Article: US Politics

To make matters worse, Laura’s abusive, cheating, and millionaire ex-husband unjustly had Laura committed to a mental institution. Filled with overpowering rage, and accompanied by her wealthy, plotting-dirty best friend, Marseille Cooper, whose M.O. is to “do unto others before they do unto you,â€? Laura intends to even the score…

Summ: The courses in government and economics are designed to provide these young men with the skills necessary to critically analyze the world’s problems while adhering to a deep respect for civil liberties. The application deadline is February 1.

How do you see past your own circumstance? What is my role in this world? What is my contribution going to be? These are very difficult questions for a thinking young person to answer. I mean sometimes I have a hard time. You are inundated with images of fast money, cars, and homes…

Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell paid a surprise visit to the 5th graders at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary in East Harlem on Wednesday, December 20th. The students had written to Bell after learning about him while studying the violin through the Education Through Music program.

Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, CNR president; Toni Parks, Curator; and Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd, Dean of the School of New Resources at CNR. They are standing next to a painting of Gordon Parks as a young man.

If Michael Sandy would have been heterosexual, would that have brought out the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s and the Rev. Al Sharpton’s of Black America? Would that have made it okay for the NAACP to get involved and for other Black civil rights groups to take notice? I am beginning to think so.

In spite of hours of taping at Radio City Music Hall for Celebrity Jeopardy on which he’s playing for charity, CSI: NY co-star, Hill Harper was still determined to show up at Teen Awareness Day and bring a message to the kids.

This community event is designed to promote literacy and literary endeavors on Long Island. It is also an opportunity for authors to encourage our youth and dialogue with the community. Nationally acclaimed author, Donna Hill, will be among the many noted African American and Hispanic authors available for book signing.

The question which pops into this critic’s mind is why is there a glaring absence of similar worthwhile programming geared towards African-Americans, while BET and MTV permeate the airwaves with such lowest common denominator entertainment as Lil Kim’s Countdown to Lockdown, Flavor Flav’s Flavor of Love, and DMX’s The Soul of a Man?