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• Ship commanded by Black woman admiral rescued Maersk Alabama captain

  While the facts surrounding the kidnapping and rescue of the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips have been widely reported, less well-known is that ship which saved him was commanded by a black woman, Rear Admiral Michelle Howard. ...

• Rep. Frank Peterman

  Rep. Frank Peterman Biographical Information City of Residence: St. Petersburg Occupation: Director of Development for Juvenile Services Programs of St....

• Gypsy Gallardo, Editor

  Gypsy Gallardo, Editor Gypsy has an unyielding passion for Black progress.  She is a career-professional in political, economic and business development.  As President of G3 Media and other ventures, has worked with dozens o...

• Min. Paul Scott Bio

  TRUTH Minista Paul Scott Gender: Male Location: Durham : NC About Me TRUTH Minista Paul Scott is a minister, writer, lecturer and activist. He has been a guest on talk shows across the country including Hannity and Colmes (Fox News), Fox ...

• Prison group endorses Crist

  Posted on Wed, Jul. 26, 2006 IRS records showed a private-prison vendor helped pay for a mailer touting the conservative record of Attorney General Charlie Crist. BY GARY FINEOUT gfineout@MiamiHerald.com TALLAHASSEE - A company that runs priva...

• Forgiving, but not forgetting, ugly history of black lynchings

  IndyStar.com Opinion June 25, 2006 Jabari Asim WASHINGTON -- Some memories are so ugly, so horrifying that we instinctively tuck them away into the recesses of the past. Time and distance combine to make them seem less harmless and somehow, les...

• NAACP Report Says Florida Schools Are Criminalizing Schoolchildren

  Written By: Jenny Rothenberg Published In: School Reform News Publication Date: July 1, 2006 Publisher: The Heartland Institute -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After an examination of school discipline prac...

• Civil rights activists push for renewal of Voting Rights Act

  Posted on Mon, Jun. 26, 2006 BY TODD J. GILLMAN The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Civil rights advocates hit back Monday, challenging southern states that claim they have sufficiently improved minority voting rights to deserve relief from fede...

• Supreme Court takes new direction on death penalty

  Posted on Mon, Jun. 26, 2006 BY STEPHEN HENDERSON Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - A Monday ruling making it easier for Kansas jurors to impose the death penalty may be the first sign that the Supreme Court's two new justices will tip the ba...

• Are antidepressants too easy to get?

  ADs: pros and cons Are they the perfect tiny solution to all problems that life throws at us? Statistics: Around 25% of all drugs prescribed by the NHS are for mental health problems. Prozac was initially approved for treatment of depression in...

• Amnesty International USA Applauds Justice Department Review of TASER-related Deaths, Calling it 'a Good First Step'

  AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, June 14, 2006 (Washington, DC) -- Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) applauds the U.S. Department of Justice for its decision to review the deaths of up to 180 people who died after law enforce...

• The GEO Group, Inc. Announces 576-Bed Expansion

  Expansion of 875-Bed Val Verde Correctional Facility in Texas BOCA RATON, Fla., June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GGI) ("GEO") announced today plans to proceed with a 576-bed expansion to the company-owned 875-bed V...

• Prisons For Fun and Profit

  http://www.valusoft.com/products/prisontycoon.html by Bob Libal; June 17, 2006 "PRISON TYCOON allows you to build and run your very own correctional facility from the comfort of your own home, on your PC. Control the layout of your prison bui...

• Private Prisons Attempt to Cash in On Immigrant Detentions

  One of the Largest For-profit Prisons Proposed in Laredo, TX South Texas Coalition of labor, immigrant rights, civic organizations fights back against Laredo "superjail." The United States Marshals has proposed a 2,800 bed prison in Lare...

• Farallon Dumps Corrections Corporation of America

  World's fourth largest hedge fund divests from controversial for-profit private prison corporation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 19, 2006 Contacts: Bob Libal (NWOM!), (512) 971-0487, bob(at)notwithourmoney.org Silky Shah (NWOM!), (512) 97...

• Wall Street Doesn't Like This War

  Ken Miller June 13, 2006 Ken Miller, a senior Wall Street investment banker, is CEO of Ken Miller Capital, a New York merchant bank. About ten years ago, as part of a group visiting U.N. peacekeeping troops, I found myself in a meeting with the par...

• The drugging of foster youth

  Sunday, June 11, 2006 ONE OF THE dark secrets of California's troubled foster-care system is the way some young people are being drugged at the slightest sign of stress or misbehavior. State regulations provide a financial incentive for group-home...

• A Republicrat Party

  by Ron Walters NNPA Columnist There are forces that see the bankruptcy of both major political parties and want to profit from that fact by creating a third party to enter the 2008 election. The most current response was offered by Hamilton Jorda...

• A national disgrace

  Editorial June 14, 2006 Some of the most ardent defenders of President Bush's decision to invade Iraq still express support for that misbegotten mission, but it's difficult to imagine any reasonable American believing that the detaining of "ene...

• $50 million in trips for Congress

  Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - 12:00 AM Close-up By Seattle Times news services WASHINGTON — Join Congress, see the world. Join a congressman's staff, see more of it. Private groups, corporations or trade associations �...