It’s an ill wind that blows no good, even in Chicago in November. Take Skittles Blagojevich, a small white dog — could be a bichon frise, maybe a Maltese — who joined the family shortly after Governor Rod’s arrest on December 9, 2008, when it was alleged that he was auctioning off Barack Obama’s Senate
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Some Parents are saying Mattel’s new “So in Style” Black dolls made with wider noses and fuller lips in an array of skin tones are not Black enough, according to “Wall Street Journal”. Parents are not too pleased with the straight, long hair and blue or green eye color that some of the dolls have.
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The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to stand down. Not a single white lawmaker is currently the subject of a
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In the era of Obama and in the age of Oprah come three new potentially iconic Americans, who just may help in the long march towards gender equality and racial diversity. Their names are `Grace,’ `Kara,’ and `Trichelle’ and they’re Barbie dolls. Specifically, this glam trio of “best friends,” who each come with “little sisters”
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For the first time in U.S. history, a Black woman rabbi will take up a U.S. pulpit. Alysa Stanton, who will be ordained on June 6 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, will also become the first rabbi to lead a majority White congregation. She has been named spiritual leader of the
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While the nation as a whole sees a more modest increase in unemployment, the Black unemployment rate has gone up almost 2 percent. The jobless rate for Blacks jumped from 13.3 percent in March to 15 percent in April, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor statistics. In comparison, the rate for
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A recently released report revealed a troubling trend in New York City public schools: Black and Hispanic males are more likely to be placed in special education classes, reports The New York Daily News. In the special education classes, the graduation rate is significantly reduced, according to the report released by the special education advocacy
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