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*The public school system of America has been in constant decline for a very long time. Large cities have had to fight for their teacher’s jobs as well as keep schools open. But none have been so embattled as the city of Chicago lately. The protests to keep Chicago schools open began last weekend to [...]
*On January 16, we reported an awful, but heroic story of a man by the name of Nelson Mandela Myers, who rescued 5-year-old Na’illa Robinson on his way to work. She was kidnapped from her elementary school and he later found her underneath a slide on a playground en route to his job, soaking wet [...]
*Charter schools have long been a controversial option to the public schools that students are normally zoned to attend. When the charter schools began, education experts and school officials made the argument that they would be the end of the public school system or unfairly segregate students. But, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse, and Spelman students [...]
*Geraldo Rivera made some disparaging remarks after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin swept the nation. Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Basically he placed the blame on the victim because he was wearing a hoodie when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman. Or, [...]
*The Christian Post reports that days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Bronx church’s plea for after-hours school space, church leaders continue their fight to overturn New York City schools’ ban on church services in public school buildings. Over 100 local pastors and allied legislators took to City Hall Thursday around noon [...]
*Things are getting all the way turned up with the Occupy Wall Street protests, with rallies and gatherings popping up all over the nation and the globe. In a recent development, another celebrity has been arrested at the Occupy D.C. R&B star Raheem DeVaughn was taken into custody while making a stand on the steps [...]
*From NAN: Due to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. being closed this Saturday and Sunday and Mayor Vincent Gray’s decision to cancel his DC State March so he can prepare residents for Hurricane Irene, Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network/NAN and the co-chairs of the August 27th March for Jobs and Justice are postponing [...]
*Elections in Haiti are this Sunday, March 20, and presidential candidate Michel Martelly – shown above in the photo with Jimmy Rosemond, Wyclef Jean, and Pras – is expected to win. Rosemond, by the way, assisted in organizing a concert for the final rally that will lead up to the election. The concert will feature [...]
*September 16th and 17th will be the Sixth Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit hosted by the Prostate Health Education Network, Inc. (PHEN) in Washington D.C. This year’s summit focuses on enhancing partnerships with churches in the fight against prostate cancer. The summit plans to fight against the saying “when America has a cold, [...]
*As previously reported, conservative radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck is hosting a rally in Washington, D.C., Saturday on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech — but he says the date was not chosen intentionally. “Whites don’t own Abraham Lincoln,” Beck said in a recent broadcast of [...]
*A rally in support of Dr. Conrad Murray is being organized by pastors from several churches in the Houston neighborhood where he does charity medical work. The rallies, according to TMZ, are scheduled to coincide with his scheduled hearing in Los Angeles. The plan is to charter buses that will carry supporters to Los Angeles [...]
*The state of California has only one kind of “illegal”, according to these people at an Anti-Illegal Immigration rally. They don’t specify, but we can only assume, they are probably speaking directly to the Mexicans coming over the border. They just aren’t saying it in any of their speeches. This rally took place earlier this month [...]
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