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Via: www.newsone.com // WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation’s school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools. Obama’s move comes as many schools continue to struggle to get children to graduation, a profound problem in […]
Via: www.newsone.com // CHICAGO – The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests. The findings help explain disproportionately high obesity rates in minority children. Family income is often a factor, but so are cultural customs and beliefs, the study authors said. They examined more than […]
Via: www.newsone.com // CONCEPCION, Chile – Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile’s earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets. “We are confronting an emergency […]
Christian video game makers Left Behind Games and Digital Praise have entered into a merger agreement that they believe will significantly raise the visibility and appeal of the Christian video game market. The merger, announced Wednesday, will bring together the financial resources of Left Behind and the popular games of Digital Praise, which include Dance […]
Tyler Perry reigned supreme at the 41st NAACP Image Awards on February 26 in Los Angeles, where he was honored for both his small-screen and feature film efforts. The NAACP event, which aired on Fox, drew high-profiled celebrities and dignitaries, including Sandra Bullock, CNN’s Roland Martin, Jill Scott, Cicely Tyson, John Legend and Anika Noni […]
Via: Elev8.com Living In Spirit & Truth: This Christian-based group is intended for all those who believe in living a better life spiritually, mentally, physically and in truth. We are here to educate ourselves through the foundations and principles of the bible and exercise them as a source of our living spiritually greater as God’s […]
New York, NY — According to Billboard magazine, gospel duo Mary Mary broke the record for the longest chart-run by a group on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with their Grammy winning single, “God in Me.” The hit record from their album, The Sound, has spent 64 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, surpassing […]
VIA: www.essence.com The Network of Politically Active Christians–a conservative African American group–recently held a press conference in Virginia to call attention to what they see as the “unethical, immoral and racist practices of the largest abortion provider in America,” Planned Parenthood. NPAC’s Dean Nelson executive director said PP has always targeted the Black community and […]
Via: Elev8.com // Although they are more likely to describe themselves as more liberal the Hip Hop and Millennial generation believe almost as strongly if not more in the basic tenets of morality. A recent study conducted by the Marist College for Public Opinion in January before the Haitian Earthquake discovered the following interesting things. […]
Via: Elev8.com // Last week I talked about how interracial dating can go wrong by citing a certain website that is designed exclusively for those desiring only interracial relationships. I noted how this can allow people to develop unhealthy, racially-based fetishes. Since then, some have brought up the question of whether or not interracial dating […]
View pictures of President Barack Obama in his first year in the oval office. The year in photos are by Pete Souza. Click here to view
// Courtesy of www.newsone.com From CNN: Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Six Haitian orphans, at the airport and on their way to new lives in the United States, had their destination changed at the last moment. Now they are at an orphanage, under the custody of the Haitian government, while the details of their departure are sorted […]