[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyO02uNGo38&w=420&h=345] I’ve had way too many conversations that ended with, “We could change things if all oppressed people just came together.” While it’s a nice thought, the opposite has actually happened. Races have unified against blacks even though blacks have the least resources globally. Nonetheless, black people have been the first to embrace multicultural …
Portland Schools Administrator Offers Free Math Books for Kids and Families. Check it out. My first piece in The Skanner. Also, be on the lookout for an update following the book giveaway.
As the NBA lockout continues we get a real glimpse of what the league is all about. The owners want to make a profit and the players want to protect themselves. It’s a business. No player seems to understand this more than LeBron James. He has been unapologetic going about his career on his own …
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If you could stop murders before they happened, would you? What about job loss and increased poverty? With the Colombian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) still pending you can. According to Arthur Stamoulis, of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, there is still a week to urge your representatives to vote against the passage of FTA. 70,000 …
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With the black unemployment rate almost twice the national average at 16.2 percent compared to 9.2 percent (and 8.1 percent for whites), it’s clear the financial crisis has had a particularly detrimental effect on the black community. This gap has, however, been consistent throughout American history. Unsurprisingly, the lack of employment has been filled by …