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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Newport ads target black youth: Stanford study
Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc targeted California school neighborhoods with high proportions of African-American students for its Newport menthol cigarettes, Stanford University said on Friday. | Reuters
Census: Number of black children living in 25 biggest US cities drops by half-million
A catastrophic flood emptied New Orleans of much of its black youth. Powerful social forces may be doing a similar thing to places like Harlem and Chicago's South Side.
Over the past decade, the inner-city neighborhoods that have served for generations as citadels of African-American life and culture have been steadily draining of black children. | StarTribune.com
Over the past decade, the inner-city neighborhoods that have served for generations as citadels of African-American life and culture have been steadily draining of black children. | StarTribune.com
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
BMW Texting And Driving Ads Jolt Parents
BMW recently launched an ad campaign against texting and driving, starting with an arresting commercial that starts off humorous and ends tragic. Read more…
Monday, June 27, 2011
America's Education Massacre
There is another war happening right on our own soil and it is affecting the lives of over 76 million people. This war is against our youth; the perpetrator is the public education system; and its weapons of mass destruction are incompetent teachers and school officials, lack of funding, and the use of psychotropic drugs. The casualties of the War on Education are dropouts and those receiving diplomas who are ill equipped to maneuver through life with much hope of success.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Students from across the Western Cape, SA meet with US First Lady Michelle Obama at University of Cape Town http://ping.fm/J0M6k
Friday, June 24, 2011
Women Who Lost Virginity Early More Likely To Divorce: Behind The Study
According to a new study, women who are sexually active early in their adolescence--specifically, before age 16--are more likely to divorce.
Researchers at the University of Iowa used the responses of 3,793 women who are married or have been married at some point in their lives from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to examine the relationship between the age at which they had their first sexual experience, and the success of their first marriage. Read more...
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http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2011/june/061411paik_study.html
Researchers at the University of Iowa used the responses of 3,793 women who are married or have been married at some point in their lives from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to examine the relationship between the age at which they had their first sexual experience, and the success of their first marriage. Read more...
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http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2011/june/061411paik_study.html
STORY SOURCE: University of Iowa News Services, 300 Plaza Centre One, Suite 371, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2500
MEDIA CONTACT: Nicole Riehl, 319-384-0070, nicole-riehl@uiowa.edu
Census shows whites lose US majority among babies
For the first time, more than half of the children under age 2 in the U.S. are minorities, part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and fast-growing younger ethnic populations that could reshape government policies. - MSN Money
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Political strategist and monetary economist CEDRIC MUHAMMAD shares the greatest secret to starting a business without a bank loan
Political strategist and monetary economist CEDRIC MUHAMMAD shares the greatest secret to starting a business without a bank loan, collateral or revenue. A radio host and author of the three-volume series: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SECRET TO STARTING A BUSINESS WITHOUT A BANK LOAN, COLLATERAL OR REVENUE, The former General Manager of Wu-Tang Clan Management brings his unique and proven view of how suffering produces creativity; small groups build wealth and any person can leverage his or her personal power.
Listen to internet radio with Dr Ava Muhammad on Blog Talk Radio
Texas Rule Will Prescribe Fewer Potent Drugs to Kids
Children on Medicaid under the age of three would not be prescribed powerful anti-psychotic drugs without a special authorization, under new rules the state Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) implemented last week.
In response to widespread concerns about the number of impoverished Texas kids being prescribed drugs like Seroquel and Risperdal — medications that can have serious side effects in children — prescribing doctors would have to get a prior authorization from the state, a steep hurdle designed to limit use of the drugs. | The Texas Tribune
In response to widespread concerns about the number of impoverished Texas kids being prescribed drugs like Seroquel and Risperdal — medications that can have serious side effects in children — prescribing doctors would have to get a prior authorization from the state, a steep hurdle designed to limit use of the drugs. | The Texas Tribune
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wise Intelligent discusses 'The Manufacturing of a Dumbed Down Rapper'
Known for his rapid fire, mind-bending lyrics, Wise Intelligent, the most visible member of The Poor Righteous Teachers, the pioneering pro-Black conscious rap group from Trenton, NJ, has continued to work as a mentor, social and political commentator, artist and now author. In honor of June being Black Music Month, he shared some of his thoughts with The Final Call's Ashahed M. Muhammad. Read more...Wasted: A Message to the Youth is a must-see DVD
A Message to the Youth!: "Wasted: A Message to the Youth is a must-see DVD for all young people. Brother Abdul Muhammad is an award winning educator in Chicago and has brought knowledge of his experience to bear on this power-packed DVD. Wasted: A Message to the Youth is a DVD packed with hardcore truth that young people need."
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