review by U.S. safety officials as a possible cause of sudden acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, as alleged in at least seven lawsuits.
Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions
By a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday rolled back restrictions on corporate spending on federal campaigns. The decision could unleash a torrent of corporate-funded attack ads in upcoming elections.
Geithner’s Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc. to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurer’s payments to banks during the depths of the financial crisis, e-mails between the company and its regulator show.
How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash
In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting.
Why is the US Paying Off the Taliban?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban. Roston reported that 10 percent of Pentagon logistics funds go directly to bribe the Taliban not to attack supply chains.
Doodle 4 Google (K-12 College Scholarship Art Contest)
Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to work their artistic will upon our homepage logo. At Google we believe in thinking big and dreaming big, so this year we're inviting U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would …"
President Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child Left Behind’ Law
The Obama administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, and will call for broad changes in how schools are judged to be succeeding or failing, as well as for the elimination of the law’s 2014 deadline for bringing every American child to academic proficiency.
President Obama Will Give You $2,500 A Year To Go To School
By now, everyone knows that the Obama administration's stimulus bill is designed to get the economy moving again. However, you may not know that most of the bill's $70 billion for education will go to low- to middle-income individuals
Best Public Colleges For The Money: Kiplinger's
But the cost of an great education need not be entirely exorbitant, at least according to Kiplinger's magazine, which this week released its list of the American public colleges that offer the most bang for your buck.
Inner-City School Founder: No Miracle, Just Teaching
A new documentary The Providence Effect, which follows a year in the life of the highly successful inner-city Chicago school and its founder, Paul J. Adams. Providence St. Mel has been a kind of academic lifeboat on the west side of Chicago for 30 years.
FELA! (on Broadway)
Fela! explores Fela Anikulapo Kuti's controversial life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician as well as his pioneering blend of jazz, funk and traditional African rhythms that launched the Afrobeat community.
The Blind Side Movie
The true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential and becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
Precious Movie: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen (Sidibe) who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
TEZA Movie
Teza by Haile Gerima, a critically acclaimed and Internationally awarded film. Set in Ethiopia and Germany, Teza examines the displacement of African intellectuals, both at home and abroad, through the story of a young, idealistic Ethiopian doctor – Anberber.
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