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Entertainment
 Esther Gordy Edwards, Motown Museum founder and sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy has died at the age of 91. ... |
Health
 NO DEATH PANELS, right?!Cancer care is being rationed in America. Older drugs that can cost as little as $3 per dose and cure cancer are being phased out. ... |
Black Doctors Shy About Recommending HIV Tests  | GA Clogged HIV AID Pipeline |
Study: Healthy eating is privilege of the rich | North Carolina to Compensate Sterilization Victims |
Sports
 Michael Vick is shown in what can only be described as whiteface in the magazine's September 5 issue, under the headline "What if Micha... |
Living
 Oprah: 'The World Is A Mess'"My greatest desire is to fulfill the highest, truest expression of myself as a Human being," she wrote. "I'm still on that jour... |
Debunking Big Lie to Justify Black Poverty | Don't compare gay rights, civil rights |
Noted Political Activist ‘Ricky’ Thomas Dies | Chief Roper confirmed as brigadier general |
Alabama's First Licensed Black Female Pilot
Funeral services for Carter will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Tuskegee's St. Andrews Episcopal Church with The Rev. Liston Garfield officiating....
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Politics
Tips to Prepare for Hurricane Irene President Barack Obama holds conference call on Hurricane Irene with FEMA Director Craig Fugate, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, in Chilmark, Mass |
As Economy Gets Worse Under Obama, More Still Blame Bush A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds ... more Americans still blame former President George W. Bush rather than Obama for the economic distress. Some 31% put the bulk of the blame on Obama, while 51% point to his Republican predecessor.
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OBAMA CAMPAIGN launches “Project Vote” A campaign-within-a-campaign aimed at increasing registration and participation among base constituencies – including young voters, seniors, African Americans and Hispanics, plus Native Americans and gay and lesbian voters.
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In a hallway outside the Oval Office, he has placed a head-turning painting depicting one of the ugliest racial episodes in U.S. history ... The thrust of the painting is not subtle. America’s vilest racial epithet appears in letters several inches high at the top of the canvas. To the left side, the letters “KKK” are plainly visible.
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News From The Net
 Some 25 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed or have stopped looking for work. As if those odds weren’t difficult enough, jobless workers face another obstacle: Many employers are discriminating against the jobless by prohibiting them from even applying for open positions |  Justice Adolpho A. Birch Jr., the first African-American elected to a Nashville judgeship during the era of Metro government and the first to lead the Tennessee Supreme Court, died Thursday. |  Fifty-two percent of hospital purchasing agents and pharmacists reported they’d bought drugs from so-called “gray market” vendors |  Coming together under the banner “One Africa – One Voice Against Hunger,” panelists and participants called for African solidary and united action to respond to the Horn’s worst drought in 60 years. |
Opportunities
 Job Training Grants for Homeless Veterans The U.S. Department of Labor today announced 23 grants totaling $5,436,148 to provide homeless veterans with job training aimed at helping them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded by the department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program. |
Obama Campaign Seeking Social Media Staffers First data, now tweets: President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is seeking "social media copywriters." From an ad on the job board for the professional left, Jobs That Are Left, first spotted by New York politics beatwriter Azi Paybarah: We’re looking for writers who can tell stories in 140 characters or less, put complex policy into Facebook-friendly terms, and help plan and create original content that people will be compelled to share with their friends. |
Announcement part of White House Rural Council effort to expand rural jobs and training services Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of projects in 15 states to support small business and job creation opportunities, and train workers in Native American communities. In addition, Vilsack also announced grants to help bring transportation improvements to Native American communities. Janie Hipp Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack while attending an award ceremony with Tribal leaders in Miami, Okla. |
Young Entrepreneurs are a valuable source of American innovation and long-term growth, and SBA is committed to supporting you! We’re dedicated to educating young people about entrepreneurship; connecting young entrepreneurs to each other and other successful business owners; and supporting young entrepreneurs by providing better access to tools, resources and information on how to start, grow and manage a business. |
Technology
 Names and Social Security numbers of 43,000 Yale University students, faculty, staff, and alumni were accessible via the Google search engi... |
Business
 Oil is once again fouling the Gulf of Mexico around the Deepwater Horizon well, which was capped a little over a... |