Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 20, 2010 Black farmer John W. Boyd, Jr. continues his daily rides on his tractor “Justice” from Virginia to Capitol Hill on Monday, September 20. Boyd, president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, plans to make the ride through Washington, DC each day the Senate is in session, until ...
By Gary Goldfarb May 20, 2010/ PHILADELPHIA – With all the recent news of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, a Mexican being beaten and the Mexican president calling the law ‘racist’, does this mean that Mexicans are of a certain race? Last I checked, Mexico is a country. Let’s switch countries around to see: So, if ...
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization stated his group’s opposition to repealing the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ (DADT) policy. “We feel strongly that the current policy has served the U.S. military well for 17 ...
Public Forum Also to Activate Black Participation in 2010 Census LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Some noted Black leaders recently have suggested publicly that President Obama does not need to focus on Black issues. In response to mounting evidence showing African Americans are disproportionately lagging behind on all economic indicators despite assertions of a ...
NEWTOWN, Pa., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today pledged to donate $400,000 to the Washington Crossing Historical Park in Washington Crossing, Pa. The park, which has experienced recent state budget cuts, is visited by more than one hundred thousand tourists each year. Lockheed Martin’s donation will fund the addition of a dedicated ...
Permanent repeal of the Medicare physician payment formula is essential to comprehensive health system reform Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association: “The AMA is deeply disappointed that the Senate today blocked consideration of S. 1776, legislation to preserve access to health care for America’s seniors, baby boomers and military families. ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism of the home of a Muslim woman who is running for elected office. CAIR said the house of ...
WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, special counsel in the Washington office of the law firm Alston + Bird, has been invited by President Obama to travel with him to France this week for the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of the Normandy coast on June 6, ...
PHILADELPHIA, May 27, 2009/Diverse News/- Supreme Court Judge Nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s own statements are leaving her in hot water. Although with no actual claims of racism (the mainstream media has an unwritten rule to only charge whites with that – racist in itself-even though whites are the world minority) from speeches she has given over ...