by Furious | Feb 26, 2013 | News
Now that the tax season is upon us, I thought this information would be of interest to you. The most immediate change affects nearly all workers: Congress allowed a two-percentage-point cut for the employee portion of the Social Security tax to expire. As a result,...
by Furious | Feb 26, 2013 | News
NORWALK, Conn. (Associated Press) — A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district. Tanya McDowell entered her plea Wednesday in Norwalk Superior Court under the Alford Doctrine, meaning she...
by Furious | Feb 25, 2013 | News
AFRICANGLOBE – The African nation of Ethiopia has a Christian history which dates back to the New Testament, even before Saul’s conversion. In the Acts of the Apostles, we learn that Philip baptized an Ethiopian eunuch who was a member of the court of Queen Candace....
by Furious | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog
In light of its nomination and the proximity of the Oscars, the members of the Kwame Ture Society of Howard University have collaborated to write a serious critique of the film, Django: Unchained. With African-Deep Thought as our critical methodology, it is our hope...
by Furious | Feb 24, 2013 | History, News
A 2011 study in Demography, “The Black Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: Historical Trends and Racial Comparisons” (PDF), uses Census data from 1940 to 2000, with additional data from the Census Bureau’s companion American Community Survey, to compare higher...
by Furious | Feb 23, 2013 | Blog
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that...
by Furious | Feb 23, 2013 | News
SNITCH explores the consequences of Federal Mandatory Minimum drug laws and the use of confidential drug informants. Becoming one of the 2.2 million people behind bars is easier than you think. Go to www.TakePart.com/SNITCH to learn more and take action by signing the...
by Furious | Feb 22, 2013 | News
“Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts is returning back to work today, February 20, 2013. After being diagnosed last year with breast cancer, she was then diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome. The 52-year-old was then...
by Furious | Feb 22, 2013 | Business, News
The Black Business Investment Fund of Central Florida reached a settlement with the Department of Economic Opportunity late last week, putting to rest months of legal haggling over the group’s certification. Last year, DEO rejected BBIF’s application for certification...
by Furious | Feb 21, 2013 | News
In a lawsuit, Bernard Anderson Bey (pictured) is demanding that his parents pay him the hefty sum of $200,000 because he felt unloved and abandoned by them, which allegedly caused him to become homeless and destitute, reports the New York Post. The 32-year-old claims...
